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Website exclusive offcut from Best Kept Secret

David Shah - Vocals
Alex Potterill - Keyboards/Samples
Rob Britton - Guitars
Jon Bacon - Bass
Steve Brummell - Drums

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you caught me in the reading room again
i promise you that i’ve nearly reached the end
what exactly is that thing you’re reading?
baby, if you really want to know…

it’s only a dark cautionary tale
it’s only the story of love that fails
it’s only you
it’s only me
it’s only our lives only written down

you speak as I turn the nightlight out
asking what the story’s all about
you say, do they live happily, and ever after?
or is it a tragedy, some kind of biography?
you ask so I think you ought to know

the brittle page cracks
and crumbles to dust
the words fall in piles around us
the cover is torn, it falls apart

it’s only A Map of England and Wales
it’s only A Boys’ Guide to Sharks and Whales
it isn’t Keats, it isn’t Yeates
it’s only Fifteen Ways to Leave Your Love

so if you’re stuck for something to do
you could do much worse than read a book or two

if you’ve a tough decision to make
you could do much worse than read a book of verse
but baby please DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ

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from A Secret Public - b​-​sides & rarities 2001​-​2006, track released January 3, 2005

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luxembourg London, UK

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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