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Would you butcher my love
To understand it
To know where it lies?
Cut a hole in my heart
Fill a hole in your life
I'm yours to dissect
Now does every heartbeat
Burn white heat in your blood?
Formaldehyde
The tissue and bone
That my soul has on loan
Begs to be near you
Are you listening carefully?
Then we shall begin
Now does every heartbeat
Burn white heat in your blood?
I hope it doesn't matter
I hope we swim up out of this flood
Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (until the end of time)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (nothing on my mind)
Smother my love, entertain it
My mind's gonna wander
Are you listening carefully?
Then we shall begin
Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (until the end of time)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (nothing on my mind)
I'm lost in a love that's a mile wide
Drowned in a bath of formaldehyde
Now does every heartbeat
Burn white heat in your blood?
I hope it doesn't matter
I hope we swim up out of this flood
Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (until the end of time)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (nothing on my mind)
I'm lost in a love that's a mile wide
Drowned in a bath of formaldehyde
To understand it
To know where it lies?
Cut a hole in my heart
Fill a hole in your life
I'm yours to dissect
Now does every heartbeat
Burn white heat in your blood?
Formaldehyde
The tissue and bone
That my soul has on loan
Begs to be near you
Are you listening carefully?
Then we shall begin
Now does every heartbeat
Burn white heat in your blood?
I hope it doesn't matter
I hope we swim up out of this flood
Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (until the end of time)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (nothing on my mind)
Smother my love, entertain it
My mind's gonna wander
Are you listening carefully?
Then we shall begin
Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (until the end of time)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (nothing on my mind)
I'm lost in a love that's a mile wide
Drowned in a bath of formaldehyde
Now does every heartbeat
Burn white heat in your blood?
I hope it doesn't matter
I hope we swim up out of this flood
Of formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (until the end of time)
Formaldehyde (I'll never let you go)
Formaldehyde (nothing on my mind)
I'm lost in a love that's a mile wide
Drowned in a bath of formaldehyde
Lyrics submitted by nutshell7, edited by cosmiclove96
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I think it's important to keep in mind that formaldehyde is both a preservative AND a toxic chemical. To me it doesn't sound like a dead relationship; it sounds like one that they're both trying to hold onto—to preserve—even though it might be toxic: "I hope we swim up out of this flood."
I'm also pretty sure it's "The tissue and bone / THAT my soul has on loan." His body doesn't really belong to him; his soul is just borrowing it. I think the lyrics are trying to reconcile the complex machine of the physical body and the physical sensations of love and pain with the rollercoaster of emotion that comes from being in love, especially in a complicated relationship.