Running With Scissors (Long Story Short Suite)

The original concept of Running With Scissors was inspired by the complete works of my all-time favourite band, Liverpool-based new age electronica pioneers, Ladytron. It aims to recreate their broken glass lyrical style, telling the kind of tale synonymous to their output, through similarly sporadic flourish. Featured art is by Alexandra Goncharova.

Listen to Running With Scissors by Richard Charles Stevens (Long Story Short Suite)

Listen to To Cut A Long Story Short by Spandau Ballet

running with scissors
playing with knives
blunt trauma honesty
paper cut lies
paper kite heartstrings
pay per view eyes
razor wire smiles
in a state of denial
.
hive mentality
siding with apathy
whistle stop gallantry
little but pageantry
prised apart
tapestry
vital parts
atrophy
tribal scars marking
the tracks of abstracted catastrophe
catastrophe
catastrophe
catastrophe
.
catastrophe
.
impacted cavities
fracturing passively
rapture free baptistery
subtracted rhapsody
redacted massively
actioning blasphemy
nature’s fatalities
over capacity
hungover casualties
waiting for amnesty
swung over gravel pits
moreover
casually
casually
casually
casually
casually
casually
catastrophe
.
running with scissors
playing with knives
blunt trauma honesty
paper cut lies
paper kite heartstrings
pay per view eyes
razor wire smiles
in a state of denial
.
reverting to type
when uncertain of why
purging earth bleeds
beneath virginal skies
whittling slack to a workable size
quick to cut back interpersonal ties
hurting for urgency
playing for time
curfews as tight
as remaining supplies
.
catastrophe
.
running with scissors
playing with knives
blunt trauma honesty
paper cut lies
paper kite heartstrings
pay per view eyes
scissor kiss lips
belie razor wire smiles
making their way
to stand trial
still in a state of denial
.
catastrophe
.
running with scissors
playing with knives
blunt trauma honesty
paper cut lies
.
catastrophe
catastrophe
paper cut lies
catastrophe
catastrophe
paper cut lies
catastrophe
catastrophe
paper cut lies
.
paper kite heartstrings
pay per view eyes
paper kite heartstrings
pay per view eyes
paper kite heartstrings
pay per view eyes
razor wire smiles
in a state of denial
.