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from Scarlet Tina by Cuckoo Spit

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happiness is something we all need
the locked door that haunts every dream
... and you can't find the key

but I have it right here in my hand
the sharpest knife to free you from this land
... and help me understand

I want to make your smile even wider
to make the world just a little brighter
our eyes will meet we don't even have to speak
a shared moment between putrid sacks of meat

after all I still feel in the blue
and realise there's something I can do
... I gave the gift to you

I see the joy cut into your cheeks
lick streaks of blood in passion's peak
... please don't try to shriek

a happy face with a smile so pretty
I never believed I could get this feeling back again
... you're so dreamy

the meat is finished now I hang you by my bed
beautiful love each other newly-wed
in the mirror I see your face reflected
you can't leave me now; we're connected

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from Scarlet Tina, released August 29, 2014

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Cuckoo Spit UK

Cuckoo Spit's music is in constant flux between candy-coated naivety & a dark cloud of existential angst. Almost exclusively using nothing but the manipulated human voice, it has an eerie, otherworldly quality. Acerbic, barbed lyrics sink their teeth into a wash of dreamy vocals while instrumentation drawing from genres as wide as industrial and shoegaze pounds, grinds, & whispers in the distance. ... more

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