Holy Wars

from Star Signs & Misery Rhymes by Lord Leper

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The night bullet train
Will take me away from
All this decay
Will stretch far behind
A town dressed in grey
Is no place to live for
Those who would stray
Let’s make our escape

And drive
Right
Into the night
Wherever we like

Without looking back
With wind in our sails
Like Scalextric tracks
Or model train rails
We’ll make our own path
We’ll find our own way
Don’t need your old road
There’s too much to see

It’s high time
We opened our eyes
And ride while
We still have the chance
To fly - so fly
We’re not at war yet
So why not try?
Because soon we’ll be dead
(dead, dead, dead)

That may seem quite dark
How else can it be?
If you don’t think it’s true
You can just wait and see
I only say this
So you can rest assured
You’ve nothing to lose
So why stay when you’d rather

Go, run
See what the road will
Throw your way - you can’t say
Or know where
Anything leads
Row, Row
Your boat
Gently down the stream

All holy wars are fought in the sun
Don’t stay locked indoors where no rivers run
Outside you will find more than you may expect
Get up, take a walk
Stretch your legs

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from Star Signs & Misery Rhymes, released December 7, 2018

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Lord Leper Aberdeen, UK

Lord Leper, self-styled ‘Scottish Melancholy Racket Squad’ is the collaborative creation of brothers Thomas and Andrew Hyman.

Seamlessly melding raw garage-rock swagger, frenetic punk intensity and introspective folk candour, the duo developed a unique and varied sound via EPs ‘Pandæmonium’ (2016), ‘Happy Deathday’ (2017) and LP ‘Star Signs & Misery Rhymes’ (2018). ... more

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