Silvertown

from A Century Ago by Darth Nater

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Featuring Matt Broconier on trumpet

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Second shift at the factory
Hot as all Hell
These high-grade explosives
Aren’t going to make themselves
Jules Verne at the Curzon
Made me think of you
I know you’re fighting the good fight
But do you really have to?

We’re strong, sensible and fit
We’re out to show our grit
Till the khaki soldier boys come marching home

I sit beside a window
Watching the mangy german shepherds playing in the snow
And deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deep down i know you’re not returning
I can feel the whole earth turning
I can smell something awful burning

They could see the fires from Guildford
They could see the fires from Maidstone
They could hear us up in Norfolk and along the Essex coast

They could see the fires from Guildford
They could see the fires from Maidstone
They could hear us up in Norfolk and along the Essex coast

Could you see the fires from Belgium?
Could you see the fires from the battleground?
Could you hear us in the French trenches above the sound of machine guns?

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from A Century Ago, released March 31, 2018

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Darth Nater Buffalo, New York

Funny songs. Sad songs. Funny, sad songs.

Darth Nater is the solo project of Buffalo-based musician Nate Noworyta.

Lyrically dense story-songs filled with detailed imagery and characters. Musically rooted in folk and indie rock.
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