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Preoccupations

Ill at Ease

Release date: 8th May 2025

From Ill at ease
Track 3
5:29
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"Ill at Ease" is a track by Preoccupations, from the album Ill at ease, released 8th May 2025. The track is 5:29 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Preoccupations.

About the Artist

Preoccupations

Preoccupations

Lyrics

Ill at Ease

[Verse 1]

On the stand in the aftermath

I was barely there

And it did not go as planned

It was all a dream

And I could not wait

To be uncreated

[Chorus]

Ill at ease

Ill at ease

Ill at ease

Ill at ease

[Post-Chorus]

I don't stand up for what I believe in

I've been buried alive

But feel delighted

[Refrain]

Let's carve ourselves a tiny space to live in

And mutually assure our self destruction

Cause all the things I love are things that kill me

And all the things I dread aren't really there

[Verse 2]

Out of hand

But within my grasp

The sensation passes

After 30 lashes

Motivate me to be awake

It's a make or break

But I'm mostly feeling ill at ease

[Chorus]

Ill at ease

Ill at ease

Ill at ease

Ill at ease

[Post-Chorus]

I don't stand up for what I believe in

I've been buried alive

But feel delighted

[Refrain]

Let's carve ourselves a tiny space to live in

(It's not OK)

And mutually assure our self destruction

(It's not OK)

Cause all the things I love are things that kill me

(It's not OK)

And all the things I dread aren't really there

(It's not OK)

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Track details

From Ill at ease

5:292025
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Ill at ease
Ill at ease
Preoccupations
9th May 2025
Track number
3
Release year
2025
  1. 1Focus
    3:33
  2. 2Bastards
    4:29
  3. 3Ill at Ease
    5:29
  4. 4Retrograde
    5:26

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