The Sound Of Failure / It's Dark... Is It Always This Dark?? (track) by The Flaming Lips
Year: 2006
From the album At War With The Mystics (track #3)


The Sound Of Failure / It's Dark... Is It Always This Dark?? appears on the following album(s) by The Flaming Lips:
- At War With The Mystics (track #3) (this album) (2006)
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One of my favorite Flips songs. Totally underrated.
Underrated song. I love the periodic distorted guitar riffs with a flute in the background...genius.
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