“White Noise White Heat” is the fifth song, and the third single released from elbow’s 8th studio album ‘Giants of All Sizes’.
It was Garvey’s response to the Grenfell tragedy in 2017. He has claimed that it is not about the fire– rather the shame, anger and hurt of being part of a society that let...
[Chorus]
I was born with a trust
That didn't survive the white noise of the lies
The white heat of injustice has taken my eyes
I just wanna get high
[Verse 1]
I am the great collector
I tally catalogue and hold to the light
Forgotten scenes of love
Some of them were mine
All mine
I pick the broken dreams
That hang in city centre trees
All the love made urgently
That gathers in the gutters of your mind
Some of it was mine
All mine
[Chorus]
I was born with a trust
That didn't survive the white noise of the lies
The white heat of injustice has taken my eyes
I just wanna get high
I was born with a trust
That didn't survive the white noise of the lies
The white heat of injustice has taken my eyes
I just wanna get high
[Verse 2]
I tried to save the world silly boy
By sullen girl with love as a given
Driven by my certainty
That they'd never beat it out of me
But who am I some Blarney Mantovani
With a lullaby when the sky is falling in?
I believe I'm giving in
Oh, the coldness of space
With a suit that could do it
[Chorus]
I was born with a trust
That didn't survive the white noise of the lies
The white heat of injustice has taken my eyes
I just wanna get high
I was born with a trust
That didn't survive the white noise of the lies
The white heat of injustice has taken my eyes
I just wanna get high
White Noise White Heat was written by Craig Potter & Guy Garvey & Mark Potter & Pete Turner.
White Noise White Heat was produced by Craig Potter.
Elbow released White Noise White Heat on Thu Oct 03 2019.