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SHELF LIFE

I hear a murmur ride the cold blue skies
It echoes past then on the breeze it dies
From a distant yard comes the time bell toll
And autumn's silence calls the honour roll
Then the past floods in, and the thoughts well up
Oh, we all so wanted to be grown up
For the echoing chaos of the boys and girls
Is little more than practice for the adult world

What will become, become of them
They can't be more than nine or ten
What will it hold, the future I mean
I already dislike the little I've seen
What will become, become of them
They can't be more than nine or ten
What will it hold, the future I mean
I already dislike the little I've seen

Stumble drunk, in the park
A strange scary safety envelopes you in the dark
Study the skies, a blackened page
I know little more now I'm twice the fucking age
Shadows dance upon the wall
Last impressions linger before they fall
Just like the souls who came and went
Their time with me seemed quickly spent

So what became, became of you
Became of them, what do they now do
What became, what became, what became of me
We were too busy living to stop and see
So what became, became of you
Became of them, what do they now do
What became, what became, what became of me
We were too busy living to stop and see

A ring-a-ring, as thick as thieves
A pocket full of complexities
We argue an issue
We all fall down
What will become, what will become
A ring-a-ring, as thick as thieves
A pocket full of complexities
We argue an issue
We all fall down
We are falling down, we are falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down, falling down

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from Words That Burn EP (Full Session aka Burning A Better Britain Demo), released October 7, 1995

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Four Letter Word Cardiff, UK

Punk rock band formed in 1991 in Cardiff, U.K. Released debut EP in 1995, debut album in 1998 on BYO Records. Toured U.S./Canada in 1998. Released second album on BYO in 1999 before Trade Mark issues with the first of many name claimers. FLW fought and won and soldiered on releasing two further albums and a handful of EPs, toured the U.S. again, before in 2011 they called it a day after 20 years. ... more

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