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The Greatest Feeling In The World

from The New Happy by Halfbeak

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About finally experiencing the feeling of falling in love, promptly losing it, and realising that you've been dead for a very long time.

lyrics

The greatest feeling in the world, yeah I felt it last Wednesday,
Caught me by surprise, didn't know what it was at first, and then it just slipped away,
And now I know it actually exists and that's it's so fucking great,
And you try to nail it down to the floor but it manages to escape,
It's hard to explain it's a bit like the opposite of what I will now convey,
'Cos now my heart is being squeezed by the clenched fist of a man,
With thumb tacks glued into his palm and he starts to wring me dry,
Every time I walk by the station where you gave to me that smile.

Well It's the greatest feeling in the world,
And it's probably just not worth the pain,
Ah it's too bad kid, suck it up. You've changed.

Looking back at all the years you spent orbiting the earth,
And you didn't look to see it and you didn't know what it what worth,
And now to live without it for even a few seconds seems insane,
Ah it's stupid Tim, it's too precious for you not to be feeling that way,
Ah squeeze my heart and zap my ears and kiss me in the brain,
Numb my skin with terror and inject me with insane,
And etch your name into my palm, and sting me with your smile,
Burn my teeth with happiness I'll crumble for a while.

It's the greatest feeling in the world, and it's probably just not worth the pain,
But it's too late now, suck it up kid, you've changed.
Ah it's too late for ya, 'cos it's here to stay,
Yeah the upshot from the press is it's probably just not worth the pain...

credits

from The New Happy, released August 19, 2012
Jolyon Pagett: drums
Alex Craig: Lead guitar and glockenspeil
Chris Skelton: bass
Tim Gum: everything else

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Halfbeak Melbourne, Australia

Halfbeak is the art-pop, industrial, electronica and modern classical stylings of Tim Gum.

Halfbeak's warped world of crazy is inspired as much by visual art and literature as music. Curiosity and the explorations of sounds, rhythm and ideas that follow.

Similar artists: Radiohead, Erik Satie, Steve Reich, Brian Eno, Nick Cave, The Dirty Three ... more

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