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The sun has passed from overhead
Let the night come in, let the night walk through your door
For every sleep spent in our beds
We will push our feet so hard the room will tear
In a carnival of smiles our faces glow
Oh the dark can make us feel so bold
There's no cold can make us want to stay at home
Every doubt in turn explodes
We all could pass right through
We all have nothing left to lose
It's not the fire, nor the warm drink
That heats my heart and lifts my heavy legs
Your strong hand has kept me here
No I will not go, no I will not say goodnight
I was told this town's so small it would not grow
I was told that, here, I would feel alone
There's no cold, no snow can make us lose our souls
The light we shine at once we follow
We all could pass right through
We all have nothing left to lose
You know that this night's true
Oh no there's nothing left to lose
We're all alive as we tumble over hours
You pull my hand in closer our faces blur
There's nothing we have left we cannot share
So come on baby let's dance
Get your body in motion
I don't want this to end
I don't want to climb those stairs and go to bed
Oh won't you please just try to dance with me tonight
Slide your left foot in, kick your right foot out
Swing your hip to the left, swing it all the way around
Bob your head back and forth, side to side, left then right
Shake it out
Let the night come in, let the night walk through your door
For every sleep spent in our beds
We will push our feet so hard the room will tear
Oh the dark can make us feel so bold
There's no cold can make us want to stay at home
Every doubt in turn explodes
We all have nothing left to lose
That heats my heart and lifts my heavy legs
Your strong hand has kept me here
No I will not go, no I will not say goodnight
I was told that, here, I would feel alone
There's no cold, no snow can make us lose our souls
The light we shine at once we follow
We all have nothing left to lose
Oh no there's nothing left to lose
We're all alive as we tumble over hours
You pull my hand in closer our faces blur
There's nothing we have left we cannot share
Get your body in motion
I don't want this to end
I don't want to climb those stairs and go to bed
Oh won't you please just try to dance with me tonight
Slide your left foot in, kick your right foot out
Swing your hip to the left, swing it all the way around
Bob your head back and forth, side to side, left then right
Shake it out
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Submitted by
soapboxracer On Nov 21, 2004
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yea, yea it is... i love the line 'Oh the dark can make us feel so bold' because its sooo true yet i could never think of it.
great song.
period.
mmm so sekshual.
Does anyone else think that voice in the background is Conor Oberst?
closingalert: yeah, it sounds like him, but so does the boy singer in tilly...just more nasally or something, i think. however, tilly&thewall have close ties with bright eyes and the omaha scene and have toured with bright eyes, etc. so you're not crazy!
love this, but i was kinda sad to see that the lyric is actually "we all could pass right through/ we all have nothing left to lose" cuz i always heard "we all could pass right through/ we all have loved enough to lose" oh well
so lovely, happy..."so c'mon baby let's dance"
probably my favourite tilly song. definitely my favourite tilly album but surely it's everyones favourite tilly album. i hope their next album loses the drummer and the synths
Good Lord, this song is something special.
"I don't want this to end I don't want to climb those stairs and go to bed"