Belle Epoque Lyrics - E If I Kill This Thing We're All Going To Eat For A Week - Lieutenant

A day of rest is hardly ever 

A day at rest's a callow sigh 

A day at rest is hardly ever 

Hardly ever sealed in time 

Follies raged at night 

Who's denied? 

The furs and feathers 

Orchids shine on 

Passer's by 

Then a railway is laid 

And the horses are well fed 

There's a lust for a uniform 

And a grand parade 

The summer guns mark how they lost the belle epoque 

The railway stays the one way sound of shots 

A gilded age is hardly ever 

Aware of where it's follies are 

A gilded age has hardly ever 

Not embrace it's tragic flaw 

Children sleep safely at night 

Sweet pronounced 

The park is full 

The trees in bloom 

Bellies full 

And hearts alive 

The summer guns mark how they lost the belle epoque 

The railway stays the one way sound of shots 

They dug a trench then discovered how to fill it 

The bread goes bad faster than a spare bullet 

They discovered, discovered how to fill it 

Faster than a spare bullet 

A palace untested decay 

A heart at rest is merely fallow 

No, this heart is simply asking 

To be acquitted from the gallows 

The summer guns mark how they lost the belle epoque 

The railway stays the one way sound of shots 

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