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The Cleaner by Squid

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Squid

The Cleaner

Release date: 5th September 2019

From Town Centre - EP
Track 3
7:33
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About This Track

‘The Cleaner’ by Squid is an alternative track from the 2019 EP ‘Town Centre - EP’. The lyrics cast the narrator as “the cleaner”, arriving when the lights are off, doing the work while others remain unnamed and unknown. It sketches a world of anonymous people, approached with a faceless, automatic greeting, and ends with the sense of belonging to a collective that keeps moving without much individual recognition.

"The Cleaner" is a single by Squid, from the album Town Centre - EP, released 5th September 2019. The track is 7:33 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 14 articles about Squid.

About the Artist

Squid

Squid

Lyrics

The Cleaner

I'm the cleaner
All the lights are off when I arrive
I'm the cleaner
But you don't even know my name
Who are these people I don't even know
A faceless hive with a faceless hello
I'm the cleaner
But you don't even know my name
I'm the cleaner
But you don't even know my name
We're so tired and we're so done
I fall asleep to the sound of a gun
I've got a new diet
I'm ahead of the trends
I read the features and in between the lines
And in between the lines
And in between the lines
And in between the lines

I'm the cleaner who gets home whose body drops down
On the floor as you find it there with a brush and mop
I dance with DVDs and books
Dancing to rocket pop
I'm a cleaner yes and I can sweep that shop
Real love and real labor in this modern job
And you'll find me there with a brush and mop
I dance with DVDs and books

Team leader, team player, I'm the cleaner
Team leader, team player, I'm the cleaner
Come downstairs, I've got a roo out back
Corrosive liquid makes your skin turn black
I'm the cleaner
But you don't even know my name
I'm the cleaner
But you don't even know my name
I'm the cleaner
But you don't even know my name

I'm the cleaner who gets home whose body drops down
On the floor as you find it there with a brush and mop
I dance with DVDs and books
Dancing to rocket pop
I'm a cleaner yes and I can sweep that shop
Real love and real labor in this modern job
And you'll find me there with a brush and mop
I dance with DVDs and books

Keep me extra time and keep it
Working extra hours so I can dance for you
I'm in my favourite shoes, I'm in that sacred blouse and I'll dance
Keep me extra time and keep it
Working extra hours so I can dance for you
I'm in my favourite shoes, I'm in that sacred blouse and I'll dance

So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance

So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
Keep me extra time
So I can dance
Keep it working extra hours
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
Under my favourite sheets
So I can dance

I'm in that sacred blouse
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
Keep it overtime
So I can dance
Keep it working extra hours
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
So I can dance
Dance, dance, dance!

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Track details

From Town Centre - EP

7:332019Single
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Town Centre - EP
Town Centre - EP
Squid
6th September 2019
Track number
3
Release year
2019
  1. 1Savage
    4:59
  2. 2Match Bet
    4:18
  3. 3The Cleaner
    7:33
  4. 4Rodeo
    6:14

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Writer
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Producer
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Drums
Ollie Judge
Guitar
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Jason Mitchell
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