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Petrol Girls – Treading Water (2016) | Track profile | Dork

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Petrol Girls
Talk of Violence
Treading Water

SINGLE

Treading Water

Release date: 17th October 2016

From Talk of ViolenceTrack 42:18

Punk Music Alternative Rock

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"Treading Water" is a single by Petrol Girls, from the album Talk of Violence, released 17th October 2016. The track is 2:18 long. It's filed under Punk. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Petrol Girls.

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Petrol Girls

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Lyrics

Treading Water

They're tryna build more white cliffs
Their white fucking cliffs
The sea is rising
We rise
London is dead
Europe is lost

I can't keep / My head
My head up / Under
They talk of / The waves
Those who take / My hands
And I have / Let go
Nothing left / She's lost
To give I / My love
Having nothing / She's lost

We rise with water
We rise with the waves
We rise with all those
Who's lives could be
We rise with water
We rise with the waves
We rise with all those
Who's lives could be saved

Working so / I try
Hard to keep / To keep
My head up / Treading water

The sea is rising
We rise

Border violence
Structural violence
Bureaucrat violence
Chemical violence
Binary violence
Property violence

They talk of violence

Industry violence
Cultural violence
Corporate violence
Racialized violence
Binary violence
Bureaucrat violence
Border violence

We rise with water
We rise with the waves
We rise with all those
Who's lives could be saved
We rise with water
We rise with the waves
We rise with all those
Treading water

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Track details

From Talk of Violence

2:182016Single

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Album

Talk of Violence

18th October 2016

Track number

4

Release year

2016

1False Peace
2:35
2Clay
2:34
3Fang
2:31
4Treading Water
2:18

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Petrol Girls — Interlude (Looming) (from Cut & Stitch) [0:42]
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