Land Of The Faint At Heart

In the land of the
Faint at heart
Where minds are sound
As picture glass
They know the routines and they
Learn the steps
They know who they think they are but they're
Not so sure as yet
In the land of the...

In the land of the
Faint at heart
Where all the windows are clamped up tight
To stop the cheerfulness from breaking
From breaking in
Venus she pours herself into
Designer jeans
Looks at herself through fishes eyes and sees
Peaches drowned in cream
In the land of the...

The land of the faint at heart
The land of the faint at heart
In the land of the faint at heart

Everything is very tacky
Everything is very slow
Born and raised in this hand-me-down town
Raise a cheer for the Nobel Prize for Ignorance

They know the routines and they
Destroy the view
Spend their times between the happy-go-lucky times and
Jumping off the roof
​In the land of the...

The land of the faint at heart

Eric Goulden / Wreckless Eric 1984 / Tapete Music 2025