Ivory Tower

Album: A Fever Dream (2017)
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  • Pin the bunting on the gallows
    Dance around it with your blackface on
    And we all made a vacuum, we all made a vacuum for this
    Throw your keys into the water
    Come and crush me in a Waitrose aisle
    You can strain till your tongue splits
    Pounding me under your fist

    We didn't think that it would happen and we never will
    We didn't think that it would happen and we never will
    Yeah I can think of nothing else but this, but this machine
    I can think of nothing else but this, but this machine

    I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in my I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in
    I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory
    Hey they did enjoy unscrambling the brain
    Of just a man
    He didn't even think of anything
    They didn't even think of it
    All I learned from this
    Was how much I could hate the state we're in
    You'll find me in my tower

    Do you know what makes me happy?
    When I clothe you in a swarm of bees
    And the world is my ashtray, the world is my ashtray tonight
    Shave my head and call me monkey
    Let me see you with the CAPS LOCK on
    If we're all apoplectic then I'll be the nitpick alright

    We didn't think that it would happen and we never will
    We didn't think that it would happen and we never will
    Yeah I can think of nothing else but this, but this machine
    I can think of nothing else but this, but this machine

    I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in my I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in
    I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory
    Hey they did enjoy unscrambling the brain
    Of just a man
    He didn't even think of anything
    All I learned from this
    Was how much I could hate the state we're in
    Come find me in my tower

    I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in my I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in
    I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in my I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in
    I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in my I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in
    I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in my I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in
    I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in my I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in
    I'm in my ivory tower, I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in my I'm in my ivory ivory I'm in Writer/s: Alex Robertshaw, Jeremy Pritchard, Jonathan Higgs, Michael Spearman
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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