I wanna, I wanna drown you in a pool of blood
I wanna fix you like a hawk
I never had guts, no thanks, I’m a velvet touch
Soft money, soft looks, soft , oh till you stop
Untangle your wings and fly to the sheltered sky
No money, no poise, no bullets and shame
Cold water rush inside me like a seeping dye,
Clear color in place of what it became
All this fight, now,
We lock and release
I thought you’d always be my brother in conflict
Drums beat, it’s just the sun and the beast
I thought you’d always be my brother in conflict now
Shake body, shake fingers, shake fist, shake a lot of things
Shaking myself all over the floor
Such really great moves I had, no I thought I’d sing
My voice raw, wrecked, and ragged before
I turned my back on beauty, it’s a man made crime
Most are, most will, we’ll do it again
Blood money, blood money it’s a man made rhyme
Conquest, complex, compete till the end
I don’t see, I don’t see, I don’t see anything
Take the car, take the cash, take the heat out of me
Every day, every day losing my sympathy
I don’t see all this…
I don’t see why we took an axe and thrust it into sunshine
Under the glow I lost you for the first time
And when it cleared I hit you with a fast line
Why do you suffocate both of us now?
We break a lot of trust over the wrong things
The freedom of my speech and I’m just talking
When will I learn how to chew these words?
I have teeth I have teeth I have teeth
I have to lose my idols to find my voice
Lose my idols to find my voice.
credits
from Voxtrot,
track released May 22, 2007
2007, Playlouderecordings Ltd
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