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Lucius
Good Grief
Madness

TRACK

Madness

Release date: 11th March 2016

From Good Grief

Track 1

4:06

Alternative Music Pop Pop/Rock

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About This Track

‘Madness’ by Lucius is an Alternative track from the album ‘Good Grief’, released in 2016. The lyrics centre on a dreamlike, unnerving scenario, with a gun held to a head and a tense exchange about feeling and retaliation. The narrator describes bodily apprehension, agrees to a mutual take on revenge, and is then met with a taunt that they are a poet. A darkly amused cadence runs through the voice, even as the imagery stays confrontational and threatening.

"Madness" is a track by Lucius, from the album Good Grief, released 11th March 2016. The track is 4:06 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about Lucius.

About the Artist

Lucius

Lucius

Lyrics

Madness

I had a dream where
You were standing there
With a gun up to my head
You were asking how it felt, to which I said
"I can not lie, there is a tingling down my spine"
You have revenge, I'll have it too
What's mine is yours and yours is mine

Then you laughed, you said I was a poet
And you loved my use of words
We had better get a move on
Or they'll find us
My heartbeat didn't get a moment
It was racing up the hill
We could be doomed
Time's after us, we're after time

Maybe I'll drive myself to madness
Spinning in circles
Don't have it figured out just yet
Maybe I'll drive myself to madness
Spinning in circles
Don't have it figured out just yet

Scene has changed: we're running through the airport
Catching escalator rides
Down and up again
We never find the flight
My friend is running in her wedding dress
She left her gifts behind
I'll never figure out just what we're trying to find
I only know
Time's after us, we're after time

Maybe I'll drive myself to madness
Spinning in circles
Don't have it figured out just yet
Maybe I'll drive myself to madness
Spinning in circles
Don't have it figured out just yet

Wake up, it's not real life
It's not living, it's not living proof
How do I, do I justify staying in between the lines?
There's just no good excuse

Maybe I'll drive myself to madness
Spinning in circles
Don't have it figured out just yet
Maybe I'll drive myself to madness
Spinning in circles
Don't have it figured out just yet

Maybe I'll drive myself to madness
Spinning in circles
Don't have it figured out just yet
Maybe
May, may, maybe

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Track details

From Good Grief

4:062016

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Album

11th March 2016

Track number

1

Release year

2016

1Madness
4:06
2Something About You
3:40
3What We Have (To Change)
4:28
4My Heart Got Caught on Your Sleeve
4:35

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Credits

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Writer: Lucius
Producer: Lucius, Shawn Everett

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