Wait, I really don't have the guts for this
It must have been abstracted with my appendix
Or maybe it grows with my wisdom teeth
Wait, it might be such a stretch, it's not my fault legally
I'll dial the doctors now, you're right I never was a man for the law
Please don't walk away in defeat, please don't walk away

Wait, I haven't lost my courage on the rocks
I haven't quite found the words to use
I'm not sure they make the cards to break this ice
Wait, please wait until our socks are bitterly soaked
Until we have to roll up our pants
Until the giraffes flee to row boats

Please don't walk away in anger darling
Exit gracefully like the evening's sunset
Enter the scene starting with a dial tone
Tightrope over these razorblade complications

Cutting myself, almost everyday
Let it feel so real, let me taste the pain
One day we'll live in igloos on the Galapagos
'Till then let's remember the Atlantic air in-between our hands

The worms are moving, the grass is growing
Flowers are blooming, the leaves are dropping
The birds are chirping, clouds are forming
The sun is burning, self medication never ends

I taught you how to hate, you taught me how to love too
This is how I lost my mind on you
I taught you how to hate, you taught me how to love too
This is how I lost my mind on you

I taught you how to hate, you taught me how to love too
This is how I lost my mind on you
I taught you how to hate, you taught me how to love too
This is how I lost my mind on you

I taught you how to hate, you taught me how to love too
This is how I lost my mind on you
I taught you how to hate, you taught me how to love too
This is how I lost my mind on you

This is our final dance
You taught me how to love and I taught you how to hate
Everything is based on you
Isn't it funny how we lost control or how I lost my mind on you?

This is our final dance
You taught me how to love and I taught you how to hate
Everything is based on you
Isn't it funny how we lost control or how I lost my mind on you?

This is our final dance
You taught me how to love and I taught you how to hate
Everything is based on you
Isn't it funny how we lost control or how I lost my mind on you?

This is our final dance
You taught me how to love and I taught you how to hate
Everything is based on you
Isn't it funny how we lost control or how I lost my mind on you?

This is our final dance
You taught me how to love and I taught you how to hate
Everything is based on you
Isn't it funny how we lost control or how I lost my mind on you?






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120 Ways to Kill You: An Illustrated Children's Book Lyrics as written by Mark Thomas Kluepfel

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    This one is easy yet hard. The first part is the hard part, he hints at being young, under age, and afraid.

    The second stanza hints at something is wrong with him or the relationship, perhaps an abortion? Or his suicidal tendencies. The third stanza also reinforces this idea with the notion of having to tell people about it.

    The next few stanzas are about him not wanting his partner to leave him, and then he goes into a few stanzas about the end of the world via a massive flood, but the backing vocals sing about how the world continues to go about its business, and its all in his mind. The rest of it is addresses to his partner, about their love.

    Nocturnon March 17, 2007   Link

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