Marble house

"Marble house" is a song by LorD and Master featuring The Rude Awakening. Originally by The Knife, this track was the first single to be chosen from the album Featuring. Differing slightly from the original track supplied by LorD and Master to The Rude Awakening, "Marble house" enjoys additional production by TRA's Johnny Normal and Bridget Gray, including new percussion and synth/choir lines.

Lyrics

I cut your nails and comb your hair
I carry you down the stair
I wanted to see right through 
From the other side
I wanted to walk a trail with no end in sight

The moment we believe that we have never met
Another kind of love
It's easy to forget
When we are all alone 
Then we do both agree: we have a thing in common
This was meant to be

You close my eyes and soothe my ears
You heal my wounds and dry my tears
On the inside of this marble house I grow
And the seeds I sow will grow up prisoners too

The moment we believe that we have never met
Another kind of  love 
It's easy to forget
When we are all alone
Then we do both agree: we have a thing in common
This was meant to be

Now, where's your shoulder 
What is its name
What's your scent
Say it again
If it goes faster can you still follow me
It must be safe when it's on TV

I raise my hands to heaven for curiosity
I don't know what to ask for
What has it got for me
The others say we're hiding
It's forward as can be
Some things I do for money
Some things I do for free

Versions

Marble house EP artwork.

• Appears on Featuring and "Marble house" EP (q.v.).
• LorD and Master guide vocal, remix, dance remix and velvet curtain version appear on "Marble house" EP.
• Mr Strange remix appears on "Marble house" EP.
• Nature of Wires remix appears on "Marble house" EP.
• E39 pothouse mix appears on "Marble house" EP.
• Starky's full sack mix appears on "Marble house" EP.

EP release

1. "Marble house" (featuring The Rude Awakening) - 3.53
2. "Marble house" (LorD and Master guide vocal) - 3.52
3. "Don't leave" (LorD and Master guide vocal) - 3.32
4. "This is the life" (LorD and Master guide vocal) - 3.18
5. "Marble house" (featuring The Rude Awakening) [LorD and Master remix] - 6.44
6. "Marble house" (featuring The Rude Awakening) [LorD and Master dance mix] - 7.08
7. "Marble house" (featuring The Rude Awakening) [LorD and Master velvet curtain version] - 6.51
8. "Marble house" (featuring The Rude Awakening) [Mr Strange remix] - 3.29
9. "Marble house" (featuring The Rude Awakening) [Nature of Wires remix] - 4.43
10. "Marble house" (featuring The Rude Awakening) [E39 pophouse mix] - 4.52
11. "Marble house" (featuring The Rude Awakening) [Starky's full sack mix] - 5.51

Release date: 20 December 2019

Personnel

• All tracks except 3 and 4 written by Karin Dreijer-Andersson and Olof Dreijer.
• Track 3 written by Rollo Armstrong, Sister Bliss and Jamie Catto.
• Track 4 written by Amy Macdonald
• All tracks produced by Daniel Bailey-Graham.
• Additional production on all tracks except 2, 3 and 4 by Johnny Normal and Bridget Gray for The Rude Awakening
• Vocals on all tracks except tracks 2 - 4 by Bridget Gray and Johnny Normal.
• Additional production on tracks 5 - 7 by Daniel Bailey-Graham for LorD and Master.
• Additional production on track 8 by Saul Pettett for Mr Strange.
• Additional production on track 9 by Gary Watts for Nature of Wires.
• Additional production on track 10 by Peter Tanico for E39.
• Additional production on track 11 by Gary Starky.