Do As You're Told

by Surreal Appeal

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Waves are crashing
Body's giving
Body's giving
Waves are crashing against the wall

Everyone talking
Nobody listening
This is all too much
Leave me alone for ten hours or more

It's too confusing
Yes I'm refusing
Is it amusing
Well I'm still refusing

Do as you're told
When you get old

If I am small
Then it is large
If there's a key somewhere
Then I don't know when

It's that smell again
The empty shell again
When I close my eyes
When I close my eyes I don't know when

Yes I know why I opened the wardrobe
Do you know why you came to me though?

I said it's my complexion isn't it?
I bet it's something I was not told
I think it's that I never thought about it
Even though I'm very old

Are you waiting for the twist
There must be something that you've missed
Surely there's an alternative ending?

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released May 7, 2021
Surreal Appeal 2021

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Surreal Appeal Sheffield, UK

A three piece all-female group from Sheffield UK featuring two former members of The Cuckoo Clocks; Tracy Deakin and Sophie Toes, along with their erstwhile live and recording engineer, Grace Griffin. Witch-like stories told over haunting electronic beats, evoking the powerhouse of northern electro with a nod to krautrock. The songs hang in the head and engender a compulsion to return to them. ... more

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