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Covered In Decay

by West Midlands

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In the late nineteen eighties a friend of mine gave me
The greatest tape she ever made.
She claimed if I played it ladies would strip naked
And worship me like I was some kind of deity.

I was just eighteen, that sounded amazing to me.
So I took the thing home and I stared at it meaningfully.

It came decorated with a terrible painting
Of a vampire bat by a grave.
I tried to decipher, the hearts and the spiders
She'd biroed deep into the sleeve.

The names of the songs had blood curdling fonts
And the tape case was spray painted black
Twenty years later, the smell of the paper 
Just put me on my ass.

She called it
Covered in Decay.

When I looked inside it said, "Sorry, I lied
About the girls, I was just being weird.
But now that you're listening, there’s a couple of things
That I would still like you to hear.

See I'm like the tape, You pack me in crates
And you don't listen to me enough.
And you’re like the box, you always get lost
And Andrew, you know that that sucks.

Not all tapes have to end getting palmed off on friends
Or taken to parties and left.
They don't all self destruct, they don't have to get fucked,
Take care of yourself
Before you're Covered in Decay".

Covered in Decay
Covered in Decay, Covered in Decay
Covered in Decay, Covered in Decay.

(Astonishing guitar solo)

Covered in Decay
Covered in Decay, Covered in Decay
Covered in Decay, Covered in Decay.

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released January 1, 2023

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West Midlands

West Midlands are a super natural indie rock band.

West Midlands songs tell the story of a rapidly decaying rock star, dropped by his label, forgotten by his fans and forced to return to his childhood home in the Black Country to confront his demons – some of which, it turns out, are actual demons. It’s sort of a documentary. ... more

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