Song for Clay (Disappear Here) Lyrics

[Intro]
I am trying to be heroic
In an age of modernity
I am trying to be heroic
As all around me history sinks


So I enjoy and I devour
Flesh and wine and luxury
But in my heart, I am lukewarm
Nothing ever really touches me


[Verse 1]
At the Les Trois Garçons
We meet at precisely 9 o'clock

I order the foie gras
And I eat it with complete disdain


[Pre-Chorus 1]
Bubbles rise in champagne flutes
But when we kiss, I feel nothing
Feasting on sleeping pills
And Marlboro Reds (self-pity won't save you)

[Chorus]
Oh, how our, how our parents
They suffered for nothing
Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream
Like the '80s never happened
People are afraid, are afraid
To merge on the freeway

Disappear here

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This song references the 1985 novel Less Than Zero by American author Bret Easton Ellis, where Clay is the main character. Kele converts the setting of LA from the book into East London where he lived at the time.

Credits
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Rhythm Guitar
Lead guitar
Vocals
Recorded At
Grouse Lodge, Ireland; The Garage, Kent, England; The Garden, London; Olympic, London; RAK, London; Mayfair, London
Release Date
January 24, 2007
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