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If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You Lyrics
If you don't want me to destroy you
Take a leaf out of my book
Turn it 'round and have a look
Because I don't want you to destroy me
I'll commit myself to be
In and out of every tree
Gravity
You just hold me down so quietly
You just hold me back
When the insects fly all around you
Do you reach and aim a hit
Or do you lie around a bit?
And when the animals gather 'round you
Do you ask them for the time
Or do you run away and whine?
Gravity
You just hold me down so quietly
You just hold me back
Gravity
You just hold me down so quietly
You just pull me down to Earth
Let me go into the depths of your infinity
I can sense your presence in the vicinity
La la la, la la la, sha la la la la (X9)
Take a leaf out of my book
Turn it 'round and have a look
I'll commit myself to be
In and out of every tree
You just hold me down so quietly
You just hold me back
Do you reach and aim a hit
Or do you lie around a bit?
Do you ask them for the time
Or do you run away and whine?
You just hold me down so quietly
You just hold me back
You just hold me down so quietly
You just pull me down to Earth
I can sense your presence in the vicinity
Song Info
Submitted by
bladet On May 19, 2005
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the rhymes in the verse are a bit..weak. but i love the chorus, the way its sung. "Let me go into the depths of your infinity I can sense your presence in the vicinity" awsome. dont really now what its about
Gruff: "Gravity and how shit it is because it would be better if we were all floating...gravity just holds me back man."
I think it's recommendation to the human race to reconcile itself to a natural world. You can read the first line as nature speaking and telling the human race what do to if they don't want "me" (nature) to destroy them & recommending that they begin by understanding nature ("take a leaf out of my book"). In the rest of the lyrics, the singer acknowledges this message -- acknowledges being held down by gravity. I think "your infinity" means the infinity of the natural world. Not sure if that's exactly what they had in mind, but it fits. It also fits with band's tendency to frequently write lyrics about the possibility of destructive encounters with nature and the future (e.g, in Northern Lights & Carry the Can).