Arguing With Thermometers

Album: A Flash Flood of Colour (2012)
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  • This is an expedition
    Into the Arctic (Tundra)
    This is a sickening mission, yeah
    Just to spoil and (plunder)

    That's the sound of another door shutting in
    In the face of progress, in the face of progress
    They'll plant their flags in the seabed (in the seabed)
    Shackleton is rolling in his grave
    That's the sound of another door shutting in
    In the face of progress, in the face of progress
    They'll plant their flags in the seabed (in the seabed)
    Shackleton is rolling in his grave

    Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're all addicted to the most abusive
    And destructive drug of all time
    And I ain't talking about Class A's
    That business is minuscule when compared
    And just like any addict desperate to get his next fix
    We resort to petty crimes to secure our next hit

    Yeah

    You know there's oil in the (ice)
    You know there's oil in my (eyes)
    You know there's blood on my (hands)

    Yeah, we're all addicted
    Yeah, we're all dependent

    (That's a maniac standpoint)
    (Psychotic outlook)
    (That's a maniac standpoint)
    (Psychotic outlook)

    That's the sound of another door shutting in
    In the face of progress, in the face of progress
    They'll plant their flags in the seabed
    Shackleton is rolling in his grave
    That's the sound of another door shutting in
    In the face of progress, in the face of progress
    They'll plant their flags in the seabed
    Shackleton is rolling in his grave

    So, lemme get this straight, as we witness the ice caps melt
    Instead of being spurred into changing our ways
    We're gonna invest into military hardware
    To fight for the remaining oil that's left beneath the ice?

    But what happens when it's all gone?
    You haven't thought this through, have you, boys?

    (Okay)
    (We'll take you down)
    (We'll take you down)
    (We'll take you down)

    (Stand your ground)

    You know there's oil in the (ice)
    You know there's oil in my (eyes)
    You know there's blood on my (hands)
    Yeah, we're all addicted
    Yeah, we're all dependent

    (That's a maniac standpoint)
    (Psychotic outlook)
    (That's a maniac standpoint)

    Yeah, back to the drawing board, boys
    Accept nothing short of complete reversal
    Dig deep Writer/s: Chris Batten, Liam Rory Gerard Clewlow, Robert William Rolfe, Roughton Leslie Paul Reynolds
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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