The Acid Remark by Maxïmo Park
The Acid Remark by Maxïmo Park

The Acid Remark

Maxïmo Park * Track #10 On Nature Always Wins

The Acid Remark Lyrics

Faces flash
A royal flush of favourite expressions
How will they look in the morning?

Blood red bridges
On a midsummer evening

Pylons glow pink
But that's just the sky
Like a drink you've been dying to try
How will you feel in the morning?

The bitter victory of the acid remark
I said it quickly
No chance to extinguish the spark

I wanted to tell you
But how could I tell you?
I wanted to tell you
It was a midsummer evening
Under blood red bridges

A bigger splash
You were in a rush
To make an impression
How will it look in the morning?

The bitter victory of the acid remark
I said it quickly
No chance to extinguish the spark

On a side street in a German town
My lack of bravery let me down
On a side street in a German town
My lack of bravery let me down

A French kiss in a German car
English reserve only gets you so far
I resumed and you assumed
And my restraint meant we were doomed

On a side street in a German town
My lack of bravery let me down

Oh, I was a passenger
And I played the clown
And my lack of bravery
It let me down
Yes, it let me down

The Acid Remark Q&A

Who wrote The Acid Remark's ?

The Acid Remark was written by Paul Smith & Duncan Lloyd & Tom English.

Who produced The Acid Remark's ?

The Acid Remark was produced by Ben H. Allen III.

What did Maxïmo Park say about "The Acid Remark"?

The title reminded me of some sort of short story, and so I tried to go with that for the rest of the song. I felt like I wanted to leave it fairly mysterious, but also give people a sense of it being a romantic, perhaps more youthful song. My own domestic life is quite settled, and I was using my o...

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