The Permafrost

from WHAT GOES ON by ED BORRIE

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I remember the first time that you stayed
We’d spent the day at the arcade
And the northern town
The most northern town
Where the permafrost is being lost
And the only sound as the house falls down
Is the avalanche
The avalanche

A higher love
And the only sound
When all hope is lost a higher love
And the only sound
When all hope is lost a higher love
And the only sound

I remember the first time that you stayed
I remember the first time that you stayed
I remember the first time that you stayed
When we spent the day.

And the only sound
When all hope is lost a higher love
And the only sound
When all hope is lost a higher love
And the only sound

I remember the first time you cried
No one could say you didn’t try
I could smell your tears
I could feel your loss
As you count the years
And the cost
And I sang I’m on your side

And the only sound
The only sound is the sky falling down
And the only sound
The only sound is the sky falling down
And the only sound
The only sound is the sky falling down
And the only sound
The only sound the only sound the only sound
The only sound the only sound the only sound
The only sound the only sound is the sky falling down

When you’ve loved someone
And you’ve lost
There’s nothing left
Not the permafrost
And the midnight sun

Is shining on us

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from WHAT GOES ON, released May 17, 2019

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ED BORRIE London, UK

​​Ed Borrie is the former songwriter, singer and guitarist of S*M*A*S*H, heavyweight champions of the ill-fated ​New Wave Of New Wave​. In July 2015, The Guardian contended that Ed "who sang about suicide, gender politics and hate crime... was surely one of the great lyricists of the 90s... a frontman with the presence of a true star." ... more

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