I won't settle for this
with open arms and unclenched fists
cause someday they'll pass my stone
to throw a flower, drop a kiss
and i won't walk all over you
and heaven knows you asked me too
but even if you're by my side
heaven just won't do

and i want this world at my fingertips
its people at my feet
to give me all the things that i desire
but i could never need
and its for this desperation
i pull the stars right out of space
load them in my pistol
make the world a better place

and the fences can not keep me out
of a world they hadn't told me about
someday i'll split that skyline
oh this machine is built to climb
and i will not say i lied to you
even when its close to true
cause baby when you're close to me
i can never feel you

and i want this world at my fingertips
it's people at my feet
to give me all the things that i desire
but i could never need
and it's for this desperation
i pull the stars from outterspace
load them in my pistol
make the world better

tearing down is building
oh baby can't you see
that losing you is finding all that i could never be
and if hurting you were murder
there's no other thought i'd bleed
then to curse the bloody fingertips
that did this all to me

and i want this world at my fingertips
its people at my feet
to give me all the things that i desire
and nothing that i need
and laws of time and vision
put the stars back in the space
throw away the pistol
make the world a better place


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    hi paperplains..again..thanks for putting it and replying. I do have some songs figured out but a few have missing parts I can't understand. Can they be posted with a few question marks..maybe someone else can figure out the missing pieces. Are they hard to post..I am new here.

    relistening to this song..I think this verse is as follows:

    tearing down IS building oh baby can't you see that losing you is finding all that i could never be and if hurting you were murder there's no other thought I'd bleed then to curse the bloody fingertips that did this song? to me

    I will put a few ideas for parts of the song's meaning in next post

    calendar girlon March 09, 2008   Link

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