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Friendly Fires Lyrics — Section 25 | Dork

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Section 25
Friendly Fires Lyrics

Lyrics

Friendly Fires

From Always Now1981

Written by Section 25

Produced by Ian Curtis

Lyrics

Friendly Fires

[Chorus]

Flying so high

Flying so high

You can hear them

You can see them

They're on their wave

They're on their wave

Over to you

[Verse 1]

No one can escape

This kind of war

Forty thousand feet

Above the floor

And the little children

Have nowhere to run

They don't even know what's going on

[Chorus]

Flying so high

Flying so high

You can hear them

You can see them

They're on their wave

They're on their wave

Over to you

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

About this track

"Friendly Fires" is a song by Section 25 from the album Always Now, released in 1981. The song was written by Section 25. It was produced by Ian Curtis, Martin Hannett.

Section 25 profile →Always Now album →Track profile →

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Ian Curtis— 134 credits as songwriter & producer →
Martin Hannett— 131 credits as producer →
Section 25— 6 credits as songwriter →

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