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Life is Simple
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Trippy, jangly soft rock in the Stone Roses vein.
electronica progressive rock eclectic quartet strang anthemic
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Eclectic, intelligent rock-driven tunes with big guitars and more than a hint of electronica give us a sound unlike any other band.
The Strang Quartet formed (officially) in Cambridge UK in 2003, consisting of long-time friends Martin (guitars and vocals) and Julian (drums, keyboards, guitars and production). Our mission statement: to make deep, meaningful, noisy sounds for the delectation of ourselves and others.
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Genre
Rock • Progressive Rock
Charts
Peak #1,078
Peak in subgenre #96
Author
Harrigan/Gold
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Strang Quartet
Uploaded
March 12, 2005
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MP3 8.8 MB • 128 kbps • 9:39
Story behind the song
This is an atheist anthem, at once parodying the easy answers of religion yet maintaining the philosophy that existence is not irreducably complex.
Lyrics
I don't want to live forever I don't ever want to die I can't stand to greet you hello Cos I can't bear to say goodbye Life is simple Life is sweet Life is bitter Life is neat Life is simple. Take a chance to gaze in wonder Sky so big and sun so bright Hide yourself from rage and thunder Lose yourself in velvet night Life is simple... I can't square these little circles I can't look you in the eye I don't quite know how to tell you I don't know if I can lie Life is easy Life is danger Life is complex Life gets stranger Life is simple. Take some time to rearrange The pieces in a pleasing way Shapes in clouds and fate in tealeaves Make some sense of yesterday Life is simple... I have come to realize that The answers to the questions that Trouble us down generations Might have no resolution Now or in a thousand lifetimes Or taste so sour in our mouths We'd spit them out and spit them out and... I can't hope beyond my reason I can't see my former lives I miss daggers in the darkness I can't swear I will survive Life is risk and Life is beauty Life is freedom Life is duty Life is simple. Don't lose yourself in God and glory Nationhood and other stories Or find yourself broke in Vegas Over and over and over Life is simple... Life is sinful Life is pure Life is certain Life is unsure There's time for love And time for vengeance No time to lose So start your engines Time to kill and time to play You've got it all today Life is simple... Life is simple...
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