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Your Head Is On Fire

Release date: 5th March 2010

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"Your Head Is On Fire" is a track by Broken Bells, from the album Broken Bells, released 5th March 2010. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Your Head Is On Fire

[Chorus] x2

Run and hide, your head's on fire

Whirling masses, rolling ashes

Dream of morning, grey earth dawning

Life in stasis, forty paces

[Verse]

To turn away from the night

Allowing the light alone

Is surely fooling yourself

Leaving half on the shelf

You’ll never know

How low an angry heart can go

So, hold on to that certain hand

As we're turning

[Chorus] x2

Run and hide, your head's on fire

Whirling masses, rolling ashes

Dream of morning, grey earth dawning

Life in stasis, forty paces

[Outro]

Does anybody else here feel that fear?

That none of all these good things had to be?

Or is it just me?

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Credits

Writer: Danger Mouse, James Mercer
Producer: Danger Mouse
Drums: Danger Mouse
Guitar: James Mercer
Vocals: James Mercer
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Todd Monfalcone
Bass Guitar: James Mercer
Credited: Adriana Zoppo, Alisha Bauer, Alwyn Wright, Calabria McChesney, Carolyn Osborn, Christopher J. Tedesco, Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Ilona Geller, James Mercer, Jennifer Walton (Violinist), Jessica Van Velzen, Johana Krejci, John Wittenberg, Kennie Takahashi, Kirsten Fife, Margo Aldcroft, Michele Nardone, Miriam Mayer, Neel Hammond, Peggy Baldwin, Peter Kent (Violinist), Philip Vaiman, Ronald Clark, Ruth Bruegger, Stefanie Fife, Stephen Marcussen, Todd Monfalcone, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Yvette Devereaux
Mastering Engineer: Stephen Marcussen
Mixing Engineer: Kennie Takahashi
Organ: Danger Mouse
Piano: Danger Mouse
Recording Engineer: Kennie Takahashi, Todd Monfalcone
Strings: Adriana Zoppo, Alisha Bauer, Alwyn Wright, Calabria McChesney, Carolyn Osborn, Christopher J. Tedesco, Ilona Geller, Jennifer Walton (Violinist), Jessica Van Velzen, Johana Krejci, John Wittenberg, Kirsten Fife, Margo Aldcroft, Michele Nardone, Miriam Mayer, Neel Hammond, Peggy Baldwin, Peter Kent (Violinist), Philip Vaiman, Ronald Clark, Ruth Bruegger, Stefanie Fife, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Yvette Devereaux
Strings Arranger: Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi
Synthesizer: Danger Mouse