Name: Manhattan
Duration: P00H03M23S
Description: I guess the lyrics are a goodbye to long drawn out break up. However on the whole, I'd say it's a song about it's accepting defeat and leaving what you once thought was so important. Staring again and being OK with that.

Manhattan

by Morning Crush

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I guess the lyrics are a goodbye to long drawn out break up. However on the whole, I'd say it's a song about it's accepting defeat and leaving what you once thought was so important. Staring again and being OK with that.

lyrics

Manhattan

I wrapped your read coat tight around my shoulders
Every time the cold air hit the door
With your red flags tight around my shoulders
I never understood what they were for
North and south of the muddy thames
At the same skyline we would stop and stare
There were reasons to sing at the start and the end
And I’m leaving for manhattan
Tonight

I’ve been wondering what country i belong to
As you scrape our flag up off the floor
I’ve been wondering what country i belong to
As we change our language back and forth
As the free world sings and the kids revolt
(and) the event horizon was years ago
I guess we will never know about the crimes we didn’t solve
So I’m leaving for manhattan
Tonight

I see the funny side to almost everything now
A splinter on the ladder out the trench
I see the funny side to almost everything now
At least you got on well with my friends
As the diamond sits on the paupers ledge
And the hardned thief won’t turn his head
I still hear his foot steps creeping down our stairs
So I’m leaving for manhattan
Tonight

You said a writer will never lose his senses
Without a single shred of vanity
But if a writer will never lose his senses
You’ve got a better shot of this than me
‘Cause I’ve seen this movie far too many times
I’ve read every letter until I’ve gone blind
I’ve spoken to scholars about our demise
And I’m leaving for manhattan
Tonight

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released March 6, 2022
TRACK CREDITS
Production: Frank Turner
Guitar: Thom Worth
Backing Vocals: Thom Worth
Bass: Thomas Buxton
Drums: Stuart Provan
Keys: Frank Turner
Song written by Tim Ostrowsky-Thomas

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Morning Crush Kingston Upon Thames, UK

Tim began busking on highstreets at 14 and sneaking into open mics. A songwriter with a conscience unafraid to speak his mind, throughout his career-to-date he has used his music to speak-out about nationalism, mental health issues and social unrest. Commitment to the cause, in 2015 he busked for 24 hours straight to raise money for Syria relief, and in 2017 for the mental health charity CALM. ... more

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