I Need Air

from EP II by The SelfSames

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Composed By James Alexander Bell
Recorded, Produced and Mixed By Paul Bannister

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Say it slowly, if you knew it you would take it away again.
Now I see, I feel it coming in the red of another day.
Heaven is hell; it’s a-creepin’ down.
I’ll never be over the way.
Wait ‘til it fades, turnin’ yellow: and you hit me right there again.

I need air.
I need air.
I need air.
I need air.

Same old sway, when we do it, and it’s always the same I get.
Holes in me: wake and wonder as you’re smokin’ your cigarette.
Trip and I fell, now I’m coming round.
I put it down: push it away.
Hold me, wholly, and you swear to me we’ll never be here again.

I need air.
I need air.
I need air.
I need air.

Pour it down in the gutter: watch it trickle along, away.
Don’t come round cos I’m feeling that I’ve wasted another day.
Heaven is hell, I’ll be comin’ now.
A crazy thing being this way.
Shake ‘til I wake: and then I see you, and it’s over another day.

I need air.
I need air.
I need air.
I need air.

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from EP II, released January 18, 2012
Vocals - Manolis Manoli
Rhythm Guitar and Bass - James Alexander Bell
Lead Guitar - Paul Bannister
Drums - Sam Lee

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