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We've come to replace your clock's old stubborn hands
We are the answer to why they never had a chance
It was not so long ago that the world was mostly slow
The age of iron, steam and speed
Turned a stroll to a stampede
But we've come to increase time in between ticks
And there's romance in the slow dances
'Cause they're fertile in hush, futile in haste
These are your nerves, this is how they taste
Well I can't count how many times I've been outdone by nihilism
Joined the march that splits an open heart into a schism
I cower at the thought of other people's expectations
And yet still hand over mine to them
Travel where you are, tourism is sin
These are the ruins we left behind, you can't take pictures of them
If what they say is true, then you become what you chew
If it decays spit it out, affectation is a drought
That you wait through when you hate everything that you do
You wanna live outside the groove, then fine
But it's there like a flower blooming in your ears
Open up your mouth, pollinate your peers
Nothing reminds the mind of power
Like the cheap odor of plastic
Leaking fumes we crave, consume, the rush it feels fantastic
But like power turns to mold, like a junkie going cold
I need the fix of a little tenderness
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Parquet Courts – Tenderness
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A. Savage to NPR:
“And last but not least, ‘Tenderness.’ I had this piano melody for ages, and it took me a long time to come to [the] realization that it could be a Parquet
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Parquet Courts – Freebird II
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The story behind Parquet Courts' “Freebird II” can be summarized in a track-by-track interview with NPR of the band’s frontman Andrew Savage.
The first running title of this song
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Parquet Courts – Violence
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“Violence” is a self-explanatory progressive punk-rock take driven to the brim with jagged guitars and an Andrew Savage performance taking cues from the likes of Beastie Boys and
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Parquet Courts – Total Football
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“Total Football” by Parquet Courts is the opening track to their sixth studio album, Wide Awake!.
The title comes from a tactical theory of the same name which was popularized in
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Parquet Courts – Back to Earth
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[Verse 1] / I was biding my time, desperately, I walked the line / Between health and poverty / Looked into a face, all my thoughts they were replaced / I had the nerve to call it
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Parquet Courts – Wide Awake
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“Wide Awake” is the title track and second single from Parquet Courts' sixth studio album. A Mardi Gras-themed video was released the same day as the single on March 8, 2018.
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Parquet Courts – NYC Observation
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[Verse 1] / Living in proximity of a dollar / Trying to get ahead of the pack / But you never learned, you never got it did ya? / How to glide past people sleeping on the sidewalk
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Parquet Courts – Mardi Gras Beads
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[Verse 1] / Your glance sings of lyrics 'cite from memory / It's sad our goodbyes sound nostalgic / Your chords swung me from an ol' holler tree / I'm living like a vagabond that
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Parquet Courts – Almost Had to Start a Fight / In and Out of Patience
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“Almost Had to Start a Fight” is a song about boundaries which the band set for their own civility in the face of “radical right wing agitation” as stated by Parquet Courts in an
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Parquet Courts – Before the Water Gets Too High
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[Verse 1] / Seldom have I ever questioned the end / Still I grow frost when I'm reminded / Euphemisms on a loop interchange / Which hands get to turn the final page? / In whose
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Parquet Courts – Death Will Bring Change
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The album’s penultimate track is about how the death of Austin’s sister in a car crash, at age 20, has affected him and his family. He has stated;
“It’s not about the death so
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Parquet Courts – Normalization
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[Verse 1] / Faced with a decision: / What do I call bullshit? / A contemporary dilemma / Can I allow this? / [Chorus 1] / Normalization, what am I thinking? / Immunization, power
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Parquet Courts – Extinction
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[Verse 1] / Making the distinction between life and lore / Odds favor the former when you wear a mask / Masochism forming in the reflection / And I’m trying not to turn into a
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Genius Users – Genius Picks: Songs 2018
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Reviving an old tradition, in this list, Genius users have the free reign to list their Top 10 Favorite Songs of 2018. Here are some ground rules:
Do list 10 songs (try to keep
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Genius Artists
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Parquet Courts
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Parquet Courts are an American rock band, based in Brooklyn, New York, that dabble in a slew of punk-rock genres, namely post-punk, garage rock and art punk. Composed of brothers
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Frank LoCrasto
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Genius Albums
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Wide Awaaaaake! by Parquet Courts
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Wide Awaaaaake! is Parquet Courts' sixth album, released in May 2018. For this go-round, the punk quartet departed a bit from their rugged punk routes in order to produce a bouncy
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Parquet Courts Lyrics
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Parquet Courts lyrics - 90 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Donuts Only ... Tenderness. album: "Sympathy For Life" (2021). Parquet Courts - Sympathy For ...
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