Well I swear that you came in the form of rain
That had frozen somewhere along it's way
Through the evening sky so the trees got tired and laid on the ground

Well I swear that you marched in like a big gust of wind
All cutting through our clothes, such an easy attempt
To convince us there's no reason we should be outside

And when you speak, it's like fire
All the smoke seeps from your mouth
And all your talk, of such burdens
No it won't bring me and all my friends down

Well I swear that you spilled into my room last night
All cuddling me in sheets so tight
That I didn't move I just laid around until the early afternoon

So now we're at the bars with guitars and trying hard
Oh to keep the conversation going, trying to ignore the silence growing
(And I know it is true) so we better get runnin'

C'MON!

And all your thoughts, they're so tired
All your bullets won't take aim
And, oh, your face, it's so stern now
No, we won't be scared, no, we won't back down

We will sing (we will sing)
Pretty songs about love
And we will fight (we will fight)
Cause that's what it takes
And we won't back down
No, we won't shut our eyes and go to sleep

And we will write (we will write)
All over your walls
And we won't dance (we won't dance)
To your music at all
And we'll do what it takes
Oh, to get through to you

And we will sing (we will sing)
Pretty songs about love
And we will fight (we will fight)
Cause that's what it takes
And we won't back down
No, we won't shut our eyes and go to sleep


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    I love this..

    the form of rain big gusts of wind it's like fire

    it's gorgeous.. don't you think? all of their songs are so incredible.. incrypted or not.

    Alexoron January 22, 2005   Link
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    i especially like the first verse

    oh,and_theblues.on March 07, 2005   Link
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    fuck 'nights of the living dead' this is tilly & the wall's best song

    it's message about simply loving and staying happy in the faces of aversity is the whole reason why i find myself drawn to the band in the first place. sure, it's not SELF-DESTRUCTIVE and MAUDLIN, so it can't be a masterpiece.

    tilly and the wall is about love. get over it.

    LateNiteBedroomPopon December 13, 2005   Link
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    hey watch what you say about nights of the living dead. i always thought tilly and the wall was more of a ode to youth and crazy kids doing pointless stuff until they grow up with somebody. Its a simple concept really, one i most enjoy and have been waiting for a band to project.

    tilly tilly tilly, what would we do without you?

    tilly_fan74on January 06, 2006   Link
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    favourite tilly song. can't wait for the new cd.

    adorabelleon May 12, 2006   Link
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    Haha, i agree, Nights of the living Dead is overrated in my opinon. "God put down your gun, can't you see were dead" and "The microphone cut off so were screaming at the top of our lung" are to amazing lines, but the rest of hte song is just meh for me.

    Fell down the Stairs is my fav song personally.

    Anyways, to me this is just about the passion of a new relationship. The first couple of weeks of being together... its awkward, your still figuring each other out, but your totaly engrosed in each other and are full of optimizim towards the future, that you can conquer anything.

    SnwBorder52on November 03, 2006   Link
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    our omaha scene owns yours. mhm.

    i love going to shows and casually seeing the tilly kids. everyone should pretty much move to nebraska.

    samanthafunnyon January 02, 2007   Link
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    This song is very clearly about rebellion (few of their songs aren't, haha), addressed to the adults in his life. They just want to live out their youth to the craziest and most beautiful extent and they don't care what the grown-ups say.

    mister care-too-muchon January 21, 2012   Link

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