Arab Strap were a post-folk indieband from signed for the majority of their albums to independent record label Chemikal Underground. The duohad a short lived flirtation with a major label at the peak of their critical acclaim (post- Philophobia) when they signed to Go!Beat records (a former independent label now owned by Universal). Vocalist Aidan Moffatand multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middletonmet in Falkirk, Scotland, bonded over their mutual love for Drag City recording artists such as Smogand Will Oldham, and began a collaboration in 1995. The band is completed by violinist Jenny Reeveand cellist . Arab Strap's marked characteristics include frank and forthright lyrics delivered in a Scottish brogue.
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Oh, she always used to be the same.
Shed be loose with a straight dark facial frame.
And now the things that used to turn me off, I find endearing.
And they laugh behind the trees and she lays naked in the clearing.
I adore, but I ignore her.
See, I know it wont last as I reflect upon my past.
But on severance she makes no difference.
Theres things I wont let her know, as were perfecting our show..
I wont ignore her - I think Ill phone her.
I cant explore her if I ignore her.
And now the things that used to turn me off I find endearing.
And they laugh behind the trees as she lies naked in the clearing.
But she wont beckon - is what I reckon.
She might adore me, but shell ignore me.
Tell them to show there, and we get nowhere.
She loves my snoring, so it never gets boring.
She always used to be the same.
Shed be loose with with a straight dark facial frame.
And now the things that use to turn me off, I find endearing.
And they laugh behind the trees and she lays naked in the clearing.