Nothing like the four walls crashing round your ears
Constant in the background to a soundtrack of tears
Funny how the style still sweeps the content aside
Always in bite-size, swollen and bite-size
Rip it up, strip it down, over again
Pack it up, wrap it up, over again
Sick it up, spit it up, over again
Rip it up, tear it up, start it again
Too poor to die, too poor to die, Too poor to die, too poor to die
A shell now of a shadow in nostalgic rewind
Jingles over slogans for your national pride
A reading of the future likes it’s yesterday’s news
Dormant and no use, ornament, no use
Rip it up, strip it down, over again
Pack it up, wrap it up, over again
Sick it up, spit it up, over again
Rip it up, tear it up, start it again
Too poor to die, too poor to die, Too poor to die, too poor to die
credits
from PRETERETROSPECTIVE,
released April 21, 2023
The Noise Who Runs Ian Pickering and Felipe Goes
All songs written by Ian Pickering
All songs recorded, engineered and produced by The Noise Who Runs
Drums, additional recording and production by Julien Guyot
Additional production by Colin C at The Cell Studio (thecellstudio.com)
All songs mixed and mastered by Colin C at The Cell Studio
Anglo-French dark electronic rock and pop with heavy influences of indie, EDM and trip hop.
Formed in 2019 by Sneaker Pimps’ lyricist Ian Pickering along with guitarist Felipe Goes.
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