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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I throw this to the wind
But what if I was right
Well did you trust your noble dreams
And gentle expectations
To the mercy of the night
The night will always win
The night has darkness on its side
I throw this to the wind
I miss your stupid face
I miss your bad advice
I try to clothe your bones
With scratchy super eights
Exaggerated stories and old tunes
But never by the moon
And not the state I’m in
The night will always win