Spike Island
by Pulp

Album: More (2025)
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  • Something stopped me dead in my tracks
    I was heading for disaster and then I turned back
    I was wrestling with a coat hanger, can you guess who won?
    The universe shrugged, shrugged then moved on

    It's a gift, no idea
    It's a feeling
    Not a voice in my head
    Just a feeling

    And by the way
    Spike island, come alive
    And by the way
    This time I'll get it right, oh

    Not a shaman, or a showman, ashamed I was selling the rights
    I took a breather and decided not to ruin my life
    I was conforming to a cosmic design, I was playing to type
    Until I walked back to the garden of earthly delight

    I was born to perform
    It's a calling
    I exist to do this
    Shouting and pointing

    And by the way
    Spike island, come alive
    And by the way
    This time I'll get it right, oh

    No one can ever understand it
    And no one will ever have the last word
    Because it's not something you could ever say
    So swivel

    Ahh, it's a gift, no idea
    It's a feeling
    Not a voice in my head
    Just a feeling

    And by the way
    Spike island, come alive
    And by the way
    This time I'll get it right, oh

    And by the way
    Spike island, come alive
    And by the way
    This time I'll get it right, oh Writer/s: Adam Betts, Andrew McKinney, Candida Doyle, Emma Smith, Jarvis Cocker, Jason Buckle, Mark Webber, Nick Banks
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Mute Song Limited, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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