[Intro]
Oi!
[Verse 1]
I fucked up
I'm not the first to do it
Must forgo now, your smile
Off the wall, beige
I'm fixtures and fittings now
Call me out, but call me
[Chorus]
'Cause there's something down here
And it's livin' under the floorboards (Ah)
It's grabbed me 'round the neck
With its long and slender claws
Ooh, don't leave me here, baby
Don't leave me completely
'Cause I might not get back to myself at all
[Post-Chorus]
Ah, oh, ah-ooh
Ah
[Verse 2]
St. Charles Square
This year's migration
Basement flat with window bars
Pauli's outside
Spare me the gloaters and the pain
I don't want it anymore
[Chorus]
'Cause there's something down here
And it's living under the floorboards
It's up and down the clock
Of the town hall back in time
Oh, I'll ride with you, baby
I'll ride with you forever
But we might not get back to ourselves at all, no
[Bridge]
Tesco disco
The room is shrinking fast around me
It grabbed me by the ankle and pulled me under
Loneliness, I've been here before
'Cause every generation has its gilded posers
[Outro]
Weird vibrations in the basement
I don't like this scene
Pauli's ghost come back to haunt me
Think I'm gonna
St. Charles Square was written by Alex James & Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon & Dave Rowntree.
St. Charles Square was produced by James Ellis Ford.
Blur released St. Charles Square on Thu Jun 29 2023.
Damon Albarn:
This is an aftershock record, reflection and comment on where we find ourselves now … “St. Charles Square” is a place where the ghosts of monsters can be found.
Graham Coxon:
The older and madder we get, it becomes more essential that what we play is loaded with the right emotion an...