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Song for Clay (Disappear Here) Lyrics
I am trying to be heroic,
In an age of modernity.
I am trying to be heroic,
because all around me history sings.
So I enjoy and I devour
flesh and wine and luxury.
But in my heart,
I am lukewarm;
nothing ever really touches me.
At Les Trois Garçons
we meet at precisely 9 o'clock.
I order the foie gras
and I eat it with complete disdain.
Bubbles rise in champagne flutes,
but when we kiss, I feel nothing.
Feasting on sleeping pills
and Marlboro Reds.
(self-pity won't save you)
Oh how our parents
they suffered for nothing
Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream
Like the 80s never happened.
People are afraid, are afraid
To merge on the freeway.
Disappear here
We stroll past the queue
into the magazine launch party.
I am handed a pill,
and I swallow with complete disdain.
Kick-drum pounds off the high-hat;
Remember to look bored.
We suck each others' faces,
and make sure we are noticed.
(Cocaine won't save you)
Because East London is a vampire,
it sucks the joy right out of me
How we long for corruption in these golden years.
Oh how our parents
they suffered for nothing
Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream
Like the 80s never happened.
People are afraid, are afraid
To merge on the freeway.
Disappear here x4
In an age of modernity.
I am trying to be heroic,
because all around me history sings.
flesh and wine and luxury.
But in my heart,
I am lukewarm;
nothing ever really touches me.
we meet at precisely 9 o'clock.
I order the foie gras
and I eat it with complete disdain.
Bubbles rise in champagne flutes,
but when we kiss, I feel nothing.
and Marlboro Reds.
(self-pity won't save you)
they suffered for nothing
Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream
Like the 80s never happened.
People are afraid, are afraid
To merge on the freeway.
Disappear here
into the magazine launch party.
I am handed a pill,
and I swallow with complete disdain.
Kick-drum pounds off the high-hat;
Remember to look bored.
We suck each others' faces,
and make sure we are noticed.
Because East London is a vampire,
it sucks the joy right out of me
How we long for corruption in these golden years.
they suffered for nothing
Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream
Like the 80s never happened.
People are afraid, are afraid
To merge on the freeway.
Disappear here x4
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This is a song inspired by Less Than Zero.
People are afraid, are afraid To merge on the freeway.
Disappear here
Set in L.A. in the early 1980s, this bestselling and coolly mesmerizing novel established its young author as the E Scott Fitzgerald for a generation so irretrievably lost that its motto might be "Disappear here."
Song For Clay
Clay is the main character in Less Than Zero.
Slick...please read....I know they're wrong. Tell me the right ones or stop complaining.
wot bmane52 ??? its a champagne flute, theres no such thing as a champagne fluke !!!! oh dear
According to the Bloc Party site it's:
"...all around me, history SINKS" "...kick drum pounds, OFF BEAT hi-hat"
Spot-on other than that :)
Thanks SSD. Is it a good book/movie?
Also: I know some of the lyrics here are incorrect - I made best-guesses on some of the more muffled things..feel free to correct them and I'll fix it asap.
It all looks good except it sounds like it should be "Like the 80s never happened" instead of "How...". Well scribed. I'm really getting into this one - that driving drum beat is brilliant.
I thought it was 'cocaine won't save you' which I think is a great line.
i think a lot of these lyrics are wrong.
I agree with both the "cocaine won't save you" and "Like the 80's never happened" changes.
I'm not quite sure what the line about coverture means, since that's the commonlaw legal concept of a woman losing certain legal rights upon getting married. weird.
As far as my own suggestions, i would say it's "make sure we ARE noticed." That would seem to make more sense in context, and it's what i hear.
Good Call on the Less Than Zero reference. It makes a ton of sense to me now, since i've read the book as well.
I agree with both the "cocaine won't save you" and "Like the 80's never happened" changes.
I'm not quite sure what the line about coverture means, since that's the commonlaw legal concept of a woman losing certain legal rights upon getting married. weird.
As far as my own suggestions, i would say it's "make sure we ARE noticed." That would seem to make more sense in context, and it's what i hear.
Good Call on the Less Than Zero reference. It makes a ton of sense to me now, since i've read the book as well.