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This is War Lyrics
Well, freedom yawns and bites the land.
This hand is mine, feel its span.
You'll give it up
to my all-encompassing arms.
I'll hate you so good, like a hero should.
Ooh
I'm here.
Yes, the one you've waited for (all your life).
I'll knock you out and up.
This is war.
I'm here.
Yes, the answer to all your prayers (at gunpoint).
I'll knock you out and up.
This is war.
You're all the talk on NPR.
Your sound is shooting up our pop charts.
I'm (fairly) pure of heart.
And you're Rudolph Valentino.
I hate you so hard I'm seeing stars.
And now you say...
I'm here.
Yes, the one you've waited for (all your life).
I'll knock you out and up.
This is war.
I'm here.
Yes, the answer to all your prayers (at gunpoint).
I'll knock you out and up.
This is war.
I am working the knife shift.
I am working the knife shift.
Work that shift.
Shift that knife.
I am first on the knife shift.
Ah.
This hand is mine, feel its span.
You'll give it up
to my all-encompassing arms.
I'll hate you so good, like a hero should.
Yes, the one you've waited for (all your life).
I'll knock you out and up.
This is war.
I'm here.
Yes, the answer to all your prayers (at gunpoint).
I'll knock you out and up.
This is war.
Your sound is shooting up our pop charts.
I'm (fairly) pure of heart.
And you're Rudolph Valentino.
I hate you so hard I'm seeing stars.
Yes, the one you've waited for (all your life).
I'll knock you out and up.
This is war.
I'm here.
Yes, the answer to all your prayers (at gunpoint).
I'll knock you out and up.
This is war.
I am working the knife shift.
Work that shift.
Shift that knife.
I am first on the knife shift.
Ah.
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From a Billboard interview with Young:
"Young says the album is somewhat inspired by her upbringing in St. Louis and how the city has changed, an idea that led to the title, 'The Knife Shift.' It means, 'Change. But with a knife. Stabbing it in and shifting it around. It also implies doing all of this while people sleep or working late hours.'"