Belle and Sebastian is a band from Glasgow. Led by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Murdoch, the seven-piece band has an intimate, majestic sound that is equal parts folk-rock and '60s pop. Murdoch has a gift not only for whimsy and surrealism, but also for odd, unsettling lyrical detail which keeps the songs grounded in a tangible reality.
Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Belle and Sebastian released their first two albums in 1996: Tigermilk, recorded over three days
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Verse: CG I wrote a letter on a nothing day CG I asked somebody Could you send my letter away CGCG You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope
I said goodbye to someone that I love It's not just me I tell you it's the both of us And it was hard like coming off the pills that you take to stay happy
Someone above has seen me do alright Someone above is looking with a tender eye Upon her face you may think you're alone but you may think again
(Chorus) CG If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy CG They'd write it on my grave or when they scattered my ashes AmC On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best friend (intro riff) If she wants me
And far away somebody read the letter He condescends to read the words I wrote about him And if he smiles it's no more than a genius deserves For all your curious nerve and your passion
I'm going deaf you're growing melancholy Things fall apart I don't know why we bother at all But life is good and It's always worth living at least for a while
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If you think to yourself What should I do now Then take the baton girl you better run with it There is no point in standing in the past cause it's over and done with
I took a book and went into the forest I climbed the hill I wanted to look down on you But all I saw was twenty miles of wilderness so I went home