Bloc Party – Like Eating Glass

I first heard tonight’s song 3 years ago on the drive home from a snowboarding trip.  Like Eating Glass comes from the indie-rock/post-punk revival band Bloc PartyBloc Party reviews’s debut album Silent AlarmSilent Alarm reviews.  Released in February of 2005, Silent Alarm performed well on charts across the UK, Europe, and Australia.  It’s North American reception was not quite as flattering, peaking at #114 on the Billboard Top 200 and #3 on the Top Heatseekers chart.  Bloc Party followed Silent Alarm up with the 2007 release A Weekend in the CityA Weekend in the City reviews and the 2008 release IntimacyIntimacy reviews.

It’s so cold in this house
Open mouth swallowing us
The children staying home from school
Will not stop cryingAnd I know that you’re busy too
I know that you care
You got your finger on the pulse
You got your eyes everywhere
And it hurts all the time when you don’t return my calls
And you haven’t got the time to remember how it was
It’s so cold in this house
It’s so cold in this house

I can’t eat, I can’t sleep
I can’t sleep, I can’t dream
An aversion to light
Got a fear of the ocean

Like drinking poison, like eating glass

It’s so cold in this house
Come and show me how it was

We’ve got crosses on our eyes
Been walking into the walls again
We’ve got crosses on our eyes
Been walking into the furniture
We’ve got crosses on our eyes
For richer, for poorer, for better, for worse
We’ve got crosses on our eyes
We’ve been walking into the furniture

Related posts:

• Bloc Party – Talons
• You Say Party! We Say Die! – There Is XXXX (Within My Heart)
• You Say Party! We Say Die! – Laura Palmer’s Prom
• Looking Glass – Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)
• Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart

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