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directed by Ben Wheathley
The cumbersome casket he drags around represents how he clings to a “dead” relationship. The fact that the woman within saves him from the masked folk suggests that despite how trying it is to hold onto this love, it’s still what keeps him going.
[Verse 1]
Would you butcher my love to understand it?
To know where it lies? Cut a hole in my heart
Fill a hole in your life
I'm yours to dissect
[Refrain]
Now, does every heartbeat burn a white heat in your blood?
Formaldehyde
[Verse 2]
The tissue and bone, and my soul has on loan
Aches to be near you, are you listenin' carefully?
Then we shall begin
[Refrain]
Now, does every heartbeat burn a white heat in your blood?
I hope it doesn't matter, I hope we swim up out of this flood
[Chorus]
Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (Until the end of time)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (My formaldehyde)
[Verse 3]
Smother my love, entertain it
My mind's gonna wander, are you listening carefully?
Then we shall begin
Oh-oh-oh-oh
[Refrain]
Now, does every heartbeat burn a white heat in your blood?
I hope it doesn't matter, I hope we swim up out of this flood
[Chorus]
Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (Until the end of time)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (My formaldehyde)
[Post-Chorus]
I'm lost to a love that's a mile wide
Drowned in a bath of formaldehyde
[Refrain]
Now, does every heartbeat burn a white heat in your blood?
I hope it doesn't matter, I hope we swim up out of this flood
[Chorus]
Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (Until the end of time)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (My formaldehyde)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (Until the end of time)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (My formaldehyde)
[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
I'm lost to a love that's a mile wide
Drowned in a bath of formaldehyde
[Outro]
I'm lost to a love
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Formaldehyde was written by Tom Smith & Russell Leetch & Edward Lay & Justin Lockey & Elliott Williams.
Formaldehyde was produced by Jacquire King.
Editors released Formaldehyde on Fri Jun 28 2013.