The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future
Los Campesinos!
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I grabbed hold of her wrist and my hand closed from tip to tip I said 'you've taken the diet too far, you have got to let it slip But she's not eating again, she's not eating again, she's not eating again, She's not eating again. I ask her to speak French and then I need her to translate, I get the feeling she makes the meaning more significant. She was always far too pretty for me to believe in a single word she said, Believe a word she said. At fourteen her mother died in a routine operation, From allergic reaction to a general anesthetic. She spent the rest of her teens experimenting with prescriptions, In a futile attempt to know more than the doctors. She said one day to leave her, sand up to her shoulders waiting for the tide To drag her to the ocean, to another sea's shore. This thing hurts like hell, But what did you expect? And all you can hear is the sound of your own heart And all you can feel is your lungs flood and the blood course But oh I can see five hundred years dead set ahead of me Five hundred behind, A thousand years in perfect symmetry Best known left wrist right finger, through all the Southern States, On every video games machine they call her triple A. There were racists on the radio trying to give up smoking, The chat show host, he joked 'you have to wait for the government program'. You talk about your politics, And I wonder if you could be one of them, But you could never kiss a Tory boy without wanting to cut off your tongue again. A good place to look to the future is when you are sat at the sea, With the salt up to your ankles and a view of the end of the pier, You may look down at your model's feet and wish that you'd just float away, And the weather here is overcast and the sea is the same shade of gray, So the landscape before you looks just like the edge of the world, But to the left side and the right side, either way is a crazy golf course. The sea is a good place to think of the future. And all you can hear is the sound of your own heart And all you can feel is your lungs flood and the blood course But oh I can see five hundred years dead set ahead of me Five hundred behind, A thousand years in perfect symmetry A thousand years no getting rid of me A thousand years in perfect symmetry.
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Written by: GARETH DAVID PAISEY, THOMAS EDWARD BROMLEY
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13 facts about this song
Band Origin"Los Campesinos!" is an indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales.
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Song Release"The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future" was released in 2009 and served as a digital download single.
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Genre ClassificationThe genre of this track can broadly be classified as Indie Pop and Indie Rock.
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Band FormationThe band "Los Campesinos!" was formed during 2006 at Cardiff University.
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Member ContributionThe song includes musical contributions from all seven members of the band who were present at the time of the recording.
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Song InspirationThe song is believed by many to revolve around themes of introspection and makes use of the sea as a metaphor.
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Music VideoThe song has a very creative music video that was directed by James Slater.
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Lyric ContentThe lyrics of the song touch upon topics such as mortality, loneliness, and the overwhelming nature of growing up.
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Critical ReceptionThe song was well received among critics and fans alike, lauded for its intense lyrics and powerful musical composition.
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Band ContinuityDespite various changes in the band line-up over the years, Los Campesinos! has continued to produce music, with "The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future" being one of their most notable songs.
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Noteworthy InstrumentationThe instrumentation of "The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future" is interesting, involving violins, guitars, glockenspiel and a variety of percussion instruments.
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Singer's IdentityGareth David, the lead vocalist of the band, is the singer of the song.
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Distinctive PresentationUnlike many other modern pop songs, this song doesn't have a conventional structure with a repeating chorus. This gives it a distinct, free-flowing storytelling style.
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