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The tail end of a winter's day,
we chase the dying embers of sunlight, to a hill with a view.
Upon a dirty city's dusk,
cast in gold dust, slipping through our hands like time.
This place will never bore,
but chokes you up and spits you out, and leaves you wanting more.

And the clock is ticking loud, time is slipping far too fast.
But we can seize it.
And the hours will slip away, minutes and seconds turn to days.
But we can seize them, oh we can seize them, oh we can seize them.

Into the dead centre of town,
we'll walk like we've got time to.
To the opening of the green that stretches out beyond the mist,
to where the birds might chase you.

And the clock is ticking loud, time is slipping far too fast.
But we can seize it.
And the hours will run away, minutes and seconds turn to days.
But we can seize them, oh we can seize them, oh we can seize them.

And though we have no time to spend,
we will spend it anyway.
And how the year has just slipped away,
and dropped us here today...

Through a grubby tunnel deep,
with iron beasts that screech like only tube trains do,
to where the cars all spit out fumes,
paint the walls all black as sirens scream.

And the clock is ticking loud, time is slipping far too fast.
But we can seize it.
And the hours will slip away, minutes and seconds turn to days.
But we can seize them, oh we can seize them, oh we can seize them.

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from Where Would You Rather Be?, released July 31, 2020

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The Morning Shift London, UK

The Morning Shift are a SE London based indie-something seven-piece, who blend their influences of Belle and Sebastian, Nick Cave and The Beatles into a circus of sound that mixes the jangly guitars of late 90s indie music with the deep, warm soundscapes of Bad Seed-esque art rock. The band’s lyrics discuss life, love and loss, reveling in the melancholy and the everyday beauty of the mundane. ... more

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