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The Time It Takes

from Mirrors (2017 demos) by The Urbane Decay

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This is a true story. I over heard this exchange on the subway home after a gig one night. I had to feel kind of bad for the guy, and wondered if he had any idea his girlfriend might be having this conversation, loudly, in public. So I wrote the song from his perspective.
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My girl told her friend
On the subway home
Her heart’s an animal
Needs to be free to roam

She can’t be tied
Down cause she dies inside

She won’t be around for long
About the time it takes to bang a gong

She said that when we
inevitably
break up that she
will be so much better off

Cause she can flirt and socialize
And I can’t look people in the eyes

She won’t be alone for long
About the time it takes to bang a gong

She can’t be tied
Down cause she dies inside

She won’t be around for long
About the time it takes to bang a gong

Her friend said to her
Between Dufferin and Lansdowne
One day she’d wish
That she’d settled down

Cause the world ain’t soft
In the long run I’ll be better off

We’re not young for long
About the time it takes to bang a gong
We’re not young for long
About the time it takes to bang a gong

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from Mirrors (2017 demos), released October 30, 2017

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The Urbane Decay Toronto, Ontario

The Urbane Decay was an indie pop recording project mainly active between 2002-2010, mainly by Jakob Rehlinger, mainly maudlin and mopey.

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