Kebabylon

by Arab Strap

From the album: As Days Get Dark

Track 5 of 11 on As Days Get Dark (2021).

Duration: 5:15

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Lyrics for Kebabylon

I see through your swagger I sweep up your sickness I find what is lost and thrown away I stoop for your secrets I bend for your blood I kill corruption so it lives another day I'm a wallflower in the darkness In fireproof clothes Undercover, undervalued, underpaid I ride the edges and the cracks I see behind the curtain I am invisible, I am your moonlight maid Sifting through the streets of Kebabylon Chasing down the ghosts of indiscretion and lust These empty filthy streets are where I belong Down among the devilrey, turning to dust And you're already dreaming As I claw up your condom As your siringe cracks underneath my boot You've crashed on the couch I stay out on the porch Such a lover, such a liar, such a brute And with the evidence destroyed Your sleep will be sound I'm your angel, your accomplice and look what I found Sifting through the streets of Kebabylon Chasing down the ghosts of indiscretion and lust The empty filthy streets are where I belong Down among the devilrey, turning to dust So join me on the streets of Kebabylon We can find a story for the ages tonight These empty filthy streets are where I belong Always trying hard to outrun the light

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More from As Days Get Dark

  1. The Turning of Our Bones
  2. Another Clockwork Day
  3. Compersion, Pt. 1
  4. Bluebird
  5. Kebabylon
  6. Tears On Tour
  7. Here Comes Comus!
  8. Fable of the Urban Fox
  9. I Was Once a Weak Man
  10. Sleeper
  11. Just Enough