You don't know
I sing these songs
About you
You don't know the pseudonyms
I assume
You don't know the pseudonyms
I assume
For you

Are you happier now?
That the Gods are dying
Or do you dream of
Heston with an omniscient beard
You should be happier now
With no one to pray to
Or would you love to
Break your knees from begging and praying?

Bite hard
Well its a broken smile
Breaking their hearts and breaking their minds
Bite hard
Well it's a five on five
Your engine's alive, and we ride together
Bite hard
(Bite hard)

I may be lonelier now
But I'm happy alone, honest
Ain't lonely alone (oh)
What would we talk about anyway
No, I'd never resort to kissing your photo
Honest
I just had to see
How the chemicals taste there, honey

Bite hard
Well its a broken smile
Breaking their hearts and breaking their minds
Bite hard
Well it's a five on five
Your engine's alive, and we ride together
We ride together
We die together

(Ah)
Bite hard
(Ah)
Bite hard
(Ah)
Bite hard

Well I never
No, I never
No, I never
No, I never
I just had to
I just had to
I just had to see now, honey

Bite hard
Well its a broken smile
Breaking their hearts and breaking their minds
Bite hard
Well it's a five on five
Your engine's alive, and we ride together
We ride together
We die together


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Bite Hard Lyrics as written by Nicholas John Mccarthy Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley

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    This song is not about the end of a romantic relationship. It is the end of the belief in God. According to Alex Kapranos:

    "The breakup songs are things like “Bite Hard,” and that’s a breakup with God, not a breakup with a woman. It's sung from my perspective, but its more about if you decide, or choose, to live without God, it’s worse than any kind of emotional breakup you could have with somebody, in a way."

    shockhound.com/features/277

    HushHannahon June 26, 2009   Link

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