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Bloc Party

Coliseum

Release date: 14th August 2012

From Four
Track 7
2:29
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'Coliseum' by Bloc Party is an alternative track from the album 'Four' released in 2012. The lyrics are steeped in uneasy, nightmare imagery, with a sense of being watched and misread, and a fear that nothing is really shifting. “History repeating itself” frames the vocal as an argument with fatalism, as the narrator rejects the idea of proving anything and instead urges a refusal to keep up with the drama, insisting that signs can simply be ignored. The repeated insistence on urgency and not having time to lose gives the song its strained, forward-leaning tension.

"Coliseum" is a track by Bloc Party, from the album Four, released 14th August 2012. The track is 2:29 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 19 articles about Bloc Party.

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Bloc Party

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Lyrics

Coliseum

Got nightmare walking on two legs
There's a word for people like us
Can't shake the feeling
We're moving backwards
History repeating itself
Ain't got time to prove
Why even bother?
Just ignore the signs
Ain't got time to lose
Can't change the drama
In time you'll see
The empire never ended

McSweeney draws first blood
Teeth hit the floor
Fingers twitch on the remote
The crowd want more more more
They're waiting for the ground and pound
To turn his face into raw meat
Little Johnny turns to mommy
"This is is what I want to be..."
Because
Pain is hopeful
Pain is holy
Pain is healthy
Pain heals

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Track details

From Four

2:292012
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Album
Four
Four
Bloc Party
15th August 2012
Track number
7
Release year
2012
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  3. 3Octopus
    3:06
  4. 4Real Talk
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