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Pendulum

The Tempest

Release date: 8th May 2008

From In Silico
Track 10
7:27
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About This Track

'The Tempest' by Pendulum is an Electronic track from the album 'In Silico', released in 2008. The lyrics present a confrontational, wary address to someone who seems to have seen trouble on the horizon but still pretends it will not arrive, culminating in the insistence that the “storm was coming”. It’s driven by a sense of mounting inevitability, with lines about clouds appearing and letting the rain fall once the weather turns. The result is a tense, confrontational mood, framed as a warning that turns into resignation.

"The Tempest" is a single by Pendulum, from the album In Silico, released 8th May 2008. The track is 7:27 long. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Pendulum.

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Pendulum

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Lyrics

The Tempest

Saw you the other day
Looking so undermined
Acting like it wouldn't happen
Making sense of anything that you could find
Because it's just about to happen
And you'll be there
You must have known the storm was coming
When the clouds appeared

May as well let the rain come down
And join the circus of people
While you're there

Something is changing
Bruising and aching
And I'm trying
To find out
What it is
When I fix her

She's breaking
Reason keeps escaping
We're protecting
And burning like a cyst
I know that
I can help you

I just don't fucking want to
And the feeling
Is stronger by the day
Say that

I'm selfish
But I know you need this
And I'm just so

Sick of the chase
While you are letting your guard down
I will be letting myself go

While you keep running your ship aground
I will be setting myself alight
Too late, you dropped the drawbridge
You let the vampires in
You caused this shit to happen and now you want out?
Too late, you dropped the drawbridge
You let the vampires in
I hope you know now that it's nobodies fault but yours!
While you are letting your guard down
I will be letting myself go
While you keep running your ship aground
I will be setting myself alight

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From In Silico

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In Silico
In Silico
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9th May 2008
Track number
10
Release year
2008
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    5:28
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    5:52
  3. 3Propane Nightmares
    5:13
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    5:36

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