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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
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Kae Tempest
Kae Tempest
Stimme und Gesang
Anita Blay
Anita Blay
Zusätzlicher Gesang
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Kae Tempest
Kae Tempest
Komponist:in
Anita Blay
Anita Blay
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Lincoln Barrett
Lincoln Barrett
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Alexander Burnett
Alexander Burnett
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Lincoln Barrett
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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The past is, the past is, the past is a bastard
Keeps asking for favours
And turning up half-cut at family parties
With the same old excuses
Breaking all the furniture
And changing the music
Can't wrench nothing out of yesterday, it's gone
How do you settle that score?
Got you like a soldier in peace time desperate for war
'Cause what was real then isn't real anymore
[Verse 2]
Keep spinning
Or stop in your tracks, keep grinning
Or let it all smash, keep winning
Or give it all back, keep running
Or let it go flat, let it go
No, you won't get it back
[Verse 3]
Keep spinning
Or stop in your tracks, keep grinning
Or let it all smash, keep winning
Or give it all back, keep running
Or let it go flat, let it go
No, you won't get it back
[Verse 4]
We've come a long, long, long, long way
From the start
We've come a long, long, long, long way
From the start
And even if we fall from grace
We get back up
We've come a long, long way
We've come a long, long way
[Verse 5]
Yeah-ah-ah-ah oh
Yeah-ah-ah-ah oh
Time is hardcore
Yeah-ah-ah-ah oh
[Verse 6]
Forwards the whole day, backwards the whole night
Wake up with yesterday's shadow and hold tight
To nothing
Slow flight to nowhere
Red is jump but there's nowhere
It's all made of glass and steel
Proof is real
Get it?
I'm boss and I go, painted wheels
Spin it until it reveals the reason filter feel
[Verse 7]
Held up by decisions you make
It's a mistake but it isn't too late
Somewhere it's morning, call it, it's fate
I'm the genuine article in a world of superior fakes
How very internet of you to write on a metre
You're striking a thousand
I want this
Lean in, kiss
Feel bass in face and lips
Exist
Exist or, if not that, then this
Look, I was in a gold world, beaming
The light was intense in the strength I was feeling
Whilst swimming lengths in my veins I believed in love
The way of all flesh had decreed it love
The way of all flesh had decreed it love
The way of all flesh had decreed it love
[Verse 8]
Keep spinning
Or stop in your tracks, keep grinning
Or let it all smash, keep winning
Or give it all back, keep running
Or let it go flat, let it go
No, you won't get it back
[Verse 9]
Keep spinning
Or stop in your tracks, keep grinning
Or let it all smash, keep winning
Or give it all back, keep running
Or let it go flat, let it go
No, you won't get it back
[Verse 10]
We've come a long, long, long, long way
From the start
We've come a long, long, long, long way
From the start
And even if we fall from grace
We get back up
We've come a long, long way
We've come a long, long way
[Verse 11]
Yeah-ah-ah-ah oh
Yeah-ah-ah-ah oh
How very internet of you
Time is hardcore
Hardcore
Hardcore
Written by: Kae Tempest, Lincoln Barrett, Alexander Timothy X Burnet, Anita Esidede Blay

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