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Sad Bangers

by The Shops

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1.
Catnip 02:22
Catch your eye As they’re walking by And they’re lost They’re lost Let your hand Linger on their thigh And they’re lost They’re lost Catnip Trouble so they say Catnip Not worth it anyway Like a vodka shot Washes the pain away But it comes back Stronger the next day Catch your eye As they’re walking by And they’re lost They’re lost Touch your lips And they hear you sigh And they’re lost They’re lost Catnip Trouble so they say Catnip Not worth it any way Like a vodka shot Takes your breath away But it tastes bad All of the next day All of the next day
2.
Eulogy 03:32
This is a eulogy To you and me We were together Now it’s all over You set me free You told me that you care But do you care? Mission from god with Come to bed eyes and Black hearted hair Now you can’t see Now you can’t see Me Me This is a eulogy Why can’t you see That you were the one Unlucky for some But not for me? Heard a creak on the stair But are you there? A new five pound note A thrown away bag Red Ford Corsair Now you can’t see Now you can’t see Me Me What is it you haven’t told me Behind your almost perfect eyes Hiding underneath your smiley Behind your almost perfect lies? This is a eulogy No apology This was our home now I’m all alone you’ve Done this to me You told me it’s goodbye Love till I die That’s not your choice now I’ve found my voice and I won’t lie Now you can’t see Now you can’t see Me Me Me Me Me Me
3.
Truth is like water It finds a way out People need something To gossip about The things that you knew You hoped were not true Suspicions denied And both of you lied Like dreamers in the park Fall asleep in sunshine Wake up in the dark Like dreamers in the park Love turns to hate Into poison and bile It taints every memory Twists every smile The life that you had Not your life at all What made you feel special Makes you feel small Like dreamers in the park Fall asleep in sunshine Wake up in the dark Like dreamers in the park Just out of sight Beyond what you’d dreamed What we thought was right Was not what it seemed Your life is a story Both of you told But what did you hide? What did you withhold? Looking for that little mistake Looking for that little mistake Looking for that little mistake
4.
I Trust You 02:47
I trust you Three little words that say I’m here Three little words that buy my heart And my smile and my tears I trust you Three little words you long to hear Three little words that draw me into Your web, keep me near What you do, what you say Check with you, everyday I trust you I follow every thing you do I try my hardest, to be you I trust you Three little words that say you’re right Three little words that say I might You know what I want I don’t need to decide You know I can’t hide You know I can’t hide
5.
When we stood outside the tower Sergei said now is the hour Didn’t know the war was over Radios had blown our cover They said we’d hear San Francisco We picked up some kind of disco Didn’t know their war had started Mourning lovers soon departed Oh I’ve never felt colder Since the ending of the war And I’ve never felt colder Since the falling of the wall We stood on top of the tower We saw the station of power Found out about it far too late Evacuations made to wait Human robots start the clean up Dancing cleaners do the robot In homemade dresses worn today They never canceled our May Day May Day May Day May Day And I’ve never felt colder Since the ending of the war Oh I’ve never felt colder Since the falling of the wall Jupiter Radio Record and play Tap tap tap Jupiter Radio Record and play Tap tap tap Tap tap tap Tap tap tap Tap tap tap
6.
Down the hidden staircase Where you go when you’ve got Nothing left to lose Change your hair The clothes you wear The way you speak Your attitude your shoes Make a note of time and date These are the last things You will ever choose You’re never coming back You’re never coming back You’re never coming back You’re never coming back Down the hidden staircase Where you go when you’ve got Nothing left to do Leave behind your life your mind The people that you love Those who love you Tell yourself And everybody else This really is the life you’d choose You’re never coming back You’re never coming back You’re never coming back You’re never coming back If you’re looking for vainglory Or to vanish without trace We all have a different story But we end up in this place Down the hidden staircase Where you go when there is Nothing left of you Wipe away the years the days Doing whatever you wanted to do Leave behind the moral ground The friends you found Conscience, your point of view You’re never coming back You’re never coming back You’re never coming back You’re never coming back
7.
I took off my funeral shoes With careful manicured hands Wiped the lipstick from my mouth Wiped away my future plans Walked into a gallery Rewound my life to the start Before the world did damage Before the world Had broke my heart If I should die before I wake Was my whole life a big mistake? A random path, stumbled along With every choice turning out wrong A sad love song If I should wake what happens then Get out of bed, do it again? Throw in my hat and trust to chance To one more dance Just one more dance A sad love song I took off my funeral shoes With careful manicured hands Wiped the lipstick from my mouth Wiped away my future plans I put on my bravest face The brightest one I could stand Turned the pages of a book Pretended I understand Oo oo oo oo oo Oo oo oo oo A sad love song
8.
Why didn’t you just let them go Was it because of what they know? A thin disguise You live the lies The damage deep inside your soul A part of you that someone stole Is hid inside Tears that have dried Poison Seeping in to your thoughts And words and deeds Eating at your consciousness It creeps Into your eyes Red fireflies So you can ask a thousand times With well rehearsed And chosen lines What makes you do The things you do? Though people say, “Well I suppose” You are the only one who knows Stood in your shoes What lit the fuse Poison Seeping in to your thoughts And words and deeds Eating at your consciousness It creeps Into your eyes Red fireflies
9.
I’m on the outside I’ve always been here That’s where I’ll always be I’m on the outside I’ve always been here You can’t change that in me Make sure you smile Make sure you smile We all start with good intentions We all start with purer hopes In the bliss of unknown endings It’s the lucky one that copes I’m on the outside I’ve always been here This is all I can see I’m on the outside I’ve always been here It feels like home to me Make sure you smile Make sure you smile We all start with good intentions We all start with purer hopes In the bliss of unknown endings It’s the lucky one that copes Make sure you smile Make sure you smile
10.
What do you see When you look at me Do you wonder what I’m thinking? A sideways glance Cellophane trance Do you know that I’m sinking Behind the veil Between heaven and hell A place I know well? In the shadows Slow way of dying Do you know how the truth lies? A sideways glance Cellophane trance Do you know that I’m sinking Behind the veil Between heaven and hell A place I know well? This lazy wind Will blow away the things you said A year or two The tears you bled This lazy wind Will blow away the wrongs we’ve done The settled scores Add up to none No one to remember No one to remember This lazy wind Will blow away the things we’ve done A year or two They will be gone This lazy wind Will blow away embarrassment Mistakes we made They will be gone No one to remember No one to remember
11.
Black pages in a golden book We never see We only look at the cover Only look at the cover Hear the words Written down for you Watch the movements You’re told to do That far away look in your eye Is it somebody else’s blue sky? Take apart each sentence Each line Find the love there And make it shine To stay by your side, growing old Your version of have and to hold Black pages in a golden book We never see We only look at the cover Only look at the cover Dark light Still screaming at the night Is hidden away from the day Dark light Still hidden from sight Is there nothing more left to say? Catch joy in each word In each line Catch joy in each frame Let it shine But words loose meaning Disappear When there is no one left to hear Could we see that now if we try? Could we feel that now if we try? Have you found a love that is true? Better than a lover for you? Black pages in a golden book We never see We only look at the cover Only look at the cover Try for happiness every day Any half good actor can play That part, from the heart Is it really different for me? I am only what they let me be Let me be
12.
Firewood 06:45
Is it all my fault? I’m the one to blame? Did you have the right To set my life aflame? Burn it to the ground Nothing left but ash Take all that we built Put it in the trash I’m broken into firewood I’m broken into firewood Who’s the victim here? Did you play no part? Are you innocent? Look into your heart Nothing I did right Nothing I did good Everything for you Turned to firewood I’m broken into firewood I’m broken into firewood Do I have to take Every bit of guilt? Forged into a blade Stabbed in to the hilt Is there nothing left Untouched by the flames? Lost in the embers Silver picture frames I’m broken into firewood I’m broken into firewood I had dreams too Why is this still All about you? You You You did wrong things too You did wrong things too I’m broken into firewood I’m broken into firewood I’m broken into firewood I’m broken into firewood Do do do do

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released February 3, 2023

The Shops
Janet Holmes: Singing
Alan Holmes: Guitars
Alex Russell: Keyboards
Nicholas Young: Drums

Written by Holmes, Holmes, Russell, Young
Recorded by Jonny Woodhead at Green Velvet Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Phil Dobie in Dalkey

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The Shops are an a-pop-alyptic four piece raised on short wave radio broadcasts from behind the Iron Curtain, inspired by misheard disco and degenerate pop from underground Baltic bunkers.

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