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Wire
Object 47
Four Long Years

TRACK

Four Long Years

Release date: 7th July 2008

About This Track

"Four Long Years" is a track by Wire, from the album Object 47, released 7th July 2008. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Wire

Wire

Lyrics

Four Long Years

A collapse of concentration

A futility of words

A loss of all sensation

An arbitrary world

Too fast, too slow

The operator does not know

Can't sleep, can't weep

For years and years, not much to show

With luck, with charm

The operator may succeed

Impact, in fact

Today's inspection may proceed

Finese, deceive and flatter

The chemically mis-matched

The sound of missing matter

Advances sealed and snatched

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Track details

From Object 47

2008

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Credits

Credited: Colin Newman