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The Body Lyrics
Come on now
Stop staring at the ceiling
Your last daydream
Is slowly unreeling
Won't you come out tonight
Like I know you want you
'Cause the city's alive
Even though it haunts you
I want you
Chorus:
Tell me again what the body's for
'Cause I can't feel it anymore
I want to hurt like it did before
We shouldn't sin
Tell me again what the body's for
'Cause I can't feel it anymore
I lost mine (my heart?) and I need yours
It's only skin
We should swim
You try so hard
To keep it together
And you look so hard
In fishnets and leather
But I know who you are
You are just a lost saint
And if we go too far
There'll be Heaven to pay
What a price
chorus
I can't feel it anymore, I can't feel it anymore
Tell me again, tell me again what the body's for
I can't feel it anymore, I can't feel it anymore
Tell me again, tell me again
It's only skin
We should swim
Stop staring at the ceiling
Your last daydream
Is slowly unreeling
Like I know you want you
'Cause the city's alive
Even though it haunts you
I want you
'Cause I can't feel it anymore
I want to hurt like it did before
We shouldn't sin
Tell me again what the body's for
'Cause I can't feel it anymore
I lost mine (my heart?) and I need yours
It's only skin
We should swim
To keep it together
And you look so hard
In fishnets and leather
You are just a lost saint
And if we go too far
There'll be Heaven to pay
Tell me again, tell me again what the body's for
I can't feel it anymore, I can't feel it anymore
Tell me again, tell me again
We should swim
Song Info
Submitted by
aquarius121 On Mar 26, 2011
More The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Young Adult Friction
This Love Is Fucking Right!
Stay Alive
The Tenure Itch
Belong
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Joy Division's atmosphere? anyone?
This seems to be one song that may get Kip called the Jewish Morrissey. That he has to ask what the body is for seems a nod to celibacy or innocence although he does seem to actively engage with the person in this song. Also, I am curious about the reference to "sin" along with the reference to "heaven" in Heaven's Gonna Happen Now
What sort of metaphysics is he committed to?
I do not think the chords are related to Joy Division's Atmosphere nor is the theme. (Isn't Atmosphere a foreshadowing of Ian Curtis suicide? A much heavier theme.)