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Tracks
Editors
The Back Room
Open Your Arms

TRACK

Open Your Arms

Release date: 24th July 2005

From The Back RoomTrack 106:00

Alternative Music Indie Rock

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About This Track

"Open Your Arms" is a track by Editors, from the album The Back Room, released 24th July 2005. The track is 6:00 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Editors.

About the Artist

Editors

Editors

Lyrics

Open Your Arms

Look up, look up, look up now
It's a long way down

Look up, look up, look up now
It's a long way down

You fail, you fail to see now
What you need the most

Making a meal of me now
You're the perfect host

This lot, this lot have messed you around

This lot, this lot have messed you about

Open your arms and welcome people to your town

Look up, look up, look up now
Well it's a long way down

This lot, this lot have messed you around

Oh this lot, this lot have messed you around

Oh this lot, this lot have messed you around

Oh this lot, oh this lot have messed you around
Messed you around

Open your arms and welcome
Open your arms and welcome
Open your arms and welcome
Open your arms and welcome
Open your arms and welcome
Open your arms and welcome
Open your arms and welcome
Open your arms and welcome

Open your arms and welcome people to your town
Open your arms and welcome people to your town

Oooooooooooooh
Oooooooooooooh
Oooooooooooooh

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Track details

From The Back Room

6:002005

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Track number

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7Fingers in the Factories

10Open Your Arms

6:00

—Crawl Down the Wall

—French Disko

—Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home

—You Are Fading

1Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home

2You Are Fading

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Chris Urbanowicz, Edward Lay, Russell Leetch, Tom Smith
Producer: Jim Abbiss