The Teardrop Explodes - The Great Dominions

suddenly
I came to my senses
a night on fire
put out
all traces of feeling
I'm
only concerned with
looking concerned
I don't want to get my laces burned

we talked for hours
except for the fainting
we seemed so enchanted
but now
my expression is changing
see
see for yourself I'm
run down by a train
I stand back from a shark attack
and it's all the same

I should have known
you'd seek my opinion
from all over the country
and out
to the great dominions
careful
some of the blunders of history
have been made that way
I'm still stuck in this
pickle jar
on a paper carpet

mummy I've been fighting again

Category:

Music

Tags:

• teardrop
• explodes
• great
• dominions
• julian
• cope
• 1981
• music
• post
• punk
• wilder

[Pacquaio]

excellent track

thanks for upping

[jonahstevenson]

you're welcome

[FictiveImagination]

can someone send me lyrics please....?

I've looked on the internet but can't find it anywhere..and english is not my native language.

[jonahstevenson]

I've added them to the info at the side

[julesgreaves]

jonahstevenson..respect for being a copey fan,but this track the great dominions was from wilder. and the cover your showing is from an ep you disapear from veiw ,also a good poppy track that should have gone further in the charts.but it also has the best track the teardrops did suffocate ,i had it on 12 inch vinyl, the strings on it awsome....thanks for posting.

[jonahstevenson]

I know it's from Wilder, It says at the side. I just felt like using that picture. it doesn't really matter.

[sandeyboy]

Im only 16 years old (born in 1993) but this is awesome! Why don't they make songs like this anymore? :(

[silmalila]

I haven't heard this in years.

Such a flood of memories.

Such a deep song, too,

I LOVE Julian Cope.

Thanks for posting this wonderful song.

[alanaisaac5]

Honey I've been farting again

Honey I've been farting again

Fart fart fart farting again

Fart fart fart farting again

[SuperGobshyte]

Magnificent

[ziggyzdad]

Beautiful!!! I've played this song at least once every week since I first bought Wilder the week it was released. Has anybody noticed a resemblance between the White Lies vocalist and Mr Cope's? Their first album really reminds me of the Teardrops at their best

[SuperPais]

Wow, I now remember how TeardDrop Explode were (are) such a great band. Thanks a lot for the upload, and remember us

[acupunk74]

Im only concerned with looking concerned...

[andreaprodan]

Cope reminds me somewhat of Luca . Check out SUMO and the track Don't Turn Blue. Would you agree?

[Ruiner10000000001]

What a brilliant song. I only wish someone could post the live version from the BBC I once heard. It was a totally different arrangement but just as excellent.

[stellaviolens]

This song was spot on for me, first seen on OGWT when I was 16. Even had clever friends to discuss the lyrics. The TX were so good, could not understand why they stopped releasing music and then split

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

Wonderful despair

[JackyRowe]

@sandeyboy you'll get used to it. i'm in the same year group as you (probably), and I'm mad for the levellers, new model army, pink floyd etc etc. but it's nice to know your not the only one in that position :)