Burning Benches

About Burning Benches

"Burning Benches" is a song by English rock band Morning Runner and was the fourth track on their 2006 debut album Wilderness Is Paradise Now. The song was also released as the lead single from that album on 20 February 2006, peaking at #19 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2006 in British music). The single enjoyed a large amount of success on the radio, reaching the BBC Radio 1 B List, as well as being made single of the week by Steve Lamacq, Scott Mills, and Colin and Edith. The song was, according to the band, not so much about love as it was about obsession. Lead singer Matthew Greener said, "It sounded a bit too lovely, which is why we made it louder towards the end, we wanted to mess it up a bit." It was inspired by the surreal David Lynch horror film Eraserhead, in which the main character Henry Spencer watches and listens to the Lady in the Radiator sing about finding happiness in heaven. more »

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2002

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Let us make amends,
We're not overly good friends, 
But its not heaven without you.
You can have it all, 
We'll see mountains fall, 
But its not heaven without you.

It's the symphony distorting,
When were not talking,
But its not heaven, without you.

There's just something different,
With the air about you,
The signs, the shapes, the numbers,
None of them give me a clue 
You can have it all

And I'm not burning benches 
Cos the ash would make me choke 
It was me who always spluttered every time we spoke,
You can have it all

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Morning Runner

Morning Runner was an alternative rock band from Reading, England. They released one album, Wilderness Is Paradise Now, following top 20 single "Burning Benches", before their split in late 2007 due to commercial pressures from their record label, Parlophone. more »

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