Russian Strings
by Blur

Album: The Ballad of Darren (2023)
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  • Where are you now?
    Where are you now?
    Are you coming back to us?
    Are you online?
    Are you contactable, again?

    Where the blue lights?
    Where the red-dressed puppet?
    Dancing on a string?
    Balalaikas and singing

    The tenement blocks come crashing down
    With headphones on, you won't hear that much
    There's nothing fake on earth
    The strings attached to all of us
    There's nothing in the end, only dust
    So turn the music up
    I'm hitting the hard stuff

    Flew to Belgrade
    Stayed in a hotel, sinking
    Went to museums
    Tobacco and mid-week grave diggers

    The tenement blocks came crashing down
    With headphones on, you won't hear that much
    There's nothing fake on earth
    The strings attached to all of us
    There is nothing in the end, only dust
    When you pull the lever down
    I'll be hitting the hard stuff Writer/s: Damon Albarn, David Rowntree, Graham Coxon, Steven James
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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