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Abattoir Blues

from Mo​-​Town by Fugitive Orchestra

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The sun is high up in the sky and I'm in my car,
Drifting down into the abattoir.
Do you see what I see, dear?

The air grows heavy. I listen to your breath,
Entwined together in this culture of death.
Do you see what I see, dear?

Slide on over here, let me give you a squeeze,
To avert this unholy evolutionary trajectory.
Can you hear what I hear, babe?
Does it make you feel afraid?

Everything's dissolving, babe, according to plan,
The sky is on fire, the dead are heaped across the land.
I went to bed last night
And my moral code got jammed;
I woke up this morning with a Frappucino in my hand.

I kissed you once, I kissed you again,
My heart it tumbled like the stock exchange.
Do you feel what I feel, dear?

Mass extinction, darling, hypocrisy,
These things are not good for me.
Do you see what I see, dear?

The line the God throws down to you and me,
Makes a pleasing geometry.
Shall we leave this place now, dear?
Is there someway out of here?

I wake with the sparrows and I hurry off to work.
The need for validation, babe, gone completely berserk,
I wanted to be your Superman but I turned out such a jerk.
I got the abattoir blues.
I got the abattoir blues.
I got the abattoir blues.
Right down to my shoes.

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from Mo​-​Town, released November 30, 2012
Written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Copyright: Mute Records/Universal Music Group. All Rights Reserved.

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Fugitive Orchestra Portsmouth, UK

Singer-Songwriter James Tattington began performing as Fugitive Orchestra after reading a passage in a J. G. Ballard novel.

Fusing together Beatboxing, Live-Looping and Guitar, Fugitive Orchestra makes music best described as Alternative Jazz-infused, Bluesy Hip-Pop; drawing inspiration from the likes of Andrew Bird, LCD Soundsystem, Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Kate Bush and the Blue Nile. ... more

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