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lyrics

and the girl said dreams never last
they only shatter into fragments of the past
there isn’t any life, there isn’t any hope
there isn’t any fullfillment, there are only bodies
lying speechless and forgotten everywhere in the city
there’s a subway train packed with corpses
the train moves slowly, stops here and there
noone boards the train, noone leaves the train
the conductor is only a scent
a colorless stench that shouts through the crackling
loudspeaker, “everyone is dead”

I think I could almost forget your name
what do I do - when there’s noone left to blame?
meet me in the subway flooded with tears
pack your suitcase full of fear
I think I could almost forget your name
suddenly all my ideas seem the same
meet me in the subway flooded with tears
pack your suitcase full of fear

we’re going nowhere, going nowhere fast
clinging strongly to fragments of the past

I think I could almost forget your name
you’ve got no name

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from Disease Is Relative, released April 30, 2021
Bruce Allen - drums, piano
Robert Griffin - vocals, lyrics
Andrew Marec - guitar, music
Chris Marec - bass

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Spike in Vain Cleveland, Ohio

High priests of chromaticism and absurdity, 1982-1985 Cleveland. Vox, gtr, bass shared by Robert Griffin, Andrew Marec, and Chris Marec, with Bruce Allen (82-84) and Scott Pickering (84-85) on drums.

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