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The Four Platitudes (A Bridge Song) Lyrics
we resolve to meet
at the bridge beside the beach
where the air would freeze our speech
and the trains would pass beneath our feet
it's dry from licking still you never questioned why
night upon night we come here all the time
with eyes that take no (?)
and transgressions justified
resigned to take our lives
by the age of twenty-five
as your hands brushed my thigh the sound began to rise
and the cars underneath pulse in perfect 4/4 time
it would be something in our prime
before times fitful bright left footprints on our eyes
and the light stretched just right to finally tell you why
night after night we come here all the time
at the bridge beside the beach
where the air would freeze our speech
and the trains would pass beneath our feet
night upon night we come here all the time
and transgressions justified
resigned to take our lives
by the age of twenty-five
and the cars underneath pulse in perfect 4/4 time
before times fitful bright left footprints on our eyes
and the light stretched just right to finally tell you why
night after night we come here all the time
Song Info
Submitted by
sithie On Jan 20, 2007
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it's definitely "and the cars underneath pulse in perfect 4/4 time"
no doubt about it.
I'm hearing "lips dry from licking", not "it's dry from licking"; I believe it makes much more sense.
I also hear "time's fitful bite left footprints on our eyes", though I can't make direct sense of either of those sets of lyrics.
I always thought "posing perfect for four times" was "posed in perfect 4/4 time," but I really can't tell which it is.