Fistful of Love

Antony and the Johnsons

I was lying in my bed last night, staring
At a ceiling full of stars
When it suddenly hit me
I just have to let you know how I feel

We live together in a photograph of time
I look into your eyes
And the seas open up to me
I tell you I love you
And I always will
And I know that you can't tell me
I know that you can't tell me

So, I'm left to pick up
The hints, the little symbols of your devotion
So, I'm left to pick up
The hints, the little symbols of your devotion

And I feel your fists
And I know it's out of love
And I feel the whip
And I know it's out of love

And I feel your burning eyes
Oh, burning holes
Straight through my heart
It's out of love, ooh ooh
It's out of love

And I accept and I collect upon my body
The memories of your devotion
And I accept and I collect upon my body
The memories of your devotion

I feel your fists
And I know it's out of love
And I feel the whip
And I know it's out of love

I feel your burning eyes
Burning holes
Straight through my heart
It's out of love
It's out of love

Give me a little fistful of love
Give me a little fistful of love
Fistful of love
Fistful, fist, fist, fistful of love

You're giving me a little fist
Giving me a little fistful of love
Giving me, giving me
A little fistful of love
Give me a little, little, little, givin' little
Givin' me a fistful of love
Give a little bit, give a little bit
Givin' me a fistful of love
Oh, ooh baby
Givin' me just a little fistful of love


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    I think this song is meant to be taken less literally than some of you are taking it. The whips and the fists I do believe are only in the song to represent the pain.

    JimmieNeverDieson March 23, 2009   Link

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