This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Oh lord I lost you I held you tight
Oh I will hold on to your love in the night
And the black sky will come before our eyes
Oh I, let's lie down in the basement tonight
Oh
Oh lord I've found you, I held you tight
Oh I, and the villains I pull into the sky
And our heart's shake in it
This summer night, oh I
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes to take you from me
I let you know that I hold you
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you
Oh lord I've found you I held you tight
Oh I and the black skies above our eyes tonight
And our hearts breakin in the end tonight, oh I
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes to take you from me
I let you know that I hold you
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you
Oh lord I lost you, I held you tight
Oh I
And the black sky will come for us tonight
And our heart's shakin in the empty night, oh I
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
Oh
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes to take you from me
I let you know that I hold you
I let you die, I let you die,
I let you die and I hold you
Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you
Oh I will hold on to your love in the night
And the black sky will come before our eyes
Oh I, let's lie down in the basement tonight
Oh
Oh lord I've found you, I held you tight
Oh I, and the villains I pull into the sky
And our heart's shake in it
This summer night, oh I
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes to take you from me
I let you know that I hold you
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you
Oh lord I've found you I held you tight
Oh I and the black skies above our eyes tonight
And our hearts breakin in the end tonight, oh I
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes to take you from me
I let you know that I hold you
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you
Oh lord I lost you, I held you tight
Oh I
And the black sky will come for us tonight
And our heart's shakin in the empty night, oh I
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
Oh
I let you go, I let you go,
I let you know that I hold you
Black sky comes to take you from me
I let you know that I hold you
I let you die, I let you die,
I let you die and I hold you
Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you
Lyrics submitted by charmin123
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In the second chorus: the final sentence it's not "Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you"
but instead
"Black sky comes to take you from me I let you know that I hold you "
NICE SONG!!!!
it's "buildings pulled into the sky"