The Acid Remark - Maxïmo Park

Faces flash

A royal flush of favourite expressions

How will they look in the morning?

Blood red bridges

On a midsummer evening

Pylons glow pink

But that’s just the sky

Like a drink you’ve been dying to try

How will you feel in the morning?

The bitter victory of the acid remark

I said it quickly

No chance to extinguish the spark

I wanted to tell you

But how could I tell you?

I wanted to tell you

It was a midsummer evening

Under blood red bridges

A bigger splash

You were in a rush

To make an impression

How will it look in the morning?

The bitter victory of the acid remark

I said it quickly

No chance to extinguish the spark

On a side street in a German town

My lack of bravery let me down

On a side street in a German town

My lack of bravery let me down

A French kiss in a German car

English reserve only gets you so far

I resumed and you assumed

And my restraint meant we were doomed

On a side street in a German town

My lack of bravery let me down

Oh, I was a passenger

And I played the clown

And my lack of bravery

It let me down

Yes, it let me down