Undeveloped Film by Frank Turner
Undeveloped Film by Frank Turner

Undeveloped Film

Frank Turner * Track #17 On Tape Deck Heart

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Undeveloped Film by Frank Turner

Release Date
Mon Apr 22 2013
Performed by
Frank Turner
Produced by
Rich Costey
Writed by
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Much like Polaroid Picture, this song is based around old-fashioned film-based photography. Frank finds an old reel of film, and the photographs he has develop remind him of an old relationship. From there, he explores the importance of memories more generally.

In particular, the final two sections...

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Undeveloped Film Lyrics

[Produced By Rich Costey]

Sorting through my things the other day
I found an old film camera that I thought I'd thrown away
But there it was covered in dust
I checked it and the film inside still had a few pictures left
So I just snapped it off and then
I found a place on the high street that could still develop them
I dropped them off and clean forgot
It wasn't until this morning that I picked the pictures up

And there, before my eyes, in vivid colour
Pictures of her stood smiling bold on the edge of a cliff by the sea
On the south coast somewhere
Wind in her hair, wrapped against the cold

There were many other pictures in the set
Most of them were taken in the first months after we met
When we were lovers like happy drunks
Stumbling for each other with each step, each breath in our lungs
Pictures of nights from Soho bars
A weekend in the country when we borrowed my sister's car
Her naked, serene on a hotel bed
Smiling at the camera, her beauty like a word unsaid

And there, before my eyes, on the glossy paper
Quiet whispers of something I had lost or put aside for the longest time
The hope that I might find some kind of peace

Oh, oh, oh, where did it go, go, go
I just don't know exactly where I kept it
There, right there, under the stairs, oh, please
Darling, I swear, swear, swear that's where I left it
Secret little things that you keep locked away
In a small wooden box that you barely even mention to yourself
It's not exactly hope, nothing quite as simple as youth
Perhaps it's just a way of looking past the truth
We're all fading away
The truth I can see in the very last frame of that long lost roll of film
A picture of me, a young man holding a camera up to a mirror

And there, before my eyes, in that old reflection
A declaration bold: We won't stay gold
All that's left of her and the rest
Is a small locked box of undeveloped film
And photographs

Undeveloped Film Q&A

Who produced Undeveloped Film's ?

Undeveloped Film was produced by Rich Costey.

When did Frank Turner release Undeveloped Film?

Frank Turner released Undeveloped Film on Mon Apr 22 2013.

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