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Ecstasy Snowbirds

from Neon Primitives by Band Of Holy Joy

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The LP version of Band Of Holy Joy's "Neon Primitives," the last part of a thematic trilogy which began with the 10" "Brutalism Begins At Home" and continued with 2017's "Funambulist We Love You." Bandcamp purchasers can also download this upon release, with the addition of a different mix of "The Devil's Got A Hold On The Land" done for radio play.

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The CD version of Band Of Holy Joy's "Neon Primitives," the last part of a thematic trilogy which began with the 10" "Brutalism Begins At Home" and continued with 2017's "Funambulist We Love You." Bandcamp purchasers can also download this upon release, with the addition of a different mix of "The Devil's Got A Hold On The Land" done for radio play.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Neon Primitives via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics

ECSTASY SNOWBIRDS

If paradise was half as nice
As the heaven you took me to
I never needed any other vice
Once I found you
Solitude was our Cockaigne
Nirvana ran in crystal streams
Utopia here in the room
It was the dream life in our veins

We were living in a world apart
We lived like snow birds from the start
We were living in a world apart
Isolation our lonely art

Lonely is the drug that numbs the heart
I've been thinking about the ecstasy of aloneness
we shared now for days
And how the good thing never lasts
A spirit always gets in the way
A murmuration of starlings filled my imagination
My dreams of flight and heat of communication
Migrating birds gravitate away
Please believe me when I say I was intent to stay

We were living in a world apart
We lived like snow birds from the start
We were living in a world apart
Isolation our lonely art

No one ever numbed you like I numbed you
So detached in the house up on that hill
No one knew or cared we were there
We were hidden from society bother to none
Until I messed up and you wanted me gone
We had lived for so long in our own quiet way
The nest was now ruined
I was gone within the year

We were living in a world apart
We lived like snow birds from the start
We were living in a world apart
Isolation our lonely art

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from Neon Primitives, released June 7, 2019

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Band Of Holy Joy London, UK

Among the most uncompromising bands of the last few decades, Band Of Holy Joy drifted from experimental music to the folk music of an industrial age and cabaret until - after a brush with fame on Rough Trade - they embraced a poetical lyricism steeped in social consciousness and wordplay worthy of the Beat Generation, all set against majestic tunes and the clarion call of vocalist Johny Brown. ... more

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