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Acrobatics

from Deluge EP by glassbooks

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Mother please
I’m so sick of infanticide
Why can’t we go to the seaside?
Like the other kids do, the ones in the cartoons.

Well son,
They’re coloured differently to us,
Their blood is the colour of rust,
Keep your nerves of steel we’re not here to feel.

My heart’s been pumping out pinballs
Like life’s a tilted flatland game
High scores grab hold of the flow of vilifying iron in my veins.
Yes son, flatten out those capillaries
And let the needles do the talking

The
Cannibals
Clockwork whores
Standardized our bleeding timetables

My tightened wristwatch cries it doesn’t,
Like the sound of running blood,
Time takes its toll on no one,
And we’re more than a big bag of red stuff.

Son, stop for a sec, there’s only 24 hours in the day
Which day?
No.
That’s every day, you fucking idiot

Well isn’t that boring, don’t chew your cheek
Kid it’s the rich who can dream, the poor have to do it in their sleep

I'm just an acrobat looking for a beam
Or perhaps I'm a pole dancer daring to dream
Of the circus

The
Cannibals
Clockwork whores
Standardized our bleeding timetables

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from Deluge EP, released March 24, 2014
Written and performed by Glassbooks. Production by Graeme Young. Lyrics by David Escudero King.

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glassbooks Glasgow, UK

Glassbooks, a four piece rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, is: David Escudero King; Adam Carrington; Bo Hamilton; and Rosie Murray.

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