Art Is No Defence (rough demo)

from Last Holiday Before Divorce - Deleted Scenes From An Unfinished Sequel by luxembourg

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Rob Britton - Guitars/Keyboards/Drum Machine

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we’ve got dirt on you from five months and four years ago
we’ve got dirt on you from three years and six months ago

and yes, things were different then
but that doesn’t matter now

if you’re still of use to us
you’ll be rehabilitated

if you’re of no use to us
you’ll be destroyed

but it was fiction
it was art
it was fiction
it was art

you see, your lily-livered relativistic ways are out of step with the times
your pussy-footing shifting meanings will never keep us safe, no

we’ve got dirt on you from ten years and three months ago
from four years and seven weeks ago
and nothing else matters now

for what i’ve done, you’ll see me dead

we’re changing tack and we’re backdating our decision
you’re on best behaviour now
but you can’t take back what’s been said

art is no defence
we can’t afford that now
art is no defence
we don’t have that luxury now

shame on you
shame on you

i can’t say what i really want to say
i’ll keep my mouth shut
i can’t take you on
i’m not strong enough
i’m so glad i never made it into the arena
the arena
i would have been torn apart
i would have been savaged

shame on you
shame on you
all your good work undone in one moment

for what i’ve done, you’ll see me dead
but by your own hand

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from Last Holiday Before Divorce - Deleted Scenes From An Unfinished Sequel, released May 15, 2008

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Luxembourg are a British five-piece indie band, formed in London in 2001. Most often compared to artists like Pulp, The Smiths, Suede and Roxy Music, they have been described as "pop noir".

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