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Move by Kae Tempest

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Kae Tempest

Move

Release date: 7th April 2022

From The Line Is A Curve
Track 10
2:24
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About This Track

'Move' by Kae Tempest is an alternative track from the album 'The Line Is A Curve' (2022). The lyrics catalogue restless self-scrutiny and fixation, with lines about “Pick your battles” and obsessional habits grinding against bad outcomes. A punchy, physical insistence runs through the writing, moving from repetition and slipping to a sense of hitting nothing, all framed as compulsive momentum rather than a release.

"Move" is a track by Kae Tempest, from the album The Line Is A Curve, released 7th April 2022. The track is 2:24 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 16 articles about Kae Tempest.

About the Artist

Kae Tempest

Kae Tempest

Lyrics

Move

Pick your battles
Obsessional ticks, bouncing off the bricks
It is what it is
Everything slips
Sure you're gonna get it 'til you miss
Reduced to repetitive myths
Pound for pound with a devil who kicks
Can't stop swinging but it never connects
I throw my whole body into nothing but mist
Face like a plate of raw meat
Screaming I can't be beat
Half dead, ready to drop
Truth is I just wanted it all to stop
No matter
How many times I shatter
How many times I break
It's not the end 'til the end comes
And when it comes it will be too late
So
Move
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
Move, move
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
Move
Jumping at shadows
Sketchy smiling like nothing upsets me
It's upsetting, I drown it in silence
Fence myself in until nobody answers
Clutching the carpet and praying
The tears like a storm breaking over a desolate plain
I was waiting for the moment when everything changed
But it never came
Eager to please
Help, help
Going under, telling myself
I won't settle for anything less than the best
I can wrestle out of this tenuous vessel
I've seen the monster
Came out from under the bridge
Even that didn't stop me
Long as I live, I will flounder
Buckle and doubt
But I'll go round for round 'til the rounds run out
When it's all too late and the rain in the graveyard
Plant my tree looking out over London
So many things that never came good
But I did what I could
Move
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
Move
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
I'll fight you 'til I win
Move
More pressure, more release

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Track details

From The Line Is A Curve

2:242022
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Album
The Line Is A Curve
The Line Is A Curve
Kae Tempest
8th April 2022
Track number
10
Release year
2022
  1. 1Priority Boredom
    2:45
  2. 2I Saw Light (feat. Grian Chatten)
    3:03
  3. 3Nothing to Prove
    3:27
  4. 4No Prizes (feat. Lianne La Havas)

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Dan Carey, Kae Tempest
    Producer
    Dan Carey