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The snow on the screen we're going light speed tonight
Like Bonnie & Clyde except we don't die tonight
And the blister packs coats and crumpled up notes appear
It's a break from the swill, the piss they distill around here
A break from the swill, the piss they distill around here
Lift off of this Metropolis
When this town comes down,
I wish I wish
My first degree emergency
Is kettled by your cavalry
I wish I wish
The cash machine queens when ambulance teams arrive
In their skeletal jeans they take Refugees for wives
When their collars get felt their glorified belts won't keep 'em warm
And we'll run up the strand, your wrist in my hand
We know we're born
Yeah I know I'm born
Yeah I know I'm born
Lift off of this Metropolis
When this town comes down
I wish I wish
My first degree emergency
Is kettled by your cavalry
I wish I wish
And when all of your friends are my enemies
Wishing me gone as I'm running away
And my only defence is the worst of me
Out in the open for all to survey
When you settle for less than I promised you
Knowing that all of our barrels are scraped
If it seems like it's harder to say to you
It's 'cause some things are just harder to say
Lift off of this Metropolis
When this town comes down
I wish I wish
My first degree emergency
Is kettled by your cavalry
I wish I wish
Like Bonnie & Clyde except we don't die tonight
And the blister packs coats and crumpled up notes appear
It's a break from the swill, the piss they distill around here
A break from the swill, the piss they distill around here
When this town comes down,
I wish I wish
My first degree emergency
Is kettled by your cavalry
I wish I wish
In their skeletal jeans they take Refugees for wives
When their collars get felt their glorified belts won't keep 'em warm
And we'll run up the strand, your wrist in my hand
We know we're born
Yeah I know I'm born
Yeah I know I'm born
When this town comes down
I wish I wish
My first degree emergency
Is kettled by your cavalry
I wish I wish
Wishing me gone as I'm running away
And my only defence is the worst of me
Out in the open for all to survey
When you settle for less than I promised you
Knowing that all of our barrels are scraped
If it seems like it's harder to say to you
It's 'cause some things are just harder to say
When this town comes down
I wish I wish
My first degree emergency
Is kettled by your cavalry
I wish I wish
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Embrace's return album featured an inspired amount of songcraft both sonic and lyric, and the track 'Refugees' captures the feel and message of the entire album perfectly. The entire track is a plaintive progression towards a message of fleeing/escaping ("wishing me gone as I'm running away") just as the entire album does. The best album of 2014 and an impressive achievement for a band that was thought to have peaked a decade earlier.