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What could be so mean & sweet,
and innocent & so guilty?
Coming to thrill,
Coming to kill...
What kind'a creature could sigh & moan,
and play her part, Oscar-worthy on a throne?
None other than a witch,
An irresistible bitch (I love U)
Is this the kiss of death,
The apple in the tree?
Is this the kiss of death?
She doesn't belong to anyone,
a daughter of the moon & sun
Too hot to handle,
Too cold to hold...
When was desire so pure,
and debaucherous inside?
Nasty to the core,
My angelic whore
Is this the kiss of death,
The apple in the tree?
Is this the kiss of death?
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2. |
Like A Dusty Piano
04:52
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Beware of the quiet times
that give u joy perpetually
If u know what I mean,
U need to see why
Because for every laugh u steal,
there’s a hidden tear crawlin' underneath,
underneath... lying at ur feet
So load ur gun and pack ur bags
if the harder solutions come too easy
Maybe it’s a skeleton u’ve misplaced or forgotten
in ur rotten memory –
So when it comes after u,
can u justify the stain in ur sheets?
Run run run run,
Run run run,
or remain haunted
Run run run run,
Run run run,
am I haunted? (Yea)
Beware of the jump ahead,
look over the edge before u leap,
'cause the climb is steep
and full of thieves
Don’t forget to say ur prayers,
before I lay me down to sleep,
if u find u can sleep,
even with a heart that bleeds
So take ur umbrella,
and tell her her lips were always sweet,
'cause forgiveness is a crafty devil
in the crossroads to beat –
When it comes after u,
can u justify the stains in ur sheets?
Run run run run,
Run run run,
am I haunted? (Yeah)
Run run run run,
Run run run,
or remain haunted
like a dusty piano
like a dusty piano
Run run run run,
Run run run,
I'm haunted,
or straighten it out...
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3. |
The Reintroduction
03:59
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See, straight thru my heart, she shot an arrow,
with her name all over it – woo-ooh...
an element of surprise,
an invite back to the living
what was asleep, but she’s awakened it –
'cause clocks held no place,
and I reserved her space
for more than special occasions, yea yea
and I carry the taste of the curves of her face,
& I absorb all of her phrases, yea yea
(I love ur mouth, and how it feels)
Oh, I can pretend like I deserve u at all,
It's like u fell from the sky
(She introduced me to a new way to look at life)
& I won't contend to say she’s the pinnacle,
It's like u fell from the sky
(She introduced me to a new way to look at life, all of my life, I...)
Magical affairs and sparks everywhere,
the epitome of fairytale –
Ooh-ooh, u could never lose,
who could lose with a smile so infectious?
Wish that time had left me there
I never knew intimacy could exist
so deeply without penetration, yea yea
and I never grow tired of this pure desire,
it is constant elation, yea yea yea (uh huh, uh huh...)
And I can pretend like I deserve u at all,
It's like u fell from the sky
(She introduced me to a new way to look at life)
& I won't contend to say she’s the pinnacle
It's like u fell from the sky – hey hey hey hey
(She introduced me to a new way to look at life, all of my life, I...)
(She fell for me...)
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Darling, hold that thought,
cuz if I don’t pour this all out now, I may never will
I had to come back to say what I found
so hard to explain before
Blame my pride, but I just couldn’t stand the thought
of floatin up there in that bird alone,
above the clouds, flying away
to start a new life without u –
truly, u struck me blind,
frozen in time, on one whiff of your perfume
Oh, I was a fool, I was a fraud,
my feelings were raw, believed what I saw
Have I kept u waiting long?
Be a darling and pass the jam
'cause none of this makes any sense without u –
u are my favorite test
'cause it ain't gotta be that way if we don’t want it to –
'cause u are my favorite dream
'cause the best of it would be so empty without u –
u are my favorite pain
'cause none of this makes any sense without u
Oh, how I wish I had a house
for u to come & decorate it,
but these frivolous things
slip like sweet fantasies – but please...
darling, lay ur gorgeous ass down tonite,
ur million questions wont expedite the
meaning of our love, nor abide in
the spaces they speak of, suga' –
suppose we don’t doubt,
& redefine the way to figure it all out,
who could say they could predict the consequences?
Don’t look that way now,
Be a darling and pass the jam
'cause none of this makes any sense without u –
u are my favorite test
'cause it ain't gotta be that way if we don’t want it to –
u are my favorite dream
'cause the best of it would be so empty without u –
u are my favorite pain
'cause none of this makes any sense without u
(Treehouses and sandcastles...)
I can see it so clear...
with u, my dear (below a million stars tonight)
(Treehouses and sandcastles...)
U and I, see...
we've got places to go (below a million stars tonight)
(Treehouses and sandcastles below a million stars tonight)
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5. |
Let's Pretend It'll Last
03:49
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4 the sake of revenge,
I kept us on opposite ends
and it backfired on me –
ah, u see, u turned me out
Random chicks in my bed, to forget about u,
but it's no use – u are,
by far,
the 1st and last to conquer my heart
Let's pretend (let's just pretend)
Let's pretend (let's just pretend)
Let's pretend it will last
9 days I held U,
like a ticking bomb –
ready to go off, to explode
with a power that glows,
like nothing else these eyes have seen before
See, there’s flowers in hell,
a sleeping house that yells ur name –
night after night, it’s the same –
just finds me reaching out for u
Every morning u’re there,
by the scent of ur hair, the length of ur stare –
sharp and bold, silver and gold,
stalking my steps like a shadow, so...
Let's pretend (let's just pretend)
Let's pretend (let's just pretend)
Let's pretend it will last
Let's pretend (let's just pretend)
Let's pretend (let's just pretend)
Let's pretend it will last
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All dressed up, with nowhere to go
Drunk on memories, nothing to smoke
Watching her naked letters sing, where nobody knows
Still, this can't be wrong
And the sky was an ocean of lavender grey,
And I left all my thoughts back on the train
See – nobody told she can't leave, and she can't stay,
Where did she come from?
'cause it was over almost before it got started
It was over almost before it got started
It was over... in the... in the side effex of make-believe
Who knows the weight of mistakes?
'cause when she finds her way back, I'll give what she takes
When I smell the soft rain, she knows, I've been astray –
To them – I'll never belong...
Only to the leftover traces of things left unsaid,
that always swimmed around on my tongue, but stayed in my head
And everything we came for bloomed, then left for dead
And the queen hums her lonely song
But it was over almost before it got started,
It was over almost before it got started
It was over... in the... in the side effex of make-believe
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