State of Love and Trust

Pearl Jam

State of love and trust as I busted down the pretext
Sin still plays and preaches, but to have an empty court, uh huh
And the signs are passin', grip the wheel, can't read it
Sacrifice receiving the smell that's on my hands, hands, yeah

And I listen for the voice inside my head
Nothin', I'll do this one myself

Lay her down as priest does, should the Lord be accountin'
Will be in my honor, make it pain, painfully quick, uh huh
Promises are whispered in the age of darkness
Want to be enlightened like I want to be told the end, end, yeah

And the barrel shakes aimed a directly at my head
Oh, help me, help me from myself
And I listen from both sides of a friend
Nothin', I'll do this one myself
Myself, myself

Hey, hey
Uh
Hey, na-na-na-na, hey, that's something
Hey, na-na-na-na, hey, that's something
Hey, na-na-na-na, hey, that's something
Wanna back, back it away, yeah

And I listen, yeah, for the voice inside my head
Nothin', I'll do this one myself
Oh, ah, and the barrel waits, trigger shakes
Aimed right at my head, don't won't you help me
Help me from myself

Woo, hey, ooh
Hey, ooh, hey, ooh, hey, ooh
Woo, woo

State of love and trust, and a
State of love and trust, and a
State of love and trust, and a
State of love and yeah, yeah


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State Of Love And Trust Lyrics as written by Jeffrey Allen Ament Eddie Jerome Vedder

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    i love this song its really opened me up to music again but if someone could tell me if there is a studio version of this song cos i havent got it i can only find the unplugged version on kazaa if you know sumthing could you email me or sumthin my addy is kurdt_kobain_the_fallen_angel@hotmail.com thanks

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