Black Pages In A Golden Book

from Sad Bangers by The Shops

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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

credits

from Sad Bangers, released February 3, 2023
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 Manchester, UK

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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