Machines for Living, by The Persian Leaps

Machines for Living

by The Persian Leaps

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1.	Alright Alright 02:05	lyrics	buy track
(Alright alright) (Alright alright) You punched in this morning Spoiling for a fight (Alright alright) (Alright alright) You nailed up a notice Claiming black is white And I do admit it I share the burden I am complicit But if it’s all the same you keep Your own half of the blame (Alright alright) (Alright alright) You clocked in this morning Clamored for a fight (Alright alright) (Alright alright) You banged out a bulletin Claiming day is night And I do admit it I share the burden I am complicit But if it’s all the same you keep Your own half of the blame (Alright alright) (Alright alright) And I do admit it I share the burden I am complicit But if it’s all the same you keep Your own half of the blame (Alright alright) (Alright alright)
2.	Maybe Time Will Let Me Forget 03:28	lyrics	buy track
Autumn leaves, hurry on Winter's here and winter's gone Ooooh Summer days, quickly flee Leaving not a thing for me Ooooh Maybe time will let me forget (Maybe time will let me forget) Maybe time will let me forget (Maybe time will let me forget) Maybe time will let me forget (Maybe time will let me forget) Forget her Walking now through the rain Hoping it will reduce the pain Ooooh Lonely moon, lonely stars Losing track of useless hours Ooooh Maybe time will let me forget (Maybe time will let me forget) Maybe time will let me forget (Maybe time will let me forget) Maybe time will let me forget (Maybe time will let me forget) Forget her Oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh Autumn leaves, hurry on Winter's here and winter's gone Ooooh Summer days, quickly flee Leaving not a thing for me Ooooh Maybe time will let me forget (Maybe time will let me forget) Maybe time will let me forget (Maybe time will let me forget) Maybe time will let me forget (Maybe time will let me forget) Forget her Maybe time will let me forget (Ba ba ba ba) Maybe time will let me forget (Ba ba ba ba) Maybe time will let me forget (Ba ba ba ba) Forget her Oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh
3.	Lipreader Dyslexia 02:38	lyrics	buy track
Please be kinder Think before you speak Fight your baser instincts Cruelty is for the weak Chronic lip reader dyslexia Everybody gotta flex on you It’s become a daily ritual Lotus eater anorexia Mother nature put a hex on you Humiliation is habitual Each day it’s only getting worse Please be gentler Hold your uncivil tongue Bells struck in anger Never can be unrung Chronic lip reader dyslexia Everybody gotta flex on you It’s become a daily ritual Lotus eater anorexia Mother nature put a hex on you Humiliation is habitual Each day it’s only getting worse Chronic lip reader dyslexia Everybody gotta flex on you (Ba da ba) It’s become a daily ritual Lotus eater anorexia Mother nature put a hex on you (Ba da ba) Humiliation is habitual Each day it’s only getting worse
4.	Beautiful Inside 02:52	lyrics	buy track
I like me the way I am It’s normal–you disagree You’d deny the features that define me I speak up–you silence me You disrupt continually It wears me out to wear down your objections Believe it or not I’m beautiful on the inside (Oooh oooh) Like it or not You’re hideous to the core I’m happy the way I am It feels right so naturally You’d suppress my instincts and my emotions I stand up you shoot me down You shatter self-confidence It tires me out to tear down your conceptions Believe it or not I’m beautiful on the inside (Oooh oooh) Like it or not You’re hideous to the core Believe it or not I’m beautiful on the inside (Oooh oooh) Like it or not You’re hideous to the core Believe it or not I’m beautiful on the inside (Oooh oooh) Like it or not You’re hideous to the core
5.	The Nicest Way 03:48	lyrics	buy track
Submerge the body Weight down the ankles Kneel on the torso Cover the angles Drowning in your charms It’s a very nice way to go Wrap your fingers round the neck Multiply the pressure Keep the flailing limbs in check Tighten up the tether Smothered in your arms It’s a very nice way to go Kissing me goodnight Starts a chain reaction Touching me just right Drives me to distraction Gripping me too tight Puts me up in traction Honey pie, you kill me But I mean it in the nicest way Subdue the struggler Savor the trauma Prolong the downstroke Heighten the drama Swift blow to the head It’s a very nice way to go Sunday morning suffering Little deaths and sadness Suffocating willingly Flattened on the mattress Breathless in your bed It’s a very nice way to go Kissing me goodnight Starts a chain reaction Touching me just right Drives me to distraction Gripping me too tight Puts me up in traction Honey pie, you kill me But I mean it in the nicest way Oooh oooh Oooh oooh Kissing me goodnight Starts a chain reaction Touching me just right Drives me to distraction Gripping me too tight Puts me up in traction Honey pie, you kill me But I mean it in the nicest way Oooh oooh (Oooh oooh) Oooh oooh

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... solid, no-nonsense, infectious power pop. Few do it better. Their ability to take the infectious and melodic heart that beats in pop music and the drive and energy that powers its rock and roll sibling is magical.
-- The Big Takeover

Fabulous in every way and a charming specimen of tried-and-true American indie rock
-- The Record Stache

...one of America’s best power pop artists, regularly composing music that should be deemed classics
-- Amplify Music Magazine

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released October 7, 2022

Drew Forsberg - Vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drum programming

Recorded by August Ogren, The Terrarium
Mixed by Neil Weir, Blue Bell Knoll
Mastered by Bruce Templeton, Microphonic Mastering
Cover art by Jon Hunt

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Maybe Time Will Let Me Forget written by Jon Frederick Asher (BMI)
Originally performed and recorded by the Coachmen [Ledger Records, 1967]

All Other Songs Land Ski Music (BMI)

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The Persian Leaps is an indie rock/power pop band from Saint Paul, Minnesota. New single "Jeane" (Smiths cover) out now!

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