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Playing Harp For The Fishes

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Playing Harp For The Fishes

Release date: 31st March 2017

From Silver/Lead

About This Track

"Playing Harp For The Fishes" is a track by Wire, from the album Silver/Lead, released 31st March 2017. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Wire

Wire

Lyrics

Playing Harp For The Fishes

A mute undertaker had something to tell

I stand at the threshold, I’m ringing the bell

I was hoping for heaven, I’d settle for hell

Playing harp for the fishes, it’s hard to pretend

Playing…

Patrolling the margins, inspecting the swell

Located the body south of Land’s End

I’d long missed the boat, the tide had gone slack

Playing harp for the fishes, it’s hard to pretend

Playing…

The heat was zinc, my mood was black

I was melting, soaked, in a trackside shack

I was frying in heaven, I was diving to hell

Playing harp for the fishes, it’s hard to pretend

Playing...

Is it always so?

It’s always so...

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Track details

From Silver/Lead

2017

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Release year

2017

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Credits

Credited: Colin Newman, Denis Blackham, Graham Lewis, Jeroen Melchers, Matthew Simms, Robert Grey, Tim Lewis