Name: Getting To The Sharp End
Duration: P00H04M35S
Description: A rough demo of a new song, thrown down over a drum loop. I'm sure it won't end up like this, but this is how it started...

Getting To The Sharp End

by William the Conk

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A rough demo of a new song, thrown down over a drum loop. I'm sure it won't end up like this, but this is how it started...

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Getting To The Sharp End

We're getting to the sharp end baby
Or rather the rusty, jagged
Anthrax covered
Pustule infected
Blades
There’ll be blood on the carpets
They’ll be mopping up for days

We're barricaded, baby
It'll take an age to cut their way in
I've got a week's supply
Of food for pets
And cigarettes and olives
And for afters, a short shelf life
Single tub of Ben and Jerry’s

We deal with it by keeping it out
Then we look it in the eye
Then we look it in the teeth
Then I don’t know
My plan runs out
We’re getting to the sharp end, baby
It’s cut or be cut

Can you hear the hacking, honey?
Can you hear the picks and shovels
Digging tunnels
Undermining our foundations
Our faith
They’re dynamiting in the cellars
Bows and arrows at the windows

We’re getting to the good bit, baby
Getting to the bit with guns and violins
I claimed outrageous things
To draw you in
Well it’s time for the confession
My plan was you and me and nothing else
The rest of it was busking

We deal with it by keeping it out
Then we look it in the eye
Then we look it in the teeth
Then I don’t know
My plan runs out
We’re getting to the sharp end, baby
It’s cut or be cut

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released March 24, 2014

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William the Conk York, Nebraska

Spin off project for songs that don't quite fit The Hoolivans... yet.

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