Brace, shifting again
I shouldn't know but I do
Stab (stab, stab, stab)
A hand in the dark
Seeds the killing field (field, field, field)
Bad, say it again
But only if it's mine
Stand (stand, stand, stand)
Closer to harm
My sole believer (oh)

Never to repeat, even if it's mine
Never to remember

Improper pleasures
Imperfect strangers
I shouldn't even know
I shouldn't know
I shouldn't know
Improper pleasures

Never to repeat, even if it's mine
Never to remember

Improper pleasures
Imperfect strangers
I shouldn't even know
I shouldn't know
I shouldn't know
Improper pleasures

I'll be gone long before the devil can say, "Mine"


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shira Lyrics as written by Justin Beck Daryl Palumbo

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    i guess this has to do with main guitar Justin Beck's daughter, born 2015. The third one named Shira. It's kinda mixed impression between what a parent feels towards a new child having a child before (Brace, shifting again. I shouldn't know but i do), and the impression of a child completely unknown and unaware of all that's new for the baby. The comparison on how this "unknown and unaware feeling" sustains and comes back for the parents at the coming of a new child creates an atmosphere about, it in which may surround this song. The imperfect strangers who are in the task to clean your improper pleasure of shitting yourself as a baby.

    Alternate Thesis: An ode to casual respectful sex without guilt full of kinks. We know we are no permanent, and how close is, to be casual respectful of being a devoted lover.

    PanShitteon August 22, 2018   Link

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