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You Can Call Me Leisure Lyrics
You look a younger more beautiful version of death
But I'm scared to hold you close or smell your breath
Now your body's facing east your heart is west
And you can call me leisure and I can call you rest
We can't stop thinking that we should've guessed
We should've held you closer to our chest
Cos our shoulders were put there for that test
Now you can call me leisure and I can call you rest
Well you certainly jumped the red at treasure chest
Your joyride didn't feel bad enough to confess
Till you placed the lemming on this family chest
and you can call me leisure
The donor of poor measure
The scalpel of all pleasure
I'll call you rest
It's what we thought God gave us shoulders for
Not to shrug in self pity or to ignore
Instead the helpless ration chances to the poor
We pick your weightless body up from the floor
We pick your weightless body up from the floor
All the minutes, and the hours that you caressed
have been taken to a place that you thought best
If it's heaven or it's hell you're still well blessed
And I shall get my own back when I can call you rest
But I'm scared to hold you close or smell your breath
Now your body's facing east your heart is west
And you can call me leisure and I can call you rest
We should've held you closer to our chest
Cos our shoulders were put there for that test
Now you can call me leisure and I can call you rest
Your joyride didn't feel bad enough to confess
Till you placed the lemming on this family chest
and you can call me leisure
The donor of poor measure
The scalpel of all pleasure
I'll call you rest
Not to shrug in self pity or to ignore
Instead the helpless ration chances to the poor
We pick your weightless body up from the floor
We pick your weightless body up from the floor
have been taken to a place that you thought best
If it's heaven or it's hell you're still well blessed
And I shall get my own back when I can call you rest
Song Info
Submitted by
mysteriousdragon On Aug 06, 2002
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36D
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I thought maybe this one was about someone whos sister has nearly died, i thought in a coma because of the east and west thing and the fact that she is only a 'version' of death, she is merely 'resting' I think that she burnt herself out and lost control of her life and maybe attempted suicide. He has given her blood and is reflecting on the feeling of guilt he has for not paying more attention to her life. but im not sure about the last line, the last stanza sounds like she has died but im not sure and i dont know why he talks about 'getting his own back' i dont think that is a vengeful claim, but im not sure what he means by it.