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the GOLDEN DREGS – Congratulations (2019) | Track profile | Dork

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the GOLDEN DREGS
Hope Is for the Hopeless
Congratulations

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the GOLDEN DREGS

Congratulations

Release date: 26th September 2019

From Hope Is for the Hopeless

Track 2

3:19

Alternative Music Singer/Songwriter Contemporary Folk

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About This Track

"Congratulations" is a track by the GOLDEN DREGS, from the album Hope Is for the Hopeless, released 26th September 2019. The track is 3:19 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about the GOLDEN DREGS.

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Lyrics

Congratulations

"Congratulations and I'm sorry for your loss
And the sea of complications that you just can't seem to cross"
I tell him that he's kind and that I needn't plague his thoughts
I ask him what is mine and what I needed to be taught
He smokes a tired rollup whilst she hoovers round his feet
He tells her she should grow up but he'd really like to keep
A sense of
Comfort and nostalgia, melody and beat
Comfort and nostalgia and something he can repeat

I learned today whilst waiting for the night-time to arrive
It's one thing to start the motor
It's another thing to drive
And it's even harder going when you let go of the wheel
And even harder going when staying is all you feel

Tuesday Morning, 6AM, I'm slipping out of sync
The screen is stained with bloodshot and the music needs a drink
And all the banners and the shouting only made me want it more
And as the time goes by it will get easy to ignore
And to ignore is to escape
And to escape must be to live
And when the cockerel cries it will be me that you will forgive

I wish that I was sacred
I wish that I was right
I wish I had the strength to keep my consciousness at night
Circumstance is selfless, and I am selfish too
And I would go for one last swim if I had less to do

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From Hope Is for the Hopeless

3:192019

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Album

Hope Is for the Hopeless

the GOLDEN DREGS

27th September 2019

Track number

2

Release year

2019

1Back Down the Mountain
3:43
2Congratulations
3:19
3The Thirst of May
4:29
4Death of a Salesman
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