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i was funny when i was young

from underfall yard (sketches 2010 - 2015) by ed lofstedt

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'i was funny when i was young' is a dark, angry pop song in the vein of The National which goes at a high pace with taut and sinewy guitar parts and a thundering middle-eight.

This track hasn't seen the light of day until now since I recorded it with Steve - and whilst I've not decided to give it a proper release, I've re-written a new, slowed-down, spectral version which I'm playing again live.

You might yet see that version on a future release.

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I was funny when I was young
wired to prescription pads and tripping on my tongue
I grew strapmarks on my legs and how the beggars begged
to bleed onto the carpet and pour fire into my head

when the cuckoo swings his watch across my muddled little mouth
it's hyenas stand to cheer us as we hold the nose and dive write down
the noise in here is supernova loud
mother am I fit to steer?

I can only skin you once
I will sweep your secrets up and kick them out your front
I am steel spoon in snout, a brittle lout
a kettle set to boil with no anger in its spout

yes sir all of us are broader than the labels we collect
but if lechery is all they see then lecherous is all you'll get
this house hopes you can back up how you bet
the dice rolls to denial tastes much sweeter
how the devil, how he spins you, spins you out of gear

well if Jesus could have seen us in this sorry little hole
he'd have never yelled 'forgiveness' but he might have whispered
'bleed them cold'
the wise man built his house upon the gold
singing are we fit to steer?

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from underfall yard (sketches 2010 - 2015), released December 4, 2016
music and lyrics © ed lofstedt 2011
guitars/vocals - ed lofstedt
synths and programming - Steviant

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ed lofstedt Bristol, UK

Plays folk. Channels post-rock. Dreams post-punk. Eats pop.

"One of the UK's best up and coming songwriters...a credit to his craft." - All Will Be Well

Ed channels electronica and post-rock through his folk songs, drawing in huge dynamic shifts, spellbinding stagecraft and bewitching lyrics.

Ed's new EP 'sweep me away' is out now! ... more

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