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Elbow - Adriana Again
Today marks 25 years since the release of ‘Asleep in the Back’.

Originally released on 7th May 2001, elbow’s debut album introduced tracks including ‘Red’, ‘Newborn’, ‘Powder Blue’ and ‘Scattered Black and Whites’, and was later shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize.

To mark the anniversary, a selection of archive videos, live footage and clips from the long out-of-print ‘Asleep in the Back’ film are now being made available on the band’s official YouTube channel for the first time.

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High Ideals

There’s a laddered tear in my high ideals
Like I took a chair on the battle field
Anyd any noble fire that was burning in my chest
Is acid in my belly at the very best

There’s a bayonet in my family things
It was made in the USA to defend the king
And though the sinew, that thrust
And all the bones it splintered are dust
It’s passed from hand to hand
With the wedding rings

Oh, settle down little heart of mine
Oh, settle down, you’re doing double time
You’re so far away and she’s right here by your side
Oh, settle down little heart of mine