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alt-J — Breezeblocks
Album: An Awesome Wave
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Released: 2012
Length: 3:45
Plays (last 30 days): 3
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She may contain the urge to run away
But hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks
Cetirizine your fever's gripped me again
Never kisses—all you ever send are full stops, la, la, la

Do you know where the wild things go?
They go along to take your honey, la, la, la
Break down, now weep,
Build up breakfast, now let's eat
My love, my love, love, love, la, la, la

Muscle to muscle and toe to toe
The fear has gripped me but here I go
My heart sinks as I jump up
Your hand grips hand as my eyes shut

Do you know where the wild things go?
They go along to take your honey, la, la, la
Break down, now sleep
Build up breakfast, now let's eat
My love my love, love, love

She bruises, coughs, she splutters pistol shots
Hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks
She's morphine, queen of my vaccine
My love, my love, love, love, la, la, la

Muscle to muscle and toe to toe
The fear has gripped me but here I go
My heart sinks as I jump up
Your hand grips hand as my eyes shut

She may contain the urge to run away
But hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks
Germolene, disinfect the scene
My love, my love, love, love
But please don't go, I love you so, my lovely

Please don't go, please don't go
I love you so, I love you so
Please don't go, please don't go
I love you so, I love you so
Please break my heart, hey

Please don't go, please don't go
I love you so, I love you so
Please don't go, please don't go
I love you so, I love you so
Please break my heart

Please don't go, I'll eat you whole
I love you so, I love you so, I love you so
Please don't go, I'll eat you whole
I love you so, I love you so, I love you so, I love you so

Please don't go, I'll eat you whole
I love you so, I love you so, I love you so
Please don't go, I'll eat you whole
I love you so, I love you so, I love you so

Please don't go, I'll eat you whole
I love you so, I love you so, I love you so
Please don't go, I'll eat you whole
I love you so, I love you so, I love you so

Please don't go, I'll eat you whole
I love you so, I love you so, I love you so
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Joe Newman definitely has a love it or hate it vocal style, but I think it meshes really well with alt-J's mystique.
Posted 1 month ago by Kryptk    [ Reply ]
 Sloggydog wrote:

I had never heard the original of this before. I prefer the Taylor Rae version. Quite obsessed with that one. I think its one of those rare songs where the cover is superior but doubtless some will disagree.


It's because there's a good song hidden under layers of imaginative and clever production. While I do enjoy the production, it really stands out and dominates the song, obscuring the actual songwriting. Taylor Rae's version strips away all the bells and whistles and weirdness, allowing us to enjoy the song itself.
Posted 3 months ago by damonlazer    [ Reply ]
 newbolddrive wrote:

Yikes, I love Alt-J, but I don't love this song.


Yes, I think I'm with you. There's a genre of bands that Alt-J seem to belong to which is folks who are full of creativity and great ideas, but lack a strong vocalist. Sometimes they deal with this by using various effects to almost disguise this fact, but the truth is laid bare here and I find the timbre of the vocal line too distracting to enjoy the rest of the song.
Posted 7 months ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
I had never heard the original of this before. I prefer the Taylor Rae version. Quite obsessed with that one. I think its one of those rare songs where the cover is superior but doubtless some will disagree.
Posted 7 months ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Yikes, I love Alt-J, but I don't love this song.
Posted 9 months ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
 spetrie wrote:

Brilliant pushing the limits of musical creativity. Thanks Bill. Would love to see them live.



Definitely see them live. I did recently and they were very impressive, much more than I anticipated.
Posted 9 months ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 damonlazer wrote:

The music video for this is pretty interesting.



That is one of the creepiest videos I've seen in a while
Posted 1 year ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Brilliant pushing the limits of musical creativity. Thanks Bill. Would love to see them live.
Posted 1 year ago by spetrie    [ Reply ]
this is a strange one.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
creepy song. Alt-J puts out really interesting music.
Posted 1 year ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
yikes
Posted 1 year ago by Tylersmyler    [ Reply ]
Terri Bowl
Posted 1 year ago by LinThizzy    [ Reply ]
alt-J has been growing on me.
Thanks, RP.
Posted 1 year ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
10 years later its good to hear some more tunes from this incredible debut album!
Posted 2 years ago by thatslongformud    [ Reply ]
Oh boy did these guys jump the shark. Whiny and precious. 
Posted 2 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
OMG, this song would make me run away...
Posted 2 years ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
The music video for this is pretty interesting.
Posted 2 years ago by damonlazer    [ Reply ]
 1jerry wrote:

!The music got me over to the comments, but the lyrics are not compelling.  The long outro adds nothing.  YMMV.

heehee - i always have to look up abbreviations. "urban slang" comes up and i'm thinking WTF---?! (this one I've known for years)

but i've been obsolete and ignorant of 'current anything' for so long I'm finding it terribly amusing - oh, and I agree with tthe comment about the outro...IMHO
(insert older cranky person smile) 
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
!The music got me over to the comments, but the lyrics are not compelling.  The long outro adds nothing.  YMMV.
Posted 2 years ago by 1jerry    [ Reply ]
 dakotaboy wrote:

First comment! Not sure about this tune... (Oops, second.)



AH, the rush to comment when they have nothing to add kinda guy.......you stand in line for iPhones too?
Posted 2 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
First comment! Not sure about this tune... (Oops, second.)
Posted 2 years ago by dakotaboy    [ Reply ]
The lyrics remind me of the childrens book "Where The Wild Things Are".
Posted 2 years ago by nclvle    [ Reply ]