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Artist: Bloc Party
Canonical path: /bloc-party/positive-tension
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Positive Tension
Read Positive Tension lyrics by Bloc Party on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Positive Tension
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He said you're just boring as everyone else
When you tut and you moan
And you squeal and you squelch
He said that you're just boring as everyone else
Nothing ever happens
Things replace things
Days replace days
Things replace things
She said I'm going use my teeth and my claws
She said I'm going use my teeth and my claws
She said I'm going use my teeth and my breasts
I'm gonna make it happen
She said
Run run run run run run
And you cannot run or ever, ever escape
You cannot run or ever hide it away
Something glourious is about to happen
The reckoning
They go you're just boring as everyone else
When you tut and you moan
And you squeal and you squelch
They go you're just boring as everyone else
Stuck past timing
The fear and the yearning
The fear and the consumption
The fear and the yearning
It's gonna eat you alive
They go...
Run run run run run run
And you cannot hide or ever, ever escape
And you cannot hide or ever put it away
Something glorious is about to happen
The reckoning
They go...
They say...
They go...
They say...
They go...
Why'd you have to get so hysterical? [x4]
Why'd you have to get so hysterical? (Success, success, success is over) [x4]
Why'd you have to get
SO FUCKING USELESS?
Play it cool boy
Play it cool
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