Science Fair - Black Country, New Road

I met her accidentally

It was at the Cambridge Science Fair

And she was so impressed I could make so many things catch on fire

But I was just covered in bubbles of methane gas

And you ended up burning

I’m sorry

I have always been a liar

Just to think I could’ve left the fair with my dignity intact

And fled from the stage with the world’s second-best Slint tribute act

Okay, today, I hide away

But tomorrow, I take the reins

Still living with my mother

As I move from one micro-influencer to another

References, references, references

What are you on tonight?

I love this city, despite the burden of preferences

What a time to be alive, oh

I know where I’m going, it’s black country out there

I saw you undressing

It was at the Cirque du Soleil

And it was such an intimate performance

I swear to God you looked right at me

And let a silk red ribbon fall between your hands

But as I slowly sobered

I felt the rubbing of shoulders

I smelled the sweat and the children crying

I was just one among crowded stands

And still with sticky hands

I bolted through the gallery

With cola stains on my best white shirt

And nothing to lose, oh, I was born to run

It’s black country out there

It’s black country out there

It’s black country out there