Life Despite God

Courtney Love

You shouldn't have loved me baby
When I was nothin', nothin' at all
I used to bleed for you
Just to watch you fade
Baby, baby, baby
Rock and ruin
Baby, baby, baby
I never came home to a burnt out room

You should've loved me baby
When redemptions too blind
Nature took my soul
And sin left a scar so wide
Time ravaged my body
And now I live in the house
Where the red lights always on alone

Baby, baby, baby
Shame on you and me and you

Here we go now
I'm under your skin
Can't rub me out
Can't rub it in
Oh, baby running away
Running away, to you

Now I will wait for you
But I won't wait very long
I will wait for you
And when you bore me ill be gone
And I will cheat on you with your daddy or son
I will fuck you up I'm so sorry
Its just in my nature, baby
Well there ain't nothing I can do to stop
Oh bastard

Here comes the rain
Here comes the rain
My, you're blood is pumpin'
Good and evil
God and the devil
Ain't no ones pity

Well baby your loves with me
Your loves with hate

I will fuck you up
I will feel no guilt

that's right rub it in rub it in can't get me
Watch my face under you skin
Ill never got back
Oh nest our head
Till you can't see straight
I watch you blood
Its pumping black
Baby your loves with me

Here we go round
You're red and you're red
You writhing away
From under my heel
Run way your heads on fire
Can't tell the difference between hate and desire

Everything went all fucking wrong
Chaos reigns when I'm along
Fuck you up
Won't get me out
Wash that slain under your skin
Can't wash it out
Coz id wash it in

All my loves in vain
All my loves in blood
All my loves in vain
I cannot find a vein


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    i love this song, but she sounds like shes trying really hard to be robert plant.

    squee_4_meon September 22, 2004   Link

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