Marshall Law-Kae Tempest

[ti:Marshall Law] [ar:Kate Tempest] [al:Everybody Down (Bonus Track Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Marshall Law - Kae Tempest [00:01.00]Everywhere is monsters [00:01.68]Tits out wet mouthed heads back [00:03.66]Shouting and screaming just to prove they exist [00:06.56]Becky's at the bar with the usual mix [00:09.22]Of decadent fabrics and desolate lighting [00:12.30]Everybody here has got a hyphenated second name blowing more breeze [00:16.06]Than the wind at the weather vane [00:18.32]Industry slimeballs showbiz big deals [00:20.87]The cool new band with the retro feel [00:23.66]It's the wrap party for their video [00:25.16]Becky danced in it [00:26.44]The director marshall law [00:28.10]Head to toe in yellow velour [00:29.90]Is holding court about the science of image [00:32.26]While the sycophants giggle and grimace [00:34.12]Becky fidgets tells herself [00:36.06]Must stop being so cynical [00:38.09]Everybody here is a human [00:40.63]Even these pitiful posturing pop stars and idiots [00:43.59]She tells herself to look again [00:45.49]Nothing is hideous [00:46.89]So while marshall law is wanking on about his artwork she smiles [00:50.19]At the guy opposite [00:51.31]Bright eyes dark shirt [00:53.19]He raises his eyebrows in the direction of marshall [00:55.43]My name's becky she says [00:57.46]What's yours [00:58.63]She was like nothing that he'd seen before [01:01.30]Strong body soft edges with something so raw [01:03.83]In the core of her Iris [01:05.58]He said his name harry [01:06.66] [01:07.17]And never in his life had he felt so happy [01:09.67]They got talking [01:10.89]Free bar exhausting decorum [01:12.69]He drank until she was so absorbing [01:14.99]He blanked out the party [01:16.40]The floor spun he stared at her face and felt sure something was happening here [01:21.38]He was kinda nervous [01:22.83]His eyes kept doing circuits of the room [01:24.94]He drank as fast as they could serve him [01:26.72]Then this dude comes over [01:27.81]Sticks out a thick hand [01:29.41]And harry looks at her [01:30.99]Like he's just found himself in quicksand [01:32.96]He gives this guy a wrap they shake hands [01:34.77]Sweaty cash passed between palms [01:36.98]No fuss bish bash yes bosh [01:39.46]He looked at her guiltily [01:40.70]She waved it off smiling [01:42.06]You a shotter then right [01:43.38]I don't care [01:44.25]Becky all I ever wanted was a place of my own [01:47.06]His eyes wide and trusting [01:48.59]He's staring at her desperate for something to click [01:51.59]He Is opening up this is it [01:53.48]A real classy place the whole bit [01:55.63]Like a speakeasy right [01:57.02]Chandeliers and lights [01:58.41]That shine off of the glasses [01:59.65]No hype and no arseholes [02:00.99]Instead of rotting our guts out [02:02.95]In shitty old boozers [02:04.37]We can be grown men listening to music [02:07.18]Real music played with heart by real bands [02:10.05]Not just posers looking like they're [02:11.74]Giving blowjobs to mic stands [02:13.58]And I'll be in a waistcoat dead grand [02:16.10]Harry's place [02:17.26]Or at least that's the plan [02:19.02]She was half listening [02:20.37]Half not listening [02:21.66]Kept getting distracted by the lights flickering [02:24.60]He looks like an outline that needs filling in [02:27.55]He leans in close starts whispering [02:29.56] [02:30.18]The thing is and it's weird [02:31.63]I never felt so able [02:33.23]To talk like this to anybody ever [02:36.16]Recently becky I've been really feeling the pressure [02:38.85]I can't tell you how good it is [02:40.63]To get this off my chest [02:42.21]Becky's holding tight to her glass [02:44.01]Good coke brain fast [02:45.37]She watches his face as he talks [02:47.96]Little bump on her fingertips [02:49.39]Expert quick snort [02:50.61]Sucking on a cigarette feeling vaguely bored [02:53.54]It's true if you believe it [02:55.71] [02:56.33]The world is the world [02:57.29]But it's all how you see it [02:59.15] [02:59.79]One man's flash of lightning ripping through the air [03:02.61]Is another's passing glare hardly there [03:05.50]It's true if you believe it [03:07.08] [03:07.71]The world is the world [03:08.88]But it's all how you see it [03:11.10]One man's flash of lightning ripping through the air [03:13.91]Is another's passing glare hardly there [03:16.91] [03:17.50]If I'm being honest well it is [03:18.74]It's like a trap [03:19.72] [03:20.32]I ain't trying to be flash [03:21.36]I just need to raise the cash for the dream [03:22.97]I hardly touch it myself [03:24.20]Look it ain't that [03:25.49]But once I set myself a task [03:26.85]Well there ain't no going back [03:28.20]And I am halfway there [03:29.70]I am nearly anyway [03:31.53]The point is [03:32.40]I kinda had to push all of my friends away [03:34.35]I can't have nobody [03:35.88]Knowing what I'm up to [03:37.26]I keep it very secret but the thing is [03:39.30]I would love to [03:40.51]Just for one day [03:41.35]You know live like any other guy [03:43.10]I can't have a girlfriend you see [03:44.61]Cause I don't like to lie [03:45.91]It's safer all round [03:46.97]That I just keep my head down [03:48.40]And yeah the business is booming [03:49.75]Yeah the business is really booming [03:51.21]But my family think I work in recruitment [03:53.97]So I get up every morning [03:55.44]And I put a shirt and suit on [03:57.72]And I get on a train I go up town [03:59.54]It's all professional users [04:00.67]I sell in the boardrooms and not the boozers [04:02.80]To like ceos and these modern day scrooges [04:05.94]Who get their secretaries to bring me coffee [04:07.99]It's so stupid [04:09.05]Meant to be hard times right a recession [04:11.75]But these guys are buying more than ever I reckon [04:14.09]And I [04:14.54]He's got nice eyes [04:15.71]Shame about his Issues though [04:17.44]The party pushes on her cynicism's getting vicious show nothing [04:20.77]Keep smiling [04:21.70]She catches the eye of her mates [04:23.84]They're dancing by the bar [04:24.78]They're in a state [04:25.98]Nod for save me [04:26.87]They understand dance over [04:28.82]Put their arms around her shoulders [04:30.33]Becky we're bored let's go [04:32.28]His mouth slows to a stop [04:33.70]He seems to lose his composure [04:35.08]She smiles at him [04:36.18]Yeah was nice getting to know ya [04:38.74]No not like that don't leave [04:40.43]Please [04:40.84]Don't make her go we've just got started [04:44.31]Their teeth are bare their feet are planted [04:46.33]Their smirking at him like he's dirt [04:47.85]And now his heart is [04:49.13]Damp with the fury of [04:50.41]Finding and losing [04:52.06]This miracle girl [04:53.19]He feels weak with confusion like [04:55.12]What had he said [04:56.19]How long had he talked [04:57.74]He watches them walk to the doors [04:59.70]His blood roars [05:01.03]In the back of the cab the girls sit there giggling [05:03.34]The driver lets them smoke out of the window [05:05.27]So they're shivering [05:06.18]They pass a bottle of wine back and forth [05:08.32]Let it clash against their teeth [05:09.67]The cab moves fast through the streets [05:11.97]Who was that guy you was with [05:14.08]Becky shakes her head softly [05:15.76]Him I don't know probably alright [05:18.34]But I could tell he was one of them save me types [05:21.09]And I couldn't be dealing with that [05:22.67]Not tonight