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Like Alice

by The Banquets

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'About the song' composed by Leon: This is the most electrifying track The Banquets have put together yet! Fusing Pop Rock, Hard Rock and Psychedelia together with style, the track moves with a raucous energy. Lyrically, the song is inspired by an acid trip gone wayward and uses myth and fairytale to leverage the imagery. Gem's vocal delivery is blisteringly dramatic, going toe to toe with the band until the last second, who give romping baselines, gutsy percussion and easy to grab guitar hooks.

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Like Alice
And her caterpillar dreams
Like Alice
Full of curiosity
Like Alice
Who got down onto her knees
With opium circles spinning in her eyes

Like Alice
Getting bigger everyday
Like Alice
Who will never turn away
Like Alice
White rabbit show the way
With opium circles spinning in her eyes

I’m lost in a fairytale
In someone else’s dream
And there’s no way out of here
And there’s no way out of here

I’m locked in a castle
Where nothing’s as it seems
And if I throw you down my hair
Will you help me please?

Maria Sabina is spinning in my eyes

Like Alice
Follow Bluebeard to his lair
Like Alice
Madhatter and a hare
Like Alice
Little redcap and her stare
With opium circles spinning in her eyes

I’m lost in a fairytale
In someone else’s dream
And there’s no way out of here
And there’s no way out of here

I’m locked in a castle
Where nothing’s as it seems
And if I throw you down my hair
Will you help me please?

Maria Sabina is spinning in my eyes

You gotta help me out of here
Come on come on will you help me out?
Come on come on will you help me out?
Maria Sabina will you help me out?
Hey little Alice will you help me out?
Maria Sabina will you help me out?

I’m lost in a fairytale
In someone else’s dream
And there’s no way out of here
And there’s no way out of here

I’m locked in a castle
Where nothing’s as it seems
And if I throw you down my hair
Will you help me please?

Maria Sabina is spinning in my eyes
The opium circles are spinning in
I said Maria Sabina is spinning in my eyes

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released July 21, 2023
Music - Leon Russell-Hills
Lyrics - Gem Russell-Hills
© The Banquets.

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The Banquets are an alt rock/pop 4-piece that formed in Leeds during 2018. They’ve been described as “a modern-day Fleetwood Mac” and have attracted wide acclaim during their time as a band. Their sound is hugely impacted by the music that has flowed out of America over the last century, and like most British music, it reflects back that sound and rubs in some northern British magic. ... more

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