Part of Me Does

from Arrhythmia EP by What We Call Progress

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lyrics

I keep a tin with another life in
The things I'd do if I wasn't forced in
The things I'd do if I worried less.
Part of me.

I try to keep a lid on it
With elastic bands and a broken house brick
But now and then the seams split
And my secrets seep out of the sides.
As much as I don't, part of me does.
Part of me
Part of me does.
Can't keep everything in.

And then I write in big, bold type:
"NOTHING TO SEE HERE, THIS ISN'T MY LIFE"
Capital letters, underlined,
But my secrets are found out in time.
As much as I don't, part of me does.
Part of me
Part of me does.
Can't keep everything in.

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from Arrhythmia EP, released April 8, 2017
Lyrics by John Pattison
Music by What We Call Progress

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What We Call Progress Northumberland, UK

Glitch rock philosophers from Newcastle upon Tyne, What We Call Progress make music in the tension between nihilistic despair and a genuine hope in the power of togetherness.

With samples taken from malfunctioning children's toys, forced rhubarb and twisted live recordings, they build accessible melody and riffs from the unexpected and unconventional. ... more

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