Run My Heart

Twin Shadow

You don’t know my heart
You don’t know my heart
So don’t you dare
You don’t run my heart
You don’t run my heart
Don’t pretend you can
I been workin’ on makin’ it start
Workin’ on makin’ it start again
I’m not in love
I’m not in love
I been workin’ on makin’ it start
Workin’ on makin’ it start but i cant
I’m not in love
Can’t you see I’m not in love
You wanna meet me out in the dark
You wanna meet in misery park
By the moon so low and lovely
With the gloom that’s above me
You couldn’t know what makes me dream
I couldn’t word the things I’ve seen
Like the shake of trembling things
Like the ache of unused wings
I been workin’ on makin’ it start
Working on makin’ it start again but
I’m not in love
I’m not in love
This isn’t love
This isn’t love
It’s that
I’m just a boy
And you’re just a girl
You wanna be the one to believe it
Then be the one to believe it
I’m just a boy and you’re just a girl
You don’t know my heart
You don’t know my heart
So don’t you dare
You don’t run my heart
You don’t run my heart
Don’t pretend you can
I been workin’ on makin’ it start
Workin’ on makin’ it start again but
(I BUILT THESE HANDS COLD ENOUGH FOR ME, COLD ENOUGH FOR ME, ITS NOT SO HARD TO SEE THAT YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE)
This isn’t love
This isn’t love
It’s that
I’m just a boy
And you’re just a girl
You wanna be the one to believe it
Then be the one to believe it
I’m just a boy and you’re just a girl



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    Seriously one of the greatest sounding albums I've heard so far this year production-wise.

    Some lyrics corrections/suggestions that might help:

    "You don't run my heart you don't run my heart don't pretend you care"

    "You want to meet me out in the dark And you want me in misery park By the moon so low and lovely With the gloom that's above me"

    "You couldn't know what makes me dream And I could wear the things I've seen Like the shake of trembling things Like the ache of unused wings"

    "You want to be the one to believe it? Then be the one to believe it"

    Good job deciphering that spoken part at the end. It had me stumped for sure...

    Cheers!

    mercmcguirkon June 22, 2012   Link

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