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SOFT PLAY – It's an Epidemic (2012) | Track profile | Dork

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SOFT PLAY
Sugar Coated Bitter Truth
It's an Epidemic

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It's an Epidemic

Release date: 19th July 2012

From Sugar Coated Bitter Truth

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About This Track

"It's an Epidemic" is a track by SOFT PLAY, from the album Sugar Coated Bitter Truth, released 19th July 2012. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about SOFT PLAY.

About the Artist

SOFT PLAY

SOFT PLAY

Lyrics

It's an Epidemic

[Verse 1]

Your words are irrelevant

It's an epidemic

Hold onto your identity

Or else you might forget it

The world's gone AWOL

Looking for a payroll

Everybody's involved

Everybody's been told

[Chorus]

Running on empty, running on empty

Running on empty, running on empty

You're draining me dry, draining me dry

Draining me dry, asking you why

[Verse 2]

The world's gone AWOL

Looking for a payroll

Everybody's involved

Everybody's been told

Fear is our wildfire

Disfiguring our faces

Envy is a flat tyre

Stopping us from going places

[Chorus]

Running on empty, running on empty

Running on empty, running on empty

You're draining me dry, it's draining me dry

It's draining me dry, asking you why

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Track details

From Sugar Coated Bitter Truth

2012

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Album

Sugar Coated Bitter Truth

Release year

2012

—Black Rose
—White Knuckle Ride
—Cease Fire
—Girl Fight
—It's an Epidemic
—She Grew Old
—Suicide
—Wishing Well
—Cease Fire
1:54
—It's an Epidemic
1:46
—Black Rose
2:24
—Wishing Well
2:28
—Suicide
2:36
—She Grew Old
2:16
—White Knuckle Ride
3:40
—Beauty Quest
3:48
—Girl Fight
0:15

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