Do a dance for me
Baby it is lies, to hell you call me
Don't want to go
Let the liquid take off what you won't or
You've been down before
Boy and I like this
I'm in quicksand, I am sinking fast
Perfect, heal it
Because your other half has got himself
A devil's excess

Welcome to England, he said
Welcome to my world
You better bring your own sun, sweet girl
You gotta bring your own sun
Don't you forget you
Bring your own sun
Just enough for everyone

A heels on, go on
Bang a or tango but do not get tangled
Who can stay strong
When they only give us lies to lean on
When your heart explodes
Is it deathly cold
You must let the colors violate the, blackness then rest
A magic world in parallel
Soon leave you daily hell

Welcome to England, he said
Welcome to my world
It's not a question, if I care
Fight by your side and withstand
Anything but, but I forgot that you said
Girl if you come

You gonna bring your own sun, sweet girl
Your gonna bring your own sun, don't you forget you
Bring your own sun
Just enough for everyone, for everyone
Welcome to England
Welcome to England


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    "Welcome to England is really about a woman who doesn't fit into this man's world, and she has let pieces of herself go ... So many times in these relationships, even with friends, you shave off parts of yourself just so you can kinda get along. Over the years I've come to recognize that you can be in a place but it's not your home. In this song, I wanted to represent this woman's view point with the fact that this isn't her world, but, in order to have love, she has to be in it."

    • Tori, Visualette Interview

    Couldn't explain it better than Tori herself! Definitely one of my top 3 on AATS.

    downthestaircaseon January 02, 2010   Link

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