1. |
Mechanics & Heat
03:13
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I heard your hands whispering
to me when the lights went out
Your legs spoke out into the dark
These secrets started in your heart
and made their way down
here to me
through your incredible
arteries
But oh my god
what have you done with my knees?
I swear you've turned them into mere magnets
because now every dark inch in between
you and me
is just mechanics and heat
mechanics and heat
Why do you do it? Tell me,
why do you do it tell me why
Sometimes I catch you
staring me down like you could eat me alive
I have eyes, I can see
you're gonna make me watch
while one thousand of your wan women line up
Your gravel tongue
is no match for these
words I've got in me
honey, I could cut you in half
anytime I wanted to
anytime I wanted to
But oh my god
what have you done with my knees?
I'd swear you turned them into mere magnets
because now every dark inch in between
you and me
is just mechanics and heat
mechanics and heat
Why do I do it? Tell me
why do I do it tell me why
Sometimes I let you stare me down
when I could eat you alive
I have eyes, I can see
go on and make me watch
while one thousand of your wan women line up
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2. |
For You Forever
04:19
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And honey I will wait for you forever
Out there under the lightening
I would gladly let the weather wear me down
I would gladly let the weather wear me down
All for you - for you forever
Oh darling tell me you do tell me you do
Please tell me you remember
What it was like to be young and unafraid
That day down in the harbor
You took off hard and I watched you running
Laughing with the dust and kicking up thunder
But now your running days are over
And my laughing days have passed
And we're both so much older
And the storms are coming in too fast
But as far as I'm concerned your eyes still reflect the sun
And as far as I'm concerned your eyes still reflect the sun
Oh and as far as I'm concerned your eyes still reflect the sun
And honey I will wait for you forever
For you forever
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And while you just stand there waiting for the line of a lifetime
Something to explain why you can't capture or contain my heart
I am dying to give you something easy to believe in
But it gets harder and harder because
It don't mean nothing to me no, no, no
I can't be satisfied with anything that's within my reach
You see, I'm always diving for that golden apple
At the bottom of the water where it's blackout beautiful and blinding
Down there with the dark things, shining
And I like it down there with the dark things (down there)
And with everything you've got, you are fighting through these final moments
But you ain't got the fight in you to change my made-up mind
And I hope time gets kinder and kinder to you
But I'm gonna go to war, wake up wounded and smiling because
It won't mean even one thing to me no, no, no
I can't be satisfied with anything that's right at my feet
You see, I'm always diving for that golden apple
At the bottom of the water where it's blackout beautiful and blinding
Down there with the dark things, shining
And I like it down there with the dark things (down there)
It don't mean nothing to me no, no, no
I can't be satisfied with anything that's within my reach
You see, I'm always diving for that golden apple
At the bottom of the water where it's blackout beautiful and blinding
Down there with the dark things, shining
And I like it down there with the dark things (down there)
Down there with the dark things (down there)
Down there with the dark things (down there)
Down there with the dark things (down there)
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4. |
Heavy Love
03:56
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I don't want to say too much
I feel like I've talked enough about you
for a life time
but the worst thing you can do
with a deafening heart like mine
is try to keep it quiet
so I've been keeping it quiet
But the roar in my chest could wake the dead
Oh, the roar in my chest could wake the dead
And I am a complicated machine
I won't ever be the simple, sweet and easy thing you need
and when I break down
the pieces seem to stretch on forever
So sometimes I get it wrong
but I will eventually get myself together
I'm gonna get it together
'Cause under this heavy love
is all the metal I am made of
And the roar in my chest will raise the dead
Oh, the roar in my chest will raise the dead
Oh, the roar in my chest will raise the dead
And I am a complicated machine
I won't ever be the simple, sweet and easy thing you need
and when I break down
the pieces seem to stretch on forever
So sometimes I get it wrong
but I can build it back up better
I'm gonna get it together
I don't want to say to much
I feel like I've talked enough about this
for a lifetime
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5. |
How to Be a Monster
05:20
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I've got holes in my knuckles that I've named after you
and everywhere you touched me is still either black or blue
but oh - at least you can't call me conflicted
'cause my heart is always in it
and I don't start a thing I can't bravely finish
which is more than I can say for
your kind has always been a conundrum
I never see you coming 'til I should already be running
you think by now I should be old enough to know
what I'm in for when wounds are what I live for
oh but honey, I'm gonna give you as good as I get and more
Because I know
I am a monster
and that's the difference
between you and me
And because I know
I am a monster
I try not to crush or kill things carelessly
But still sometimes even without trying I'll set the whole world on fire
and see everything I've built burn down
but I guess that's really not your problem,
you don't start fires you watch them,
and that's not my kind of monster
so kindly keep on walking through the
embers and all these burning ashes
because I will be just fine here in the flashes
and now that you can read me just like a book of matches
you know that
I know how to be a monster
I know how to be a monster
I know how to be a monster
I know how to be a monster
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