Album: Kingdom of Rust (2009)

Charted: 28

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• I hear a sound, a sound above my head
  Distant sound of thunder, moving out on the moor
  
  Blackbirds flew in and to the cooling towers
  I'll pack my bags
  Thinking of one of those hours
  With you, waiting for you
  
  My God, it takes an ocean of trust
  In the kingdom of rust
  
  I long to feel some beauty in my heart
  As I go searching, right to the start
  
  The road back to Preston
  Was covered all in snow
  As I went looking for that stolen heart
  For you, waiting for you
  
  My God, it takes an ocean of trust
  Takes an effort, it does
  My God, it takes an ocean of trust
  It's in the kingdom of rust
  
  Oh, in the kingdom of rust
  
  I long to feel that wince in my heart
  As I went looking
  I couldn't stop
  Now I'm waiting for you
  
  Oh, yes, it does
  I know it takes an ocean of trust
  In the kingdom of rust Writer/s: Andy Williams, Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin
  Publisher: Red Brick Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

• Thomas from Bolton, United KingdomAw, I'm a bit disappointed that they had no input on the video. Despite the director being from London, It felt like the videos style was concocted by someone with Lancashire blood running through their veins. She did a stand up job telling that story.
• Ernie from Guadalajara, MexicoKingdom of rust appears at minute 46 in Zombieland, just when they enter to Los Angeles.
  It shocked me since the first time I heard it. It sounded country, western, alternative rock, melancholic...
  What a wonderful song!
  Period
• Margy from Alameda, CaIt was near the beginning of Zombieland and just using the song made me love the Movie more.
  The Doves get deeper, the more you listen, the more you hear.
• Cal from London, United KingdomI'm Surprised that nobody has even mentioned the fact that this song was featured in the action/ horror/comedy/zombie movie Zombieland that came out on October 2, 2009. I don't remember what scene(s) were playing when this was on (in the background so as not to drown out the dialoge).

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