Ivory Tower
Everything Everything * Track #9 On A Fever Dream
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Ivory Tower by Everything Everything
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Everything EverythingProduced by
James Ellis FordWrited by
Michael Spearman & Jeremy Pritchard & Alex Robertshaw & Jonathan HiggsAbout
An ivory tower is not a physical building but a disconnect between someone high up in society and the common people of that society.
This song is about ‘internet warriors’ and how vitriolic and extreme people can become when they’re anonymous in the online world. Singer Jonathan Higgs stopped brows...
Ivory Tower Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Pin the bunting on the gallows
Dance around it with your blackface on
And we all make a vacuum, we all make a vacuum for this
Throw your keys into the water
Come and crush me in the Waitrose aisle
You can strain 'til your tongue splits, pounding me under your fist
[Pre-Chorus]
We didn't think that it would happen and we never will
We didn't think that it would happen and we never will
Yeah, I can think of nothing else but this, but this machine
I can think of nothing else but this, but this machine
[Refrain]
I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory, ivory
I'm in my, I'm in my ivory, ivory, I'm in
I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory tower
[Chorus]
Hey! They did, Joanne
Unscrambling the brain of just a man
It didn't mean a thing, not a thing
All I learned from this
Was how much I can hate the state we're in
Come find me in my tower
[Verse 2]
Do you know what makes me happy?
When I clothe you in a swarm of bees
And the world is my ashtray, the world is my ashtray tonight
Shave my head and call me monkey
Let me see you with the caps lock on
If we're all apoplectic then I'll be the neckbeard, alright?
[Pre-Chorus]
We didn't think that it would happen and we never will
We didn't think that it would happen and we never will
Yeah I can think of nothing else but this, but this machine
I can think of nothing else but this, but this machine
[Refrain]
I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory, ivory
I'm in my, I'm in my ivory, ivory, I'm in
I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory tower
[Chorus]
Hey! They did, Joanne
Unscrambling the brain of just a man
It didn't mean a thing, not a thing
All I learned from this
Was how much I can hate the state we're in
Come find me in my tower
[Refrain]
I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory, ivory
I'm in my, I'm in my ivory, ivory, I'm in
I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory, ivory
I'm in my, I'm in my, ivory, ivory, I'm in
I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory, ivory
I'm in my, I'm in my, ivory, ivory, I'm in
I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory, ivory
I'm in my, I'm in my, ivory, ivory, I'm in
I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory, ivory
I'm in my, I'm in my, ivory, ivory, I'm in
I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory, ivory
I'm in my, I'm in my, ivory, ivory, I'm in
Ivory Tower Q&A
Who wrote Ivory Tower's ?
Ivory Tower was written by Michael Spearman & Jeremy Pritchard & Alex Robertshaw & Jonathan Higgs.
Who produced Ivory Tower's ?
Ivory Tower was produced by James Ellis Ford.
When did Everything Everything release Ivory Tower?
Everything Everything released Ivory Tower on Fri Aug 18 2017.
What did Everything Everything say about "Ivory Tower"?
In an interview with 7digital, drummer Michael Spearman and lead guitarist Alex Robertshaw said:
Michael: Ivory Tower is about internet warriors. You know, everyone has an opinion and it’s all in caps lock. The internet is a super stressful place to be now. It’s just one-upmanship. Like, “I’ve got...
What has the lyricist said about this song?
Jon, in an interview with The Line of the Best Fit:
It’s connected to “A Fever Dream”. I’m distilling all of the hatred and loud rhetoric. There’s a few references to Jo Cox in there; “Hey! They did Joanne,” is me saying ‘them lot over there, they killed her’ and then them lot over there reply with...