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Cathedral

Release date: 5th January 2024

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Track 3
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'Cathedral' by Sprints is an alternative track from the album 'Letter to Self' (2024). The lyrics speak in the language of family apology and uneasy self-assessment, addressing mother and father while asking whether anyone is truly happy, and admitting to a kind of shut-eyed living. One repeated phrase, “Mother, father”, frames the song as a direct address, making its doubts feel personal rather than philosophical. It ends up sounding like a messy inventory of guilt and acceptance, arranged as a lament that keeps circling the same question.

"Cathedral" is a track by Sprints, from the album Letter to Self, released 5th January 2024. The track is 3:00 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Sprints.

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Lyrics

Cathedral

Mother, father
I'm sorry to say my disposition lives another day
You're not gonna be happy
Are any of us happy?

Mother, father
I'm sorry to say my disposition lives another day
You're not gonna be happy
Are any of us happy?

Maybe I'm living with eyes closed shut
Maybe I'm giving, maybe not enough
Maybe that's the beauty, maybe that's the pain
Maybe living's easy, maybe dying's the same

They say you call it punch drunk love, call it power to abusers
He spits his propane and my refusal is a fueller
He's singing from a hymn sheet, I'm singing for the others
They say I've gone cold while I'm sat drowning in the gutter

Mother, father
Holy Spirit and ghost I pray when I'm gonna be happy?
Is anybody happy?

Mother, father
Holy Spirit and ghost, I pray when I'm gonna be happy?
Is anybody happy? Can anybody be happy?

They say you call it punch drunk love, call it power to abusers
He spits his propane and my refusal is a fueller
He's singing from a hymn sheet, I'm singing for the others
They say I've gone cold while I'm sat drowning in the gutter

They say I've gone cold while I'm sat drowning in the gutter
They say I've gone cold while I'm sat drowning in the gutter
They say I've gone cold while I'm sat drowning in the gutter
They say I've gone cold while I'm sat drowning in the gutter

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From Letter to Self

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Letter to Self
Letter to Self
Sprints
5th January 2024
Track number
3
Release year
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  1. 1Ticking
    3:07
  2. 2Heavy
    3:27
  3. 3Cathedral
    3:00
  4. 4Shaking Their Hands
    3:42
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Sprints — CATHEDRAL

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