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MGMT – A Good Sadness (2013) | Track profile | Dork

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A Good Sadness

Release date: 17th September 2013

About This Track

"A Good Sadness" is a track by MGMT, from the album MGMT, released 17th September 2013. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about MGMT.

About the Artist

MGMT

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Lyrics

A Good Sadness

[Verse 1]

I can still hear the reflections in the air

Feeding time

Either hemisphere, if it's summer there

Seeking you, taking a dive

Streets realigned

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Stored in my mind

[Verse 2]

All I could do not to steal

All the fun in the world

From your little heart

And now I owe it back to you

But it's hard to catch it and let it go

Find excuses to burn right through the grief

And to melt, to melt, to melt

[Refrain]

Oh, my poor memories

Down to a trace

'Til you forget that, I'm alive

And you feel it's all right

Ooh, I'm sure you'll be fine

Tune it out

And I'm sure you'll be fine

[Bridge]

Doing well

Finding an excuse

Shutting down soon (Over my eyes)

Lost the recall

[Outro]

No line

Disprove

Mean time

Desperate

Confide

Inrush

Disprove

Mean time

Inrush

No line

Desperate

Confide

Inrush

Disprove

No line

Inrush

No line

Over my eyes...

Over my eyes...

Over my eyes...

Over my eyes...

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From MGMT

2013

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16th September 2013

Release year

2013

—A Good Sadness (µ-Ziq Remix)
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—An Orphan Of Fortune
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—Alien Days
5:10
—A Good Sadness
—Mystery Disease
4:09
—Plenty Of Girls In The Sea
3:05

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MGMT — A Good Sadness

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser
Producer: Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Dave Fridmann