Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Yeah
Pathetic (benign)
Accept it (undermine)
Your opinion (my justification)
Happy (safe)
Servant (caged)
Malice (utter weakness)
No toleration
Invade (committed)
Enraged (admit it)
Don't condescend (don't even disagree)
Desire (decay)
Disappoint (delay)
You suffered then
(Now suffer unto me)
Obsession (take another look)
Remember (every chance you took)
Decide, (either live with me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Anyone (no), anything (yes), anyway (fall)
Anybody (mine), anybody (tell me)
I want (you), I need (you), I'll have (you)
I won't (let anybody have you)
Obey (me), believe (me)
Just trust (me), worship (me), live for (me)
Be grateful (now), be honest (now)
Be precious (now), be mine (just love me)
Possession (feed my only vice)
Confession (I won't tell you twice)
Decide, (either die for me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hurting you
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Yeah
Yeah
Stay inside the hole
Let me take control (dominate)
You were nothing more
You were something less (innocent)
Something has to give
Something has to break (omnipresent)
Fingers on your skin
Let my savage in
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved
Was hurting you (was hurting you)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
Pathetic (benign)
Accept it (undermine)
Your opinion (my justification)
Happy (safe)
Servant (caged)
Malice (utter weakness)
No toleration
Invade (committed)
Enraged (admit it)
Don't condescend (don't even disagree)
Desire (decay)
Disappoint (delay)
You suffered then
(Now suffer unto me)
Obsession (take another look)
Remember (every chance you took)
Decide, (either live with me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Anyone (no), anything (yes), anyway (fall)
Anybody (mine), anybody (tell me)
I want (you), I need (you), I'll have (you)
I won't (let anybody have you)
Obey (me), believe (me)
Just trust (me), worship (me), live for (me)
Be grateful (now), be honest (now)
Be precious (now), be mine (just love me)
Possession (feed my only vice)
Confession (I won't tell you twice)
Decide, (either die for me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hurting you
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Yeah
Yeah
Stay inside the hole
Let me take control (dominate)
You were nothing more
You were something less (innocent)
Something has to give
Something has to break (omnipresent)
Fingers on your skin
Let my savage in
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved
Was hurting you (was hurting you)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
Lyrics submitted by NeutralPunkGuy
The Nameless Lyrics as written by Christopher Fehn Michael Crahan
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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