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Badmouth EP

by Slurs

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1.
Ordinary Man 03:45
Just a rumour not a secret; friends and enemies beware Second hand is beating down but soon the tide'll turn again Broken promises the catalyst for hiding in your bed Try to isolate the patterns shorting circuits in your head Afternoons become the night before the night becomes the day Creature comforts, dirty habits, nothing ventured nothing gained Repetition of mundanity is not a fairytale but bite your tongue in case the vital signs you follow start to fade And is your face still frozen in the sun? But is your mind still open, like mine? But you think to impress that you have to confess to the fact you digress but to you it makes sense that they never forget your fanatic obsession with winning just so they can lose. Was I supposed to work out how to be an ordinary man when I've been programmed to be free? So now I think they're taking more of me than I've allowed before I can't agree to disagree It isn't what I live for Building bridges, turning corners, seeing light after the dark Run in circles, empty pockets, found it growing in the park Intuition shouldn't tell you you have to scar my heart before you go so far your arrows haven't even left a mark And is your conscience frozen in the sun? But is your mind still broken, like mine?
2.
Terra Firma 04:27
You're living the life you chose though you could Never afford it if you let go of your mother's purse Throw off your furs You've never learnt to brave the cold like she has But what is a life if not for living When your idiolect is unforgiving And your ice is wearing thin You're living the life you picked though you're the First to admit that you haven't really had a clue Since you left school You've never thought about the consequences But isn't there something they're forgetting It's better to leap than live regretting When everything's a sin And it's rattling around your chest And it's begging you to set it free If you let it you will catch your death Did you think that you could give up easily You've had a million chances so far You've had a million chances To find a way to put your feet back on Terra Firma So this is the life you lead And how you want to spend eternity This echoing in your ear will become nothing to fear eventually So look at the stars as you lie in the gutter They're all the same We're not moving on til something better Carries us away The lights come on down every street you walk on So how could you not see what's missing Where's your future? The inspiration has all gone As we suspected all along Where's your future? The lights come on down every street you walk on So how could you not see what's missing Where's your future? The inspiration has all gone As we suspected all along A guilty conscience weighs a tonne But don't let them silence your opinion
3.
Red Lines 02:54
Red lines are lines you cannot cross You can't negotiate your fate, though you try Somehow it washes over like the rain But allow yourself to savour what remains As reality goes you know I'm all thumbs and toes, but I know That it's starting to show now my brain is getting slow and I wonder Going back to where it started Do you think they still remember my name? They'd hand you over for a score You'd never see the light of day, though you try Somehow this masquerades as parlour games But now said feelings riddle me with shame Once an old friend of mine said that they'd die by my side should I die All I had to give up was my narcissistic life and I tried Going back to where it started Do you think they still remember my name? Over time I have grown to ignore the status quo around me Given time you'll agree, cos you'll see it just like me and I wonder Going back to where it started Do you think they still remember my name?
4.
Read 04:54
Hold back the tide of validity See past unearned credibility Unmask their veil of sincerity And trust in your capabilities I'd only be a pioneer if I went back in time Where all the great ideas I heed were mistaken for mine Think twice and test the acidity Don't fall for dystopic imagery Preserve your freedom to operate And when you lie make sure you learn to lie convincingly I'll never be a millionaire cos I don't have the time To waste my life on chasing dreams when they're there all the time Don't make yourself too comfortable Don't think you're indestructible Don't believe in everything you read Don't act as if there's nothing else The life you lead is under threat Don't believe in everything you read Take stock; what's fact? What's bigotry? Don't take what's said so literally Mistrust your growing complacency Make sure you've got a contingency plan You'll only be a pioneer if you don't toe the line And see it from the other side It was there all the time
5.
Blakelaw 03:23
You're yearning for an earning And begging for me to pay For the rubbish in my garden Get lost, it's getting late In the morning, crack of dawn and You stop me in the street On a night time, it's the same thing Get lost, how you frustrate Did nobody sit you down and tell you we've all got problems? This isn't the life to lead when you're only seventeen You're pouring your heart out for You need to get to Blakelaw How'd you get into this state? Detached you can't compensate You stop me for a third time This time you've gone too far Dig a big hole in me garden Gone lost, mam can't berate You've no luck with me young man Same time again next week?
6.
Offshore 04:36
If I had a penny for every time they lied I'd throw it in a hole and head to the shore Before anybody noticed that we've known about this One of those myths that never ceases to be dismissed Do it again I know you can't resist I'm floating away No trust in what you say Trust in what you say You only come across as though if to say that You don't have to pay the same as all the other people pay Don't let them take away What they ought to away And if it were only fair Then maybe all your problems will give way to how to solve them The trust is broken and we won't face austerity There's no use in hoping when you're not given clarity I'm floating away

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released October 15, 2016

All songs written and performed by Slurs.
Mixed and produced by Mark Simpson and Fintan Dawson.
Beeftin Productions 2016.

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Slurs Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Slurs are a DIY slacker-punk band from Newcastle upon Tyne, comprised of bassist and vocalist Mark Simpson, guitarist and vocalist Fintan Dawson and drummer Mike Smith. On their kitchen-recorded tape release Badmouth, Slurs built on their first self-produced EP, Northern Electric by crafting a sound that borrows from influences encompassing post-punk, doom and slacker-rock. ... more

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