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Wire

Short Elevated Period

Release date: 23rd January 2017

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About This Track

"Short Elevated Period" is a track by Wire, from the album Silver/Lead, released 23rd January 2017. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Wire

Wire

Lyrics

Short Elevated Period

Skippering a skiff, in the typhoon season

Open to change and in need of a hand

No longer confused by rhyme nor reason

Indian queens paddle dugout canoes

The passenger matches the price that he's asking

Embracing the modern he now understands

It's a pivotal moment, in an uncertain future

A pain relief deal done on the Frankfurt express

Right up to the moment I I.D. you

My reasons for living were under review

A parting of the ways, what had it come to?

Standing in the road, where would I go?

In a short elevated period

In a short elevated period

In a short elevated period

In a short elevated period

In a short, short, short, short elevated period

In a short, short, short, short elevated period

In a short elevated period

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From Silver/Lead

2017
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    Writer
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    Lyricist
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    Producer
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    Bass
    Graham Lewis
    Drums
    Robert Grey
    Guitar
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    Keyboards
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    Background Vocals
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    Lead Vocals
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    Mastering Engineer
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    Mixing Engineer
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