Wake from your sleep
The drying of your tears
Today, we escape, we escape

Pack and get dressed
Before your father hears us
Before all hell breaks loose

Breathe, keep breathing
Don't lose your nerve
Breathe, keep breathing
I can't do this alone

Sing us a song
A song to keep us warm
There's such a chill, such a chill

And you can laugh
A spineless laugh
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you
Now we are one in everlasting peace

We hope that you choke, that you choke
We hope that you choke, that you choke
We hope that you choke, that you choke


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Exit Music (For A Film) Lyrics as written by Edward John O'brien Colin Charles Greenwood

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    I can't get over the bit about the Black Box recorder thing used in the background. even if it isnt true it scares the crap out of me. I'm listening to the song while reading this and its scary as fuck! As far as i can hear its on a loop of people screaming and you can hear a women in the foreground shouting "fuck me!" in a really weird way. I see what you mean about it being tasteless but it really tips the song over the edge as far as the emotional side goes. It also adds a lot to the fact that its a very chilling song as it is, it always reminds me of 1984 when winston & his bird (can't remember her name) are hiding upstairs in the loft from O'Neil (i think that was his name) and they don't realise that the guy who is sheltering them is O'Neil himself: the bit when he says "before your father hears us." The fact that they are hiding from what presumably is a pretty nasty death and the anger they clearly feel at the end towards this fact make it a really scary song. Try listening to it in the dark on full volume when your on your own, and especially listen to the background noise bit and the way the woman says "fuck me." Now i seriously am going to go find my mummy

    dan105on July 21, 2007   Link

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