Song Wedgie

Song: Kingdom of Rust
Artist: Doves
Album: Kingdom of Rust
Release: 2009

The title, Kingdom of Rust, brings me back to Detroit. Fuck calling it the ‘Renaissance City’ or the ‘Motor City’ - it’s the ‘Kingdom of Rust’. Once shiny and vibrant, the ‘Paris of the West’- it’s now the ‘Kingdom of Rust’. Substitute ‘blackbirds flew’ for ‘white flight’, ‘the road back to Preston’ to ‘the street back to Trenton’, ‘stolen heart’ for ‘stolen car’, and its a description that fits. My god!

Lyrics:
I hear a sound, a sound above my head Distant sound of thunder, moving out on the moor Blackbirds flew in and to the cooling towers I’ll pack my bags Thinking of one of those hours With you, waiting for you My god, it takes an ocean of trust In the Kingdom of Rust I long to feel some beauty in my heart As I go searching, right to the start Hmmm The road back to Preston Was jutted out in snow As I went looking for that stolen heart For you, waiting for you My god, it takes an ocean of trust Takes an effort it does My god, it takes an ocean of trust It’s in the Kingdom of Rust Oooow in the Kingdom of Rust I long to feel that wince in my heart As I went looking I couldn’t stop Now I’m waiting for you Ooohh …………. I know it takes an ocean of trust In the Kingdom of Rust