Modern Age

from Tambourine Girls EP by Shakes

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lyrics

Bragging aloud with a cigarette hanging from your mouth,
Talking of how you understand what we’ve been trying to figure out,
You’ve got Tolstoy up your sleeve your friend’s buying you another drink,
As you casually say to me we’re just living out War & Peace,
I wish I knew what that means

But it’s not your fault we’re just victims to the modern age,
Trying to hold out attention until we turn the page,
It’s getting late,
I wanna know if you’re planning your escape could I follow you to that far off place & disappear?

You were bright as the sun acting elegant & young,
Floating in the blue above away from the rest of us,
You’ve practiced all your lines but you forget them from time to time,
You’ve got me feeling like a fool or did you lose your mind?

But it’s not your fault we’re just victims to the modern age,
Trying to hold out attention until we turn the page,
It’s getting late,
I wanna know if you’re planning your escape could I follow you to that far off place & disappear?

I’d love to disappear from the Modern Age.

credits

from Tambourine Girls EP, track released February 25, 2016
Written, recorded by Alex Wildwood.
Produced by Alex Wildwood & Matt Bodman.

Mix by Nathan Sowter.
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering.

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