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Irrelevant Lyrics by Matthew Ryan

These Are Field Recordings

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There's only one light on in the house
And that's the light up in the hall
And it's shining on the back of my head
And I'm concentrating hard
On the cigarette to the ashtray
From the ashtray back to my lips

So I lean up from my easy chair
I rub my three-day beard and give that thousand-yard stare
As I recall all the time and the money we spent
Before I became irrelevant

So the strawdog threw rocksalt
And the precious girl took a bow and walked
As I ran my finger over the screen door
Yeah every kiss has reeked of betrayal
Since my heroine jumped the guard rail
And decided who she wanted to be once more

Now every night I'm paralysed
By the fear of rope burns and morning light
And the smell of wet cement
Since I became irrelevant

Now memory is just a flash flood
A thick and black sticky mud
And heartache it's like a breaking bone
It was always twelve hours on a missionary line
I think i would've spared some time
But I didn't I never went home

Now it occurs to me like blinds undrawn
Or a bullet from a shotgun
That she knew long ago what it meant
To feel irrelevant

Now I'm always smiling, crying and hiding my intent
Since I became irrelevant
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Matthew Ryan

Matthew Ryan

About “Irrelevant” by Matthew Ryan

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"Irrelevant" is credited to Matthew Ryan. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Irrelevant" appears on "These Are Field Recordings".

Visit the Matthew Ryan artist page at /artist/matthew-ryan for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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