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Turin Brakes - Pays to Be Paranoid (Official Visualiser)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Turin Brakes
Turin Brakes
Performer
Oliver Howard Knights
Oliver Howard Knights
Lead Vocals
Stephan Gale Paridjanian
Stephan Gale Paridjanian
Electric Guitar
Robert Douglas Allum
Robert Douglas Allum
Drums
Eddie Myer
Eddie Myer
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Oliver Howard Knights
Oliver Howard Knights
Songwriter
Stephan Gale Paridjanian
Stephan Gale Paridjanian
Songwriter
Robert Douglas Allum
Robert Douglas Allum
Songwriter
Matthew Edward Tristram Myer
Matthew Edward Tristram Myer
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
TURIN BRAKES, GUY MASSEY
TURIN BRAKES, GUY MASSEY
Producer

Lyrics

Stupid old men
Ruined everything
We should let the mothers run this shit show now
The space station spins
We're Facebook friends
But we never seem to be around
You'll get moving again
Patience, we'll outlive them
You gotta watch it change
One person at a time
They put water in the wine
It turns out, you were right
It pays to be paranoid
The doors have eyes
The walls have ears
Warning signs ignored for years
In the age of fools
The Science is cruel
Underneath the thin veneer
You'll get moving again
Patience, we'll outlive them
You gotta watch it change
One person at a time
They put water in the wine
It turns out, you were right
It pays to be paranoid
It pays to be paranoid
It pays to be paranoid
I can't stop my heart from racing
I can't stand the pace of changing
Please do not disturb my day dreams
I got the feeling somethings going down
It pays to be paranoid
It pays to be paranoid
It pays to be paranoid
Pays to be paranoid
It pays to be paranoid
It pays to be paranoid
It pays to be paranoid
Written by: Matthew Edward Tristram Myer, Oliver Howard Knights, Robert Douglas Allum, Stephan Gale Paridjanian

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