Shut off and curl up
If it hurts push harder
Shut off and curl up
If it hurts push harder

The best view from this window
Still looks like hell
And the fists they fall like rain
I know it just a little too well
Angel I've been beaten
Angel I'm a whore
I'm just a little bit older
Just a little less more and more

Shut off and curl up
If it hurts push harder
Shut off and curl up
If it hurts push harder

It's too long that I've stayed here
Too long that I've tried
Angel I'm so naked
I can't look you in the eye
Oh angel I'm exhausted
I think I'm a lie
I don't know how I got here
I just can't figure out why

Shut off and curl up
If it hurts push harder
Shut off and curl up
If it hurts push harder

In twenty-five years I'm silver
And in fifty gold
Angel I just can't imagine
What it's like to grow old
Angel there's no time left
Won't you give me strength
To meet you in a different life
To see you when this ends

Shut off and curl up
If it hurts push harder
Shut off and curl up
If it hurts push harder

The best view from this window
Still looks like hell
And the fists they fall like rain
I know it just a little too well
Angel I've been beaten
Angel I'm a whore
I'm just a little bit older
Just a little less more and more


Lyrics submitted by IndigoSensor

Shut Off/Curl Up Lyrics as written by Margaret Fiedler Guy William Fixsen

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Hipgnosis Songs Group

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    I think this song talks about regret, and that you just have to try and keep moving.

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