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from Low - Secret Name (1999)
It was one of those days
Of salvation and loss Just one of those days When you weight for the worst First they hold you for a ransom Then they buy you for a song Just one of those days When you laugh at what you've done How they ripped you from the pages Oh you waited for the best It was one of those days Of salvation and loss |
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Home, everybody wants to go home
Even when they're old Even when they're small Home, everybody wants to go home Even when they're old Even when they're small Home Home Home Home |
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from Low - Secret Name (1999)
I remember every number
I remember graduation I remember painted faces No they couldn't believe it was you I knew |
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from Low - Secret Name (1999)
Tell me is the time as slow
Only when your eyes are closed Do we stand to waste some more? Am I still immune? Am I naked too? Does it taste like home? Only when your eyes are closed Have you been away too long? Am I still immune? Am I naked too? Am I naked too? Tell me is the time as slow Only when your eyes are closed? Is the point to stay too long? Am I still immune? Am I naked too? Am I naked too? Feels like being used |
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from Low - Secret Name (1999)
Oh, speak to me Adam and Eve
Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri You wanted it back, faces painted black Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri What did you get for your dishes and sweat Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, speak to me Adam and Eve Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri Oh, Missouri |
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from Low - Secret Name (1999)
Soon, it will be over.
I laughed under my breath, over your shoulder. There's a message out tonight, Nobody's looking at the sky. Soon, it will be over. I laughed under my breath, over your shoulder. You think that I don't know your name, And now your face is all in flames. You think that I don't know your name, And now we'll stand there all amazed. |
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from Low - Secret Name (1999)
We'll call it starfire
Who will know I want a station of my own I have the tools I have my rule I'll load the back and you can drive Broken bodies all the time Let's take a ride Starfire tonight Ten thousand miles away Away |
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from Low - Secret Name (1999)
And the light, it burns your skin
In a language you don't understand It's not that hard It is not that hard That's not all Voices small Heed them either way they call Two-step around the room Kneel down on white Two-step around the room Kneel down on white Two-step around the room You can kneel down on white Two-step around the room You can kneel down on white That's not all Voices small Heed them either way they call And the light, it burns your skin In a language you don't understand |
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Will the night last forever
Stay by my side 'Cause tonight, together Would be divine But once it's gone Your face to hide Against the sun The moon Am I on the other side So blind So long Goodbye Goodnight |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
Hold me closer than that
Hold me closer than that how'd we get here so fast? Hold me closer than that On a dark, raging sea Ships lay sleeping beneath Overhead, spinning past Hold me closer than that Things we lost in the fire How'd we ever get by? Words will never take back Hold me closer than that Hold me closer than that Hold me closer than that How'd we get here so fast? Hold me closer than that La la la la La la la la la la La la la la La la la la la la La la la la La la la la la la |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
You were their daughter
And your father Flew airplanes You and your sister Could tell by the back of their hands It was a dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act And after expenses And pulling up fences No more airplanes And putting your foot down A nail shot up like a bright red snowflake Just like a dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur Ooo... And all through the dust You feel that you must hear the strings of a dove But it's a dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur act Dinosaur |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
Holding my head
For the last of race Pushing my body To get that embrace It won't last Hold on fast It won't last Hold on fast Breathing in time So hard to trace Crushing your skull With my warming embrace It won't last Hold on fast It won't last Hold on fast I fell down the stairs I wished I were dead You ran toward the light He handed me your head It won't last It won't last Hold on fast It won't last Hold on fast |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
Filling holes with tiny sounds
Shiny from the inside out Picture of you where it began In metal In metal Partly hate to see you grow And just like your baby shoes Wish i could keep your little body In metal In metal In metal In metal In metal In metal |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
Wait it's late we've missed the date
Gone I guess with the rest They'll never wake us in time They'll never wake us in time Maybe we'll wait 'til July Now at last I hear them pass Gone I guess with the rest They'll never wake us in time They'll never wake us in time Maybe we'll wait 'til July Then August September October November Or December |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
Half your life you kept it in
Born without a stomach Now the thread around you spins No, you're not that kind of girl No, you could've had the world Every time they lift you up Every time more thread to cut Seems like you've been cut enough No, you're not that kind of girl No, you could've had the world Now lesser things Pull the strings Of priests and kings No, you're not that kind of girl No, you could've had the world |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
I don't need a laser beam
I don't need the time Leave me in the car tonight Rest your drunken mind I need your grace alone Lesser things are on your mind Don't you think i know? Will this poison scar my eyes? Mother, close the door I need your grace alone I don't need a laser beam I don't need a laser beam |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
Black, like a forest
And still, like a lion My knees are bended We used to speak A different language I wasted my breath On words soon forgotten Left unattended They're moving their feet But nobody's dancing Ah, take your time Ah, take your time How can I blame you For all of the screaming That I've had to turn to? Just in time To go off in my hands |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
They'll never cure this thing
With medicine and magazines I know you play your part You cover up your ever-breaking heart No one knows where you are And no one thought you'd ever get that far And how can it be that fun When everyone around you dies so young? And I'm not your favorite one But who will walk you out when it's all done? |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
When they found your body
Giant X's on your eyes With your half of the ransom You bought some sweet, sweet, sweet Sweet sunflowers And gave them To the night Underneath the Star of David A hundred years behind my eyes And with my half of the ransom I bought some sweet, sweet, sweet Sweet sunflowers And gave them To the night Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers And gave them To the night |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
Stay up all night
Waste time, waste light Closer, closer Ever closer You win, you fail Exit whitetail Closer, closer Maybe closer |
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from Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
You will get your...
Reward. What is that, whore, You're living for? Is it so wrong To think there's more? There's always one Worth waiting for... What is that hole You're living for? You fill the house with bells... But who can live like that? You wanna speak like angels, But you can't. What is that, whore, You're living for? You will get your... Reward. |
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from Low - One More Reason To Forget [live] (2001)
I don't wanna be there when you're wrong
I don't wanna be there when you find out I don't wanna be there when you break glass And I don't wanna be there when they drag you out You can't speak backwards You can't save the animals And I don't wanna be there when you're wrong And I don't wanna be there when you find out I don't wanna be there when you break glass And I don't wanna be there when they drag you out |
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from Low - One More Reason To Forget [live] (2001)
If you were born today
We'd kill you by age eight Never get the chance to say Joy to the world and Peace on the earth Forgive them for they know not what they do Blessed are the meek and Blessed are the humble Blessed are the ninety and nine Deny the flesh Deny all that's evil Tonight you'll deny me thrice If you were born today We'd kill you by age eight Ever get the chance to say... |
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from Low - One More Reason To Forget [live] (2001)
I'm over the ocean
Over the hills, over the dell Over the fireline Over the sand, over the plan Over the empire And if I belong, then I’ll be longer than expected And if I'm wrong, the mighty and strong will be rejected |
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from Low - One More Reason To Forget [live] (2001)
A long time you waited
You thought it had abated Shame of it all The harm that it causes Pours down like a faucet Shame of it all |
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from Low - Trust (2002)
I'm not scared of waking up
I'm not afraid of getting cut 'Cause you can't take that stuff to Canada You can't take it anywhere You could la la la la la And you could lie to all your friends But you can't take that stuff to Canada You can't take it anywhere I used to have a golden tongue But now the words just feel like stones 'Cause you can't take that stuff to Canada You can't take it anywhere |
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from Low - Trust (2002)
Candy girl
You sing that song so well Candy girl You try to stand so still Wasting all our days With Gillian and Dave Candy girl Candy girl Candy girl You sing that song so well |
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from Low - Trust (2002)
I was a child
I was on fire But I stayed alive While all else died I held my breath What could I say And I closed my eyes Like Marvin Gaye But now I've had enough It's in the drugs It's in the drugs It's in the drugs, ahhh It's in the drugs You had your plan A heavy hand But the weight was more Than you could stand Breaking like dolls Singing like birds We always get What we deserve But now I've had enough It's in the drugs It's in the drugs It's in the drugs, ahhh It's in the drugs It's in the drugs |
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from Low - Trust (2002)
I verified the math
And double-checked the syntax I tried to heal your body But it just kept coming back You never had a chance I thought I was a poet I had so much to say But now I want to see the blood I want to make them pay Yeah, I can see the day I made a place for children They wanted all the answers I gave them all my lectures And now they're perfect dancers 'Cause I'm a perfect dancer Sha la la la la Sha la la la la |
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from Low - Trust (2002)
All there years you've been speaking without breathing
Spinning closer to the sun Had your way with an unsuspecting public Little threads are all it takes La la la I have learned all your secrets, so familiar I know where you lay your head Fear of god and a disappointing father Holds the hand around your neck La la la Sometimes I could just choke myself with laughter Sometimes everything's so true So when you come down from your death-defying labors I'll still be in love with you La la la |
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from Low - Trust (2002)
When we were young
We wanted to die But the sound of a drum And the words of a child Brought different light Now no one can tell The winter was nice But the summer is hell The ground was so hard The nights were so long But we suffered the dark And we wrote all those songs Still I was a fool I covered my ears No I would not face the last snowstorm of the year No I would not face the last snowstorm of the year |
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from Low - Trust (2002)
I want to believe
Yes I want to believe I want to believe Yes I want to believe Just keep counting the stars Like someday you'll find out Just how many there are And we all can go home 'Cause there's nothing as sad As a man on his back Counting stars But I want to believe Yes I want to believe 'Cause there's nothing as sad As a man on his back Counting stars |
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from Low - Trust (2002)
Once I was lost
To the point of disgust I had in my sight Lack of vision Lack of light I held hard I held fast Mercy me It'll never last Then in the dust All the things We discussed Were thrown to the wind So at last We begin 'Cause we fall hard We fall fast Mercy me It'll never last |
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from Low - Trust (2002)
You go west
Where they won't find you With your mother's breast And the poison arrows 'Cause you see black And I see shadows I am the lamb And I'm a dead man They'll take my name And feed my children With my remains In the holy temple 'Cause I am the lamb And I'm a dead man I am the lamb And I'm a dead man |
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from Low - Trust (2002)
Trying to keep time
Closer than we like Memories still lie Tonight Faces of the day Pressed up to your spine Blessings still to come Tonight Tonight Precious things unsaid As the night begins Who will hang his head Tonight Tonight Tonight |
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from Music For Paul Auster [omnibus] (2004)
I'll have a blue blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue just thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree Won't mean a thing if you're not here with me I'll have a blue Christmas that's certain And when that blue heartaches starts hurting You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white But I’ll have a blue, blue Christmas You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white But I’ll have a blue, blue Christmas |
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from Music For Paul Auster [omnibus] (2004)
All there years you've been speaking without breathing
Spinning closer to the sun Had your way with an unsuspecting public Little threads are all it takes La la la I have learned all your secrets, so familiar I know where you lay your head Fear of god and a disappointing father Holds the hand around your neck La la la Sometimes I could just choke myself with laughter Sometimes everything's so true So when you come down from your death-defying labors I'll still be in love with you La la la |
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from Low - Christmas (2004)
I'll have a blue blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue just thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree Won't mean a thing if you're not here with me I'll have a blue Christmas that's certain And when that blue heartaches starts hurting You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white But I’ll have a blue, blue Christmas You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white But I’ll have a blue, blue Christmas |
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from Low - Christmas (2004)
If you were born today
We'd kill you by age eight Never get the chance to say Joy to the world and Peace on the earth Forgive them for they know not what they do Blessed are the meek and Blessed are the humble Blessed are the ninety and nine Deny the flesh Deny all that's evil Tonight you'll deny me thrice If you were born today We'd kill you by age eight Ever get the chance to say... |
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from Low - Christmas (2004)
On our way from Stockholm
Started to snow And you said it was like Christmas But you were wrong It wasn't like Christmas at all By the time we got to Oslo Snow was gone And we got lost The beds were small But we felt so young It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas It was just like Christmas |
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from Low - Christmas (2004)
Come, they told me
Pa romp pa pom pom A newborn king you'll see Pa romp pa pom pom Our finest gifts we bring Pa romp pa pom pom To lay before the king Pa romp pa pom pom Romp pa pom pom, romp pa pom pom So to honor Him, pa romp pa pom pom When we come Baby Jesus Pa romp pa pom pom I am a poor boy too Pa romp pa pom pom I have no gift to bring Pa romp pa pom pom That fit to give our king Pa romp pa pom pom Romp pa pom pom, romp pa pom pom Shall I play for You, pa romp pa pom pom On my drum Mary nodded Pa romp pa pom pom The ox and lamb kept time Pa romp pa pom pom I played my drum for Him Pa romp pa pom pom I played my best for Him Pa romp pa pom pom Romp pa pom pom, romp pa pom pom Then He smiled at me, pa romp pa pom pom Me and my drum |
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from Low - Christmas (2004)
We've come so far
We've followed the star Harod heard Said "bring me word" Take the long way around the sea Here for us A humble birth The son of God Descends to earth Take the long way around the sea On Christmas day On bended knee Please accept The gifts we bring Take the long way around the sea Take the long way around the sea We turn to go An angel shone Said, "don't go back To harod's throne" Take the long way around the sea Take the long way around the sea Take the long way around the sea Take the long way around the sea |
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from Low - Christmas (2004)
After we've spent all the money
On nieces and nephews And a couple of friends There'll be just enough left For one special gift For one special gift For one special guest |
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from Low - Christmas (2004)
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia! Christ, the Saviour is born Christ, the Saviour is born Silent night, holy night Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth |
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from Low - Christmas (2004)
Careful, one by one
It is undone Seems before it's over It's begun Another broken reindeer Another candle Another velvet ribbon Another nosebleed Winding up the lights We set the star so high So high So high |
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from Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
See your reflection in your mind
You keep your revelations wide eyed They knew just where to draw the line You let them get you every time Though it breaks your heart We had to sell the farm Back to California where it's warm It fell around you like the stars You picked up everything they dropped And though it breaks you like a song You had some secrets of your own (repeat chorus) It's warm It's warm Though it breaks your heartv We had to sell the farm Nights were just too long With all your children gone Would it keep you strong If I said it with a song Back to California where it's warm |
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from Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
Before you speak
The words are plain to see Upon your skin They sing, they dance and spin So what, pray tell Will save you now Here comes that cold sunrise And at the peak We reach to cue the strings They ring So sweet They lay in plain relief So what, pray tell Will save you now Here comes that cold sunrise Here comes that cold sunrise |
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from Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
So I took my guitar
And I threw down some chords And some words I could sing without shame And I soon had a song I played it around For some friends but they all said the same They said music's for fools You should go back to school The future is prisms and math So I did what they said Now my children are fed 'Cause they pay me to do what I'm asked I forgot all my songs The words now are wrong And I burned my guitar in a rage But the fire came to rest In your white velvet breast So somehow I just know that it's safe |
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from Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
Pour yourself another cup another cup another cup
And wait I can't wait forever Live your life A stupid life a stupid life a stupid life Nobody does it better Breaking everybody's heart Taking everyone apart Breaking everybody's heart Singing everybody's song All your dreams are waking up are waking up are waking up in space You can't sleep forever Every day you torture us you torture us you torture us Nothing stays together (repeat chorus) |
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from Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
I can't decide and I can't hide
Make up my mind it's a waste of time Here comes the knife You better just stand back I could turn on you so fast It's a hit its got soul Steal the show with your rock n' roll With a swing like that you better just stand back I could turn on you so fast Just like diamonds in your hand I'll just cut you in the end One more step and I'll slit your neck You'll get use to it you better just stand back I could turn on you so fast I could turn on you so fast I could turn on you so fast Just like diamonds in your hand I could turn on you so fast I just cut you in the end I could turn on you so fast |
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from Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
Oh my my
Little white lies I swear I'm gonna make it right This time It's not the radio Turn it way down low Telling me things I do not know I know Tonight you will be mine Tonight the monkey dies Tonight you will be mine Tonight the monkey dies Now who's to blame You used to be the same Now you won't let me speak your name What a shame It's a suicide Shut up and drive We're never going to make the light but it's all right Tonight you will be mine Tonight the monkey dies Tonight you will be mine Tonight the monkey dies (repeat chorus) |
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from Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
Soft from your lips to the rise of your stomach
Your lungs filled with fingers keep jamming words down my throat Nothing to steal we've got nothing to love Nothing to spill because oh we're so innocent oh Oh on the edge of Oh on the edge of I could have built you a house on the ocean The ocean repeating and receding into the sun So cut to you dead and now cut to the laughing Cut through our bodies and lastly into our oh Oh on the edge of Oh Oh on the edge of |
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from Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
I can't see
Sing the darker of Pissing on my toes Knowing what I know I know I'm waiting Like a loyal whore Under every stone Lovers sleep alone Alone Alone Lovers sleep alone Alone Alone |
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from Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
At times I see you, you silver rider
Sometimes your voice is not enough Your face in windows outside forever Nobody dreamed you'd save the world Nobody dreamed you'd save the world Your march is over The great destroyer She passes through you like a knife Oh take me with you You silver rider Sometimes your voice is not enough Sometimes your voice is not enough |
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from Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
The levee's breaking
Feel it shakin' like the dirt All the kids are sleeping Silent dreams beneath their heads Go to wake up screamin' Little lights above your bed Hey, keep an eye on what you say You think the words just walk away But they creep into my brain Sinking deep into my step My step I am the walrus darlin' No one ever knows my name You are the chorus sweet thing Never sing that song again Hey, keep an eye on what you say You think the words just walk away But they're creepin' through my brain Sinkin' deep into my step My step (chorus repeated) |