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Always Someone Watching

from Demonstration by Alanalda

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Second track from the 2007 Demonstration EP.

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"think skipping down Carnaby Street trailing ribbons from each hand. There's quirkiness, happiness, melody, and above all, there's a slightly sardonic smile. For a split second you hear a little Kaiser Chiefs, then a little Madness pops in there, then a smidgen of Cake, then you hear a swell of violins and realise. You realise that everything sounds of something... but Alanalda sound like everything and more. Which makes them original, insomuch as anything is original. And then you smile."

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All of your magnetic debts
Follow you around forever
'Coz somewhere there's a file being kept
About all of your behaviour
And should you try to jump from the net
Be sure that you'll be forcibly met

And all of those magnetic strips
With their coded information
Will tell you when you last took a breath
And the exact location
And should you try to jump from the bowl
Be sure that you'll be forcibly told

That there's always someone watching
Just in case you fall out of the nest
Yeah you know your mommy loves you
And she knows just what is best

Don't throw your pathetic fits
'Coz that'll get you nowhere
Take part in the apathetic bliss
That someone else knows better
And should you try to jump from the pen
Be sure that you'll be put back there again

'Coz there's always someone watching
Just in case you fall out of the nest
Yeah your older brother loves you
And he knows just what is best

Should you try to get out of the house
Be sure that you'll be left in no doubt

That all cosmetic benefits
You thought you always needed
Will be taken from you fortwith
And you can lie there bleedin'
Should you try to struggle to your feet
A gentle voice will tell you there's no need

'Coz there's always someone watching
Just in case you fall out of the nest
Yeah you know your nanny loves you
And she knows just what is best

(c) Dermot O'Leary 2005

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from Demonstration, released June 24, 2011
Song & Lyrics by Dermot O'Leary / Music by Alanalda / String Arrangement by Dylan Curran

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