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BIG SHELL by The Armed

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The Armed

BIG SHELL

Release date: 15th April 2021

From ULTRAPOP
Track 6
3:17
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'BIG SHELL' by The Armed is a 2021 rock track from the album 'ULTRAPOP'. The lyrics are a sharp, paranoid sweep through betrayal, theft, and severed bonds, with images of a “fickle kingdom” and repeated cuts, as the narrator keeps asking whether anyone will come knocking. At points, it reads like a set of instructions turned into a threat, with lines that suggest both isolation and a last, irreversible act, all funnelled into a clipped, escalating cadence.

"BIG SHELL" is a track by The Armed, from the album ULTRAPOP, released 15th April 2021. The track is 3:17 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about The Armed.

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Lyrics

BIG SHELL

Fickle kingdom is land
Steal the sacred Bordeaux
Keys straight into the knots
Alone before you drop

Slice the words in dirt
Cut your ties with earth

Pairs of two, will they knock?
Hiding among these clouds
Fingers drag through like snow
Striking two times no more

Slice the words in dirt
Cut your ties with earth

(Heaven wants a say)
(All I want is air)
(Heaven wants a say)
(All I want is air)
(Heaven wants a say)
(All I want is air)
(Heaven wants a say)
(All I want is air)

Cut your ties with earth
Striking two times no more

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Track details

From ULTRAPOP

3:172021
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ULTRAPOP
ULTRAPOP
The Armed
16th April 2021
Track number
6
Release year
2021
  1. 1ULTRAPOP
    2:43
  2. 2ALL FUTURES
    3:05
  3. 3MASUNAGA VAPORS
    2:30
  4. 4A LIFE SO WONDERFUL
    3:07

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