[Verse 1]
I'll wade the waves with sense that something's changed
My life awaits, will you be back again?
Through the back streets of my memories
Staring back at me, it's not all it seems
I wait as you take me
[Chorus]
Like ceaseless war, yet still my heart pours
And Edith swore, "When did we get so hardcore?"
It gets you down
[Verse 2]
I stake my claim, you make a boy afraid
Such a fatal game, I don't know why we play
Down the back streets of my fading dreams
I made a scene so that you would see me
I wait the hours breaking
[Chorus]
Like ceaseless war, yet still my heart pours
And Edith swore, "When did we get so hardcore?"
It gets you down
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
Deny the light, deny the light
I'll deny the light
Deny the light, deny the light
I'll deny the light
Deny the light, deny the light
I'll deny the light
Deny the light, deny the light
I'll deny the light
Edith Machinist was written by Myles Kellock & Joe Donovan & Josh Dewhurst & Charlie Salt & Tom Ogden & Blossoms.
Edith Machinist was produced by TommyD & James Skelly & Rich Turvey.
Blossoms released Edith Machinist on Fri Apr 29 2022.
Tom Ogden:
In New York, me and [my wife] Katie used to go to this shop on the Lower East Side called Edith Machinist. And I just thought, again, ‘What a great name.’ I’d had it in my notes for four or five years, and I’d never managed to get it into a song. This song was a bit more Smiths-y on the...