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ANGER AND LUST MY SENSES RUNNING AMOK
BEWILDERED AND DELUDED, HAVE I BEEN HIT BY A TRUCK?
WHEN MY TONGUE LAY INSIDE HIS LIP
FELT LIKE THE TIME IN THE WOMB
BUT I WOKE UP WITH A HEADACHE THAT SPLIT MY SKULL
ALONE IN THE ROOM
I GOT DOWN ON THE FLOOR WITH MY HEAD PRESSED BETWEEN MY KNEES
UNDER THE BED WITH MY TEETH SUNK INTO MY OWN FLESH
I SAID "BABY, OH SWEETHEART"
LUST TURNS TO ANGER, A KISS TO A SLUG
SOMETHING WAS STICKY ON YOUR SHAG RUG, LOOK AT THE TILE
I REMEMBER THE WAY HE GROANED AND MOVED WITH AN ANIMAL SKILL
I RUBBED MY FACE IN THE SWEAT THAT RAN DOWN HIS CHEST
IT WAS ALL VERY RUN OF THE MILL
BUT I NOTICED HIS SCENT STARTED TO CHANGE SOMEHOW
HIS FACE WENT BERSERK AND THE VEINS BULGED ON HIS BROW
I SAID "BABY, OH SWEETHEART"
BONDAGE TO LUST, ABUSE OF FACILITY
BLACKMAILED EMOTIONS CONFUSE THE DEMON AND DEVOTEE
I WAS SURE HIS INTENTIONS WERE SWEET
AND THAT MINE WAS AS WELL
BUT A WISH IS A SHOT IN THE DARK
WHEN YOUR COIN'S DOWN THE WELL
I GOT OUT IN THE HALL WITH MY TEETH IN MY HEAD
UP TO MY NECK AND I SAID, SAID, SAID DEAD
I SAID "BABY, OH SWEETHEART"
BEWILDERED AND DELUDED, HAVE I BEEN HIT BY A TRUCK?
WHEN MY TONGUE LAY INSIDE HIS LIP
FELT LIKE THE TIME IN THE WOMB
BUT I WOKE UP WITH A HEADACHE THAT SPLIT MY SKULL
ALONE IN THE ROOM
UNDER THE BED WITH MY TEETH SUNK INTO MY OWN FLESH
I SAID "BABY, OH SWEETHEART"
SOMETHING WAS STICKY ON YOUR SHAG RUG, LOOK AT THE TILE
I REMEMBER THE WAY HE GROANED AND MOVED WITH AN ANIMAL SKILL
I RUBBED MY FACE IN THE SWEAT THAT RAN DOWN HIS CHEST
IT WAS ALL VERY RUN OF THE MILL
BUT I NOTICED HIS SCENT STARTED TO CHANGE SOMEHOW
HIS FACE WENT BERSERK AND THE VEINS BULGED ON HIS BROW
I SAID "BABY, OH SWEETHEART"
BLACKMAILED EMOTIONS CONFUSE THE DEMON AND DEVOTEE
I WAS SURE HIS INTENTIONS WERE SWEET
AND THAT MINE WAS AS WELL
BUT A WISH IS A SHOT IN THE DARK
WHEN YOUR COIN'S DOWN THE WELL
UP TO MY NECK AND I SAID, SAID, SAID DEAD
I SAID "BABY, OH SWEETHEART"
Song Info
Submitted by
spliphstar On Jan 23, 2002
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Where to start, it is one heck of a song that is for sure.
A song of regret about her lover, who physically and emotionally battered her. Waking up the day after a night together, perhaps hung over, bewildered and in pain. My favorite Pretenders song for several reasons.
This song is just one of many Pretenders songs from the first couple albums that combine intense emotion with beautiful lyrics and music