Everything Everything
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“Lord Of The Trapdoor” is similar to A Fever Dream’s “Ivory Tower” in concept in that it deals with internet keyboard warriors. Starting out in a rather mellow fashion, the song builds up slowly and has a huge instrumental breakdown in the second section (also similarly to the aforementioned track)....
[Verse 1]
This is an island for right-handed men
We're bringing back hanging and bringing back eggs
Every decision is somebody's head
Full suit of armour, a dribbling mess
And it damages us (Underground)
And it cages us in (Underground)
This is a whistle for only the dog
Can you believe you were nearly a dog?
[Chorus]
Yeah, I need her
Only her
I need her
Armageddon
[Verse 2]
Life isn't good for the underground man (Underground)
Lord of the Trapdoor and Chief of the Clan (Underground)
One detonation and maybe they clap? (Underground)
Pray to the blubber and drown them in fat (Underground)
[Chorus]
Yeah, I need her
Only her
I need her
Am I getting warmer yet?
I'm so close
I need her
Armageddon
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
I need her
Only her
I need her
Ah, yeah
(Turning sunlight into flesh)
Lord of the Trapdoor was produced by John Congleton.
Everything Everything released Lord of the Trapdoor on Fri Sep 11 2020.
I was listening to [John Coltrane’s] ‘Giant Steps’ and just enjoying how it’s got this really strong melody, and then the chords are moving key every chord. I wanted to write something that had a bit more jazz influence on it. I was also trying to write something that was much more noisy than we’ve...