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The Library

from Volcano by Gecko

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lyrics

Metaphor manipulator
Wordplay articulator
Got a new ink cartridge
And I just refilled the printer paper
If knowledge is power how come Donald is powerful?
Blonde floppy hair about as subtle as a power tool
I tried the museum but I got museum feet
And if you’re not getting a coffee
You’re not getting a seat
I tried university it was £9000
Tried to find a library they kept tearing them down
I went to the observatory but I couldn't get a space
Apparently you have to planet ahead seems strange
Turned to the bank
Never felt more a loan
The world’s my oyster card
If it’s off peak and within the zones
I wrote to the council
Tried my local MP
But it all just got lost in a constituent sea
I searched the job centre
But there wasn't an entrance
I queued so long
When I got there I was getting my pension

‘Cause if you want knowledge then go to the library
And if you want solitude then go to the library
If you want good internet then go to the library
And if you want a book then go to the bookshop

Open the page on a brand new chapter
They call me a useful bit of hardware if you wanna charge your phone in mainland Europe
I’m an adapter
I’m the verb velociraptor
I’m lost in the narrative
Like Bob trying to build without his tractor
In Alaska
That’s tragic
And it’s gonna take ages
But you can’t take it all in if you just flick through life’s pages
I’m a vegetarian, Aquarian, librarian
Got lost in the bookshelf of life
Quite a scary thing
Stared at my face in a lake
Got quite delirious
And they said Harry Potter’s godfather is a black shaggy dog
You cannot be Sirius?
Just searching for that secret garden
But they paved up the walls as we speak I beg your pardon?
And in its place another betting shop
Forgetting what is important
Ladbrokes? £5 says its not
From here to the Iberian peninsula
We can be invincible
But no man’s an island
You hear me then Caligula?
Keep it colloquial
Share the knowledge
Spread vernacular
Language isn't set in Rosetta stone
Feed it like a Dracula
Or vacuum cleaner
Got my eyes on a prize Dyson
Charging like a bison without a license through the high street
They can cut through our guts
But they can't cut our imaginations
Stand adjacent to librarians
Let’s block the flipping pavements
Appease me 
I’m wearing the glasses like I’m 3D
They’re gonna pay like I wasn't even offering a freebie
They want us lost in our jobs
We want corn they give us cobs
They give us scorn we give our logs
When we should be lighting our own fires
Following our own desires
Tracking our own tyres
Growing our own Hyacinths
Plugging our own wires

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from Volcano, released October 13, 2017

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Gecko is a London based singer-storyteller, his playful lyrics cover the big things in life; think iPhones, Libraries & Guanabana fruit juice to name but a few.

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