Glitters Like Gold

Album: In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was recorded in the basement of bassist Gary Jarman's house in Portland, Oregan. The lyrics are about his adopted American home city. He explained to NME that they concern, "how indifferent to it I felt, for a time. But I love it. It's like a weird love/hate, dysfunctional, great relationship."

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