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Asymmetry of Love

from Seduction by The Sedatives

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lyrics

Asymmetry of Love

I didn't have you down for a February weekend
I didn't have you down as an April Fool
I didn't have you down as basement fridge/freezer
So why are you acting so cool?
So why is my telephone suddenly so silent?
And why does the bell above my door never ring?
And why does it echo so empty when I sing....?
It's all part....
It's all part....
of the terrible asymmetry of love.

I didn't have you down as a dinner party hostess
and I didn't have you down as a socialite.
I didn't have you down as a moral crusader.
How come you're being so polite?
So why is it that your smile is so frozen?
And why is it that your invitation's so strained?
Can't you see that I can tell when I'm being framed?

I always used to be a straightforward geezer,
and I always thought my heart was firmly down from the trees
I always thought love was a conscious decision
so how come I'm down here on my knees?
Why is it that my guts feel like they're caught in a G-clamp?
Why is it that my conscience contorts with the strain?
Why is that I'm out here walking in the rain?....

I see your lonely eyes staring at me from the window
Hear your sullen goodbye as I walk out the door,
the dishes unwashed and the bed never slept in,
but I'm hypnotised by the light from the Koh-i-Noor.....
diamond, whose face shines bright in the moonlight:
but hard as a scalpel's cutting blade.
And locked away in a gilded velvet cage.



Music and lyrics © David Banks 2001

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from Seduction, released December 24, 2015
Vocals and instruments by The Sedatives (Bjørn Frengstad and David Banks)
Featuring Jenny Banks on backing vocals
Recorded and pre-mixed by The Sedatives
Mixed by Jonny Cole at The Mill Studio, Norfolk
Mastered at Philosopher's Barn, Norfolk
Music and lyrics © David Banks 2001

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The Sedatives are Bjørn Frengstad and Dave Banks.

They first sung together as members of the mythical "Groundwater Boys" in Trondheim, Norway, and continued to write and play following Dave's return to Chesterfield, UK, in 1998.

They have toured their music throughout western Siberia and selected pubs in the eastern Peak District of Derbyshire. ... more

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