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vs. Big Electric

by Total Victory

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1.
Arnhem 05:25
ARNHEM And the trees on the river as we fall in love And the concrete in Arnhem as we fall in love And the gray of the liver as we fall in love And the view of the train from the south as we fall in love They view the wall The concrete that falls In love in love And the trees in the city where we fall in love.
2.
COUNTING HILL Let's climb up Counting Hill Back to the start of history You can count back from ten Row back to where the river begins The neck of the town where the future ends You can count back from ten The end of December where time stands still We met at the bottom of Counting Hill Everything was settled, erected in stone We fold up the map and then walk home
3.
Mass Firings 04:02
MASS FIRINGS Mass firings, energy strikes Portraits of bosses hang in offices At the edge of your desk lies the camera That's hidden inside the withering plant That we bought at our boss' retirement And have now repurposed To look at all of your passwords Mass firings, sexual shame I'm saying “I'm sorry” again and again And if you didn't notice I like to present myself as someone to talk to In lieu of someone to talk to About someone who'd like someone to talk to Mass firings. Crisis talks Mass firings. Unlit match Mass firings. Vanity press Mass firings. Mass firings And I tapped on your window Where vending machines light the way to your garden Mass firings, unlit match Where vending machines light the way to your garden And I tapped on your window Screaming your name Where vending machines light the way Mass firings, energy strikes They light the way, they light the way Mass firings, the sun in your eyes You get what you want when you don't have to try
4.
HOUSE OF LORDS I am the creep in your house I'll lock you up when you're alone House of Lords unsettled Crawl along the stone All loving fires All loving grace All loving fires Will stop, rearrange I am the creep in your room Inside your body when you're home House of Lords watertight When you're home I am the grey around the light I am the damp inside the walls I am the leaking your sink I am the peeling wallpaper House of Lords unsettled House of Lords watertight House of Lords unsettled I am the grey around the light
5.
WINTER IN HOUSE Call them up with indication Of what it is that you wanted to say Paint on the walls Paint on the staircase Book in a meeting Invite them all in Step to the lectern with notes in your pocket Point to the spreadsheet, acknowledge the graph Tension creeps into conversation Winter in house made out of glass Trainee vicar knocks on your door Getting good feelings from letting down A sense of achievement for all concerned All that's left are tiny pieces of the glass around your home In the cracks between the floorboards Waiting for unsuspecting feet An unexpected item enters your bloodstream And chokes And bubbles And stops A local meat vendor knocks on your door Getting good feelings from letting you down A sense of achievement for all concerned All that's left are tiny pieces of the glass around your home In the cracks between the floorboards Waiting for your return
6.
Pine Cone 02:21
PINE CONE It's inevitable things will fall apart Let's pick things up when light goes dark And the business slows And you don't have heart for fighting And wondering If – and when – it's ever going to happen It's inevitable things will only get worse You're bound to feel like everything hurts Sitting and considering the pine cone In time you expect things to fade away You write a series of messages you never get to send Let's draw a line under what has gone 'cos what is wrong Is not an ounce of what's to come And what's to come Is even worse than what has gone Pine cone It's inevitable things will fall apart It's inevitable that I will only break.....
7.
ATHERTON DERBY Flat cap gobshite fucked up again Left his wife and kids in the rain He calls out 'watch out slatterns!' as he enters the room With a dried-up cornflake stuck to his chin The clatter of glass The rustle of paper “I've come to see a man about a dog” “Did you get a name?” “Did you get a registration?” Making transactions under the eyes of strangers He says “it doesn't matter” when it matters the most Verbs in transition Nouns in trouble Words in crisis And sentences crushed Two invoices And neither one match And his wife in the rain Looks at her watch Flat cap gobshite fucked up again
8.
Golden Calf 02:24
GOLDEN CALF Had this love I called my golden calf But never to her face! I'd watch Cash In The Attic Until five in the morning I was afraid of winning the race I was afraid of tasting success Tell her I'm leaving to find my fortune Been selling umbrellas I'm looking in the puddles hoping for answers But only when it's raining The difference between us is love for the hate The difference between us is hate for the love The difference between us tasting success The difference between us winning the race Avuncular solutions, theoretical problems Our family is future-proof Took out insurance on major appliances And a policy on the cat I never yearn for my golden calf I'm happy selling umbrellas But sometimes the sun comes out Then I wish it was raining
9.
RABBIT KILLER Little bodies on the riverside They used to swim here Hide in the tall grass from the sun And make your home here The hills, the house The knife, the town The sun, the rain The moors A blade is pressed against the throat Of everyone you've ever known The hills, the house The knife, the town
10.
KALFON And the rain At your door I'm in your house I'm on your floor In the rain Take off the roof For the rain Run your fingers through my hair I'll touch your skin in the rain Run your fingers through my hair Constructed by brick We build by brick

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Collated EPs plus two unreleased songs put onto wax by popular demand.

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released September 21, 2016

All music written, performed, and recorded by TOTAL VICTORY
Additional vocals on Rabbit Killer by Emily Cooke and Dan Lever
Mixed and mastered by Matthew Leonard

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reasonably adept guitar music from Greater Manchester

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