Dry Ground

from No Reply by Practical Lovers

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lyrics

Art was once everything to me
hand in hand with my integrity
plucking strings and pushing buttons
every feeling as a rush of exposition

but when the well runs dry
and your heart cracks open
like a stone in the sun
there’s still a mouth to feed

love was once everything I knew
the confirmation came from you
I was pumping blood like oil
from new and fertile soil
and the flowers gave us substance as they grew

but when the heart beats cold
and the earth grows dry
cracks open in the sun
there’s still a mouth to feed

the instrument in my chest feels blunt and honest
there’s a question in my mind that will not be resolved
the two will fight for ever, through each of my endeavours
until my breath is gone and my heartbeat is cold
there’s a banknote in the sky
so bright I’ll leave it all behind
now I’m gloriously blind
to my heart, my soul and my mind

but there’s still a mouth to feed

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from No Reply, released March 17, 2014

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Practical Lovers London, UK

"Nottingham's answer to your darkest moments. Hearbreakingly honest and lyrically poignant" - Famyard

"A really enjoyable update on the 1980s electro-pop template." - Leftlion Magazine

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Agony

Nov 2015
No Reply

Mar 2014
Put it Bluntly

Dec 2011

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