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If all the girls who ever left came back with sorrow and regret, however hard I tried I’d never get time to see them all. 
In a mourning suit but an evening tie, in buildings that are occupied, by people wanting to resign but know they never will.
 And if the planet dies we can’t complain, we’ve only got ourselves to blame, so hold each other close again before it all kicks off.
If all the boys you ever kissed wrote songs about their pain and misery would there be enough acoustic nights to cater for them all? (I don’t think so!).
Resign yourself to a free-view state, sofa bound in a comatose state and watch your own death take place every night from half past eight.
And if the planet dies we can’t complain, we’ve only got ourselves to blame, so hold each other close again before it all kicks off.
Is it the end of it all? No time for an encore, no time to make amends, no time to find all your old friends.
Is it the end of it all? no time for an encore, no time to make amends, no time to find all your old friends, no time to find all your old friends.
If all the kids who ever died in bloody wars came back to life, screamed “Where’s the peace for which we died? There’s people dying on either side!”.
A capable but emaciated state, we’ve made mistakes it could be too late, to make a change while wars still rage, what’s left behind will be left to waste.
And then there’s you and then there’s me and we’re standing in the ruins of the World we see. You take my hand, I look in your eyes, a simple act of kindness always made me cry.
Everyday, every night, I lie awake, I hope to hell we all survive.

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from Kind Words For Cruel Times (album), released October 30, 2013
Guitar & Vocals: Nathan Loughran
Guitar & Backing Vocals: Sam Hartley
Bass & Backing Vocals: James McKeown
Drums: Jason Moran

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The Reverse London, UK

The Reverse is a North London guitar band making an urgent, literate style of indie-rock. New EP "If The World Ends Now" and LP "Which Way Out" out now on Blang Records. 3 EPs and debut LP released between 2006-20013. The band have played festivals incl Great Escape and Standon Calling and with acts including IDLES, and The Wave Pictures. ‘Abstract Heart’, was in Gary Crowley’s top songs of 2018. ... more

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