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Last Night I Nearly Died Lyrics
Cant put this off forever,
I've got to tell you some time.
But when I try and say it,
My mouth just gives up and dies.
I lose my meaning when I get this feeling.
Last night I nearly died,
But I woke up just in time.
Last night I nearly died,
But I woke up just in time.
I'm not who you think I am,
I slipped a stranger inside.
It helps the nights go quicker,
But I deminish each time.
And in the morning I shake the warning.
Last night I nearly died,
But I woke up just in time.
Last night I nearly died,
But I woke up just in time.
I get this feeling
I got this feeling
I woke up
I woke up
I'm gonna wake up
Gonna wake up
I lose my meaning when I get this feeling
Oh, last night I nearly died,
But I woke up just in time.
Last night I nearly died,
But I woke up just in time.
Last night I nearly died
Last night I nearly died
Last night I nearly died
I've got to tell you some time.
But when I try and say it,
My mouth just gives up and dies.
But I woke up just in time.
Last night I nearly died,
But I woke up just in time.
I slipped a stranger inside.
It helps the nights go quicker,
But I deminish each time.
But I woke up just in time.
Last night I nearly died,
But I woke up just in time.
I got this feeling
I woke up
I woke up
I'm gonna wake up
Gonna wake up
But I woke up just in time.
Last night I nearly died,
But I woke up just in time.
Last night I nearly died
Last night I nearly died
Song Info
Submitted by
thestephness On Feb 25, 2006
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According to the dreadlocked genius himself, it's about waking up on the central reservation after a car crash. Based on a true story!
I first heard this song when Duke supported David Ford at the Liverpool Carling Academy, and it ended up stuck in my head for a week after til I bought the album - dangerously catchy! Much better live though. As for meaning, I have no idea so I'll agree with thunderball :-p
I always thought this song was about having nightmares, because he is cheating with random people... That might be a too literal translaton, though.
I first heard this song on the radio, two years ago in arts class. Those were four orgasmic minutes, I heard something I had never encountered before and for the whole day, I tried to remember the name of the song, so I could download it as soon as I got home. Since then I have been listening to him.
I always thought this song was about a relationship in which the narrator feels he's lying to the person he's with ('I'm not who you think I am, I slipped a stranger inside'), and that they don't know him, possibly due to secrets he's not telling them (Cant put this off forever, I've got to tell you some time).
Still, no matter what it's about it's a wonderful, truly amazing song! :D