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Protean

Release date: 11th April 2024

From Our Brand Could Be Yr Life
Track 10
1:58
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"Protean" is a track by BODEGA, from the album Our Brand Could Be Yr Life, released 11th April 2024. The track is 1:58 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about BODEGA.

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Lyrics

Protean

She said we could never be
That donʼt really matter to me anyway
Weʼre an island in a military campaign
Colonel taking orders from champagne
Coast is a target for both sideʼs siege
And those steel caged machines…
Canʼt change their direction
Canʼt change their direction
She said thereʼs nothing ever new in the arts
Right then I knew we would start to break away
That thinking is lazy
(Lazy)
Underground Paisley
Tell myself this is why we stopped
But I know I was dropped…
And later changed my perspective
I had to change my perspective
And like the mannequinʼs holy glow
The rock pop singer in his gaudy robes
Whatʼs in the mirror is not really there
But if I stare…
Iʼll want to change my direction
I have to change my direction
Strip away - refine direction
Gotta change my direction

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From Our Brand Could Be Yr Life

1:582024
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Our Brand Could Be Yr Life
Our Brand Could Be Yr Life
BODEGA
12th April 2024
Track number
10
Release year
2024
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    3:24
  2. 2G.N.D. Deity
    2:36
  3. 3Bodega Bait
    2:26
  4. 4Tarkovski
    4:33

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