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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kele Okereke
Kele Okereke
Lead Vocals
Eliot James
Eliot James
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gordon Moakes
Gordon Moakes
Songwriter
Matt Tong
Matt Tong
Songwriter
Russell Lissack
Russell Lissack
Songwriter
Kele
Kele
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bloc Party
Bloc Party
Producer
Rich Costey
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Mixing Engineer
Paul Epworth
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Producer
Eliot James
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Producer
Joe Hirst
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Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
He said, "You're just as boring as everyone else
When you tut and you moan and you squeal and you squelch"
He said, "You're just as boring as everyone else"
Nothing ever happens
[Refrain]
Things replace things
Days replace days
Things replace things
[Verse 2]
She said, "I'm gonna use my teeth and my claws"
She said, "I'm gonna use my teeth and my claws"
She said, "I'm gonna use my teeth and my breasts
I'm gonna make it happen," she said
[Chorus]
Run, run, run, run, run, run
And you cannot run or ever, ever escape
Run, run, run, run, run, run
You cannot run or ever hide it away
Run, run, run, run, run, run
Something glorious is about to happen
Run, run, run, run, run, run
The reckoning
[Verse 3]
They go, "You're just as boring as everyone else
When you tut and you moan and you squeal and you squelch"
They go, "You're just as boring as everyone else"
Stuck past timing
[PreChorus]
The fear and the yearning
The fear and the consumption
The fear and the yearning
It's gonna eat you alive, they go
[Chorus]
Run, run, run, run, run, run
And you cannot hide or ever, ever escape
Run, run, run, run, run, run
You cannot hide or ever put it away
Run, run, run, run, run, run
Something glorious is about to happen
Run, run, run, run, run, run
The reckoning
[Bridge]
They go
They say
They go
They say
[Bridge]
They go, "Why'd you have to get so hysterical?"
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
Why'd you have to get so hysterical? (Success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so hysterical? (Success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so hysterical? (Success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so fucking useless? (Success, success, success)
[Outro]
Play it cool, boy
Play it cool, boy
Play it cool, boy
Play it cool, boy
Play it cool
Written by: Gordon Moakes, Kele Okereke, Matt Tong, Russell Lissack

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