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lay back
for me
you are just exactly what I need
in this cold town

lay back
for me
the three of us in circus
and in liberty
it’s been so long.

so throw your guilt religion
to the liars and the weak
this is the politics and war
of ecstasy

and all the nonsense of that vision
that is failing every test
it's the comedy and death
of your senses

the alternative to real world
is just time for me and a fantasy
be blind to myself
to idolise

the alternative to real world
is just time for me and a fantasy
I’m blind to myself
and idolise

you work
so deep
astonished and in rapture
I can barely speak
these are hard times

hormones
in key
a slow whispered wet confession
from our body heat
there’s no return.

the alternative to real world
is just time for me and a fantasy
be blind to myself
to idolise

the alternative to real world
is just time for me and a fantasy
I’m blind to myself
and idolise
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This song has a great base line. This song has lots of religious under tones to me. Also says alot of letting go of conventionalism.

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"and all the nonsense of that vision that is failing every test"

what a clever way to refer to the well-known phrase "Stop it or you'll go blind". although it usually means masturbation, i've also heard it being used to mean someone promiscuous.

anyway, another impressive song about our low morals and casual sex penned by Chris

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i am x is just great!

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"HORMONES in key a slow whispered WET CONFESSION from our body heat there’s no return.

the alternative to real world is just TIME FOR ME and A FANTASY be BLIND TO MYSELF to idolise"

Mastrubation, I think.

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deizi also it says "from OUR body heat"... one person more involved than you realise

anyway, great stuff, amazing live, gets everyone going

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I used to think this song was about breaks and getting away from everything to just heal...

HOWEVER, The song I think is about sex. Written from both the angle of the male(first) and woman(second) At first he's trying to convince the woman to have sex though she doesn't because of religion.

And the from the woman's angle...

you work so deep astonished and in rapture I can barely speak these are hard times

Apparently homeboy is really plowing her...

hormones in key a slow whispered wet confession from our body heat there’s no return.

And so during the heat of passion someone said "I love you" and pushed the relationship to a new level. So there's no return.

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"the alternative to real world is just time for me and a fantasy be blind to myself to idolise"

he's dreaming and masturbating about a girl, i reckon. idolizing her.

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Yeah, I think its about fantasizing about having a threesome - "the three of us in circus and in liberty", though it could be actually happening and its just that he's fantasized about it before.

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I agree with the masturbation theory. "the three of us in circus and in liberty" he, the girl in his fantasy and his sexual desire, his hormones. I admire the lyric becuse of this 4 lines "and all the nonsense of that vision that is failing every test it's the comedy and death of your senses" This is a very original view of masturbating, emotionally smart recognition in my opinion

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hormones in key a slow whispered wet confession from our body heat there’s no return. we cant do nothing against our sexual desire, our is you and me, all of us

 
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