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Release date: 19th September 2018

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From The Art of Pretending to Swim
Track 1
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About This Track

'Again' by Villagers is a 2018 alternative track from the album 'The Art of Pretending to Swim'. The lyrics return obsessively to the idea of finding things again, framing it as a cycle of longing and collapse, with images of a space in the heart and a bottomless hole. Faith and art are both invoked as recurring forces, and the final line lands on the inevitability of falling again, with "Alone again" as a bleak emotional centre.

"Again" is a track by Villagers, from the album The Art of Pretending to Swim, released 19th September 2018. The track is 4:28 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Villagers.

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Lyrics

Again

(Again)
(Again)

I've found again (again)
A space in my heart again (again)
For God again (again)
In the form of art again (again)

I let it flow (again)
Into the bottomless hole again
As I feel it ripple and ready its soul again (again)
Alone again (again)
Home

We fall again (again)
Under the spell again (again)
And crawl again (again)
Into the shell (again)

I let it flow (again)
Into the bottomless hole again
As I feel it ripple and ready its soul again
Alone again (again)
Home

(Again)
(Again)
(Again)
(Again)

I let it flow (again)
Into the bottomless hole again
As I feel it ripple and ready its soul again
Alone again (again)
Home

(Again)
(Again)
(Again)

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From The Art of Pretending to Swim

4:282018
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The Art of Pretending to Swim
The Art of Pretending to Swim
Villagers
20th September 2018
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Release year
2018
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