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The stripped-back solo performances mark 20 years since the band's debut single.
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"Thankless Thing" is a track by Wild Beasts, from the album Reach a Bit Further, released 2011. The track is 5:37 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Wild Beasts.
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Look at our love, a thankless thing A broken old branch where crow goes to sing A charred garden, a place of no easy pardon It's dead in the eyes, it's downright rotten But oh, baby, admittedly I could be somewhat curmudgeonly But nothing had changed, it stayed the same I came back and found you where you'd been left for dead Like something wounded No more of those crippling piggybacks You'll have to keep up, you'll have to stay amongst the pack And if you want in, I'll meet you where crow goes to sing That's if you want in, what is it they're blessing? But oh, baby, admittedly I could be somewhat curmudgeonly But nothing had changed, it stayed the same I came back and found you where you'd been left for dead Like something wounded
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