This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
I'm in love with the faces,
Of a thousand nameless girls.
I'm in love with the chases,
For the unattainable.
I'm in love but I'm tasteless,
I only want what's bad for me.
I'm in love with a waitress,
If only I could drink for free.
Shot down, shot down,
I'm blacking out.
Shot down, shot down.
Shot down, shot down,
I can't get out.
Shot down, shot down.
A death wish come true.
I'm in love but I'm tasteless,
I only want what's bad for me.
I'm in love with the spaces, with the spaces in between.
So I'll dream,
Oh what a dream can do, it's true.
Shot down, shot down,
I'm blacking out.
Shot down, shot down.
Shot down, shot down,
I can't get out.
Shot down, shot down.
A death wish come true.
I'll dream until my dream comes true,
I'll dream until my dream comes true,
I'll dream until my dream comes true,
I'll dream until my dream comes true,
Then I'll be blue again.
Then I'll be blue,
Then I'll be blue,
Then I'll be blue,
Then I'll be blue
Shot down, shot down,
I'm blacking out.
Shot down, shot down.
Shot down, shot down,
I can't get out.
Shot down, shot down.
Shot down, shot down,
I'm blacking out.
Shot down, shot down.
Shot down, shot down,
I can't get out.
Shot down, shot down.
A death wish come true,
A death wish come true.
Of a thousand nameless girls.
I'm in love with the chases,
For the unattainable.
I'm in love but I'm tasteless,
I only want what's bad for me.
I'm in love with a waitress,
If only I could drink for free.
Shot down, shot down,
I'm blacking out.
Shot down, shot down.
Shot down, shot down,
I can't get out.
Shot down, shot down.
A death wish come true.
I'm in love but I'm tasteless,
I only want what's bad for me.
I'm in love with the spaces, with the spaces in between.
So I'll dream,
Oh what a dream can do, it's true.
Shot down, shot down,
I'm blacking out.
Shot down, shot down.
Shot down, shot down,
I can't get out.
Shot down, shot down.
A death wish come true.
I'll dream until my dream comes true,
I'll dream until my dream comes true,
I'll dream until my dream comes true,
I'll dream until my dream comes true,
Then I'll be blue again.
Then I'll be blue,
Then I'll be blue,
Then I'll be blue,
Then I'll be blue
Shot down, shot down,
I'm blacking out.
Shot down, shot down.
Shot down, shot down,
I can't get out.
Shot down, shot down.
Shot down, shot down,
I'm blacking out.
Shot down, shot down.
Shot down, shot down,
I can't get out.
Shot down, shot down.
A death wish come true,
A death wish come true.
Lyrics submitted by LivingFlame
Faces Lyrics as written by Collin Rigsby Aaron James Babcock
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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