He certainly did earn that reputation.
Break!
Can we ever forgive love for its pain?
A tragic poem that forever burns on my brain.
The city's sweat is scaring her into her dreams
As the songs scream to fill her quiet evening.
Let me, I'll put your words on fire 'til *I care.*
*I'll lie here tender 'til I'm* crippled with desire
So throw it away from this motherfucking human world.
What's the wonder that she lets it *guess her color crying?*
I am not your savior
But, I'm crippled with desire.
Let the smile give her everything she needs.
I'm the song, the song she doesn't want to sing.
Forgive me as, I burn into the evening.
I'm known from love, and seek the field of pain.
These words, tearing me and make me bleed.
*Where they would see as though you'll come and find me.*
Light, it enters and melts away emotion
As I watch the sun fuck the ocean, crying:
I am not your savior.
But, I'm crippled with desire
'Cause I'm not your savior.
Not the wonder.
Now I sit here crippled with desire,
With desire...with desire.
Desire...
Break!
I am not your savior.
But, I'm crippled with desire
'Cause I'm not your savior.
Wish that I was.
Now I sit here crippled with desire.
Crippled with desire.
Can we ever forgive love for its pain?
A tragic poem that forever burns on my brain.
The city's sweat is scaring her into her dreams
As the songs scream to fill her quiet evening.
Let me, I'll put your words on fire 'til *I care.*
*I'll lie here tender 'til I'm* crippled with desire
So throw it away from this motherfucking human world.
What's the wonder that she lets it *guess her color crying?*
I am not your savior
But, I'm crippled with desire.
Let the smile give her everything she needs.
I'm the song, the song she doesn't want to sing.
Forgive me as, I burn into the evening.
I'm known from love, and seek the field of pain.
These words, tearing me and make me bleed.
*Where they would see as though you'll come and find me.*
Light, it enters and melts away emotion
As I watch the sun fuck the ocean, crying:
I am not your savior.
But, I'm crippled with desire
'Cause I'm not your savior.
Not the wonder.
Now I sit here crippled with desire,
With desire...with desire.
Desire...
Break!
I am not your savior.
But, I'm crippled with desire
'Cause I'm not your savior.
Wish that I was.
Now I sit here crippled with desire.
Crippled with desire.
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This is a bit of a strange interpretation- But in my opinion it makes sense. It's about a guy who loves an incredible girl, but the girl loves someone else. The guy eventually comes to realise, that the guy she's with is a great guy (Hence the 'As I Watch The Sun Fuck The Ocean line), although he still wants her bad ("I am not your saviour, but i'm crippled with desire")
well the whole thing about the sun fucking the ocean would be a greek mythology thing i dont really remember the names but cronus was the sky then (female goddess name) was the ocean and the sky laid on the ocean and gave birth to children and this whole big thing eventually getting down to zeus, hera, aphrodite and such
ahh, i love this song, but this is TWO songs, pay attention.
this song is so damn good. "can we ever forgive love for its pain" ahhh that is beautiful. and so true. i love this song. very poetic and awesome.
this band are so cool. i love the whole indian souning thing going on
This is one of my favorite BHC songs. The singer has such an amazing voice! How is it two songs? I don't get it.
I dont either
i love this song :-/
This song rocks a like a big rock and stuff. I LOOOOVE boy hits car. They need to get more attention. They are one of my favorite bands of all super duper time.
yea the indian sound just makes them rock all the more. they have very goodlyrics as well [obviousley].