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Rock music loves to celebrate people who party hard, and I thought it would be interesting to write the complete reverse of that, to write about drink in a situation where it's secret and shameful rather than something celebratory. I was listening to a lot of Elbow when I wrote this.

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Surprise! He drank too much
another day wasted because he got wasted again
you'll cry and he'll say sorry
he'll say it's the last time
like the last time

hangover promises soon forgotten
you're walking on tiptoes through broken bottles

sometimes it's all too much
you dig out a suitcase and fill it with all of your stuff
but you'll stay for the children
you know that you won't do
what you want to

hangover promises soon forgotten
you're walking on tiptoes through broken bottles

He's great when he's straight, he's a man of good character
patient and kind, a community pillar
but the man that you married is not who you're married to now
you said better or worse, but he's not getting better
the one that you promised that you'd love forever is gone
long gone

hangover promises soon forgotten
you're walking on tiptoes through broken bottles

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from Good Times, High Times and Hard Times, released August 8, 2013

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DMGM Glasgow, UK

DMGM are David ad Carrie Marshall, from Glasgow, Scotland. They make poppy rock music and rocky pop music, influenced as much by Pet Shop Boys and Robyn as they are by Eels and Elbow.

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