Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Chills
Canonical path: /the-chills/background-affair
Related lyric paths: 6
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Background Affair
Read Background Affair lyrics by The Chills on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Background Affair
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The factories are closed
The cupboards are bare
It's a background affair, background affair
Background affair, background affair
The problem's unclear
It's not really there
It's a background affair, a background affair
A background affair
It's a background affair, a background affair
The batteries are flat
A dark age is near
It's a background affair, a background affair
We don't really care
A background affair
But there's hope near
It blows through here
Like cool air
You feel all fear disappear
But there's hope near
It blows through here
Like cool air
Your mind's clear
Your mind's clear
You feel all fear disappear
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The Chills performs "Background Affair", and this lyric page sits inside the The Chills catalog on LyroVerse.
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