A Season Underground

by Flotation Toy Warning

From the album: The Machine That Made Us

Track 4 of 10 on The Machine That Made Us (2017).

Duration: 4:59

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Lyrics for A Season Underground

My own Napoleon met his fate With a smile on his face in summer time By all accounts ventured he was running late For a series of dates with his own lifetime Bemused by your ambush at his garden gate His head was twisted by your nonsense rhyme For I was he when we came to be And I can't always free all the hostages you take inside of me And when it goes wrong I sing my own song It's a sad song I'll only sing for you And, when I sing loud It cuts the noise out And only you remain, now As the games end Like an old friend I call the right one in Then there's the strange case That we both make For keeping the out-takes in Bye bye Napoleon, I've boxed the tape But it's getting late, and I won't make time To re-run the chase scene, endless one-off takes None of which make good on the finish line Send Arthur Wellesley my warm embrace But I have his author on the other line For that was me when this came to be And I can't always free all the hostages you take inside of me And when it goes wrong I sing my own song It's a sad song I'll only sing for you And, when I sing loud It cuts the noise out And only you remain, now As the games end Like an old friend I call the right one in Then there's the strange case That we both make For keeping the out-takes

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  2. Due to Adverse Weather Conditions, All of My Heroes Have Surrendered
  3. Everything That Is Difficult Will Come to an End
  4. A Season Underground
  5. I Quite Like It When He Sings
  6. King of Foxgloves
  7. When the Boat Comes Inside Your House
  8. Driving Under the Influence of Loneliness
  9. To Live for Longer Slides
  10. The Moongoose Analogue