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from The Gap (2011) by Coil

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This was written in Vienna, staying a huge flat. I got up to go to the bathroom one night and turned off the lights by accident. With the shutters down, I couldn’t see a thing. For a moment I was lost. Then I found the lights again. In the morning I wrote this song. A week later the lyrics and music were put together.

lyrics

I got the hang of how I turn on the lights.
Took a while and some fiddling round,
but eventually I got it right.

They’re burning bright now,
Lighting up the night.

Now I don’t feel so alone.

Customary practice for a songwriter to write
Songs with bitter endings at the final stage of life.
Sick and tired of keeping up and struggling to do so.
Love to be in company,
Love to be…
Robinson Crusoe.

I’m walking naked now along my own deserted beach.
Tapping out this rhythm on my two remaining teeth.

What’s the point of solitude with no one here to share it?
Where’s the fun in nakedness with no one here to bear it?

Now I don’t feel so alone.

Over-stimulated from the cradle to the grave.
That’s my generation man,
There’s nothing left to save.
No truths we have not compromised,
No rights we have not waived.
No causes we ain’t buried,
No principles unscathed.

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from The Gap (2011), released June 10, 2011

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Coil UK

Genre: new wave, post punk, fast, sharp, slightly chippy, good SOH, mature, attractive, desirable, not too stupid.

Members: Phil Dann (guitar, vocals), Tony Harrison (bass, vocals), , Kev Jones (drums), Finbar Lillis (vocals) Steve Curtis (percussion, vocals) ... more

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