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The Gospel of John Hurt​​alt-J

Released: September 22, 2014

Songwriter: Thom Sonny Green Gus Unger-Hamilton Joe Newman

Producer: Charlie Andrew

[Verse 1]
No space
L-shaped
Tetris
Tile seeking
Somewhere
Oh, somewhere
To fit in
Alien (C'mon)

[Chorus]
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods

[Verse 2]
AK
Twenty
Four-seven
Civilian

[Chorus]
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods

[Verse 3]
Jeremiah
Looking down, and you know where you’re looking on down
Do you know where you go?
You’re headed on the strings for the E-X-T-I-N-C-T
Jeremiah
Looking down, but you know where you’re looking, but you go
Do you know where you go?
You’re headed on the strings for the E-X-T-I-N-C-T

[Chorus]
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods

​​alt-J

alt-J is an English indie rock band that consists of vocalist and guitarist Joe Newman, keyboardist and bassist Gus Unger-Hamilton and drummer Thom Green. Gwil Sainsbury was the band’s bassist before leaving the band in early 2014.

Formed at Leeds University and signed to a label in Cambridge, UK, the band originally made songs on Garageband before releasing them under the pseudonym ∆.

∆’s name takes a little explaining. Pronounced alt-J, the delta sign is inserted when you press alt and J on a Mac keyboard.

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