A co-write between Zed Brookes and Gini Parslow. Cynicism rears it's ugly head and gets it cut off by a beautiful melodic groove.
lyrics
You've swallowed society's views,
you wallow in second-hand news,
your head and your heart are so far apart.
Like strangers with nothing to say,
brain stampeding while the heart sneaks away,
you think it won't hurt if your head does the work.
Analyse, criticize, theorize, close your eyes,
keeps you with the upper hand.
Run away, barricade, keep away from the pain,
means you stay a lonely man.
Cauterize, traumatize, cynical diatribe,
keeps you with the upper hand.
Run away, barricade, keep away from the pain,
means you stay a lonely man.
You Won't Believe Your Heart, that's why it ends before it ever starts.
It's magic when two hearts just meet,
telepathic while there's only mystique,
love isn't a cage, it's an unwritten page.
credits
from O Sweet Cacophony,
released September 25, 2016
Music by Zed Brookes, lyrics by Zed and Gini Parslow. Backing vocals by Zed, Gini and Nina McSweeney.
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