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it's all that i remember a sober night alone
and it took all i had not to call you on the phone
know that i was made for you
there is nothing i can do about it
i ran outside the bar
ringing in my ears
and i don't understand
it's been that way for years
you know the world will fall apart
if you broke another heart
coats are 'round in hiding
and up against the wall
your guns were made of iron
and he came and saved us all
pick it up and take it out
in a world of hell and doubt
listen to the liars
as they run the world
holiest empires
but nothing lasts for sure
can you help me turn it off
well it's all i could ever want
and it took all i had not to call you on the phone
know that i was made for you
there is nothing i can do about it
ringing in my ears
and i don't understand
it's been that way for years
you know the world will fall apart
if you broke another heart
and up against the wall
and he came and saved us all
pick it up and take it out
in a world of hell and doubt
as they run the world
holiest empires
but nothing lasts for sure
well it's all i could ever want
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Everything is pretty self-explanatory here except: "coats are 'round in hiding and up against the wall
your guns were made of iron and you came and saved us all pick it up and take it out in a world of hell and doubt".
...What? It makes me think of colonial times.
It's a pretty song, but the verse about the redcoats? makes no sense: it's a bad verse, like Dylan's tortured "A phrase in connection first with she" that almost ruins "Love is just a four-letter word." A pity that once it's made public the artist can't go back and change bad lines.
Its not "There's nothing I wouldn't do about it" it's "There is nothing I can do about it" also it's not "The guns were made of iron" It's "your guns were made of iron" also it's not "In a world of nailin' down" it's "In a world of hell and doubt" also its not "well he is stamped higher" it's "holiest empires" hence the song title. Whoever wrote these lyrics down sucks a big one.