“So now we find ourselves in the waiting room of history … holding hands through this absurdity.” Beautifully poignant lyrics for a world in limbo in this new song by the Brooklyn trio with an 80s new wave electro-pop style. Singer Ian Devaney’s voice has echoes of The Human League’s Phil Oakey, and alongside Aidan Noell (synth, vocals) and Michael Sue-Poi (bass), the band’s retro electronic pop very much fits in with a former era of everything from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark to Kraftwerk, mixing philosophical gloom in lyrics with joyous sounds. To enjoy more of their work visit their Bandcamp page, and also check out another recent song, Deliver Me From Wondering Why, as well as their 2020’s album – Introduction, Presence – also below.
Early in the morning
I cry for better times
Chest wide, bleeding all kinds of light
But the feeling I could live without a registry
Has been afforded me for such a long time
And I'll try to find an end
Try to shine for a while
So now we find ourselves in the waiting room of history
And hate ourselves for being so blind
I'm so naive it's like they came up from behind me
And they gouged me in the eyes
So now we're holding hands through this absurdity
And it seems as though the world is in decline
We're in between stations, but we still hear the bells
Of a different kind of life
Pray we'll find our common sense
Pray we'll find our hearts in all of this
They said be fair, give him one more try
But he checks all of the boxes of a racist troglodyte
Darker dusk, the night still
They say come with us, before you get yourself killed
So now we're holding hands through this absurdity
And it seems as though the world is in decline
We're in between stations, but we still hear the bells
Of a different kind of life
So now we find ourselves in the waiting room of history
And hate ourselves for being so blind
So now we're holding hands through this absurdity
And it seems as though the world is in decline
We're in between stations, but we still hear the bells
Of a different kind of life
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