I'd like to close my eyes, go numb
But there's a cold wind coming from
The top of the highest high-rise today
It's not a breeze 'cause it blows hard
Yes and it wants me to discard the humanity I know
Watch the warmth blow away

So don't let the world bring you down
Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold
Remember why you came and while you're alive
Experience the warmth before you grow old

So do you think I should adhere to that pressing new frontier?
And leave in my wake a trail of fear?
Or should I hold my head up high and throw a wrench in spokes by
Leaving the air behind me clear?

So don't let the world bring you down
Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold
Remember why you came and while you're alive
Experience the warmth before you grow (you grow old)

So don't let the world bring you down
Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold
Remember why you came and while you're alive
Experience the warmth before you grow old

Before you grow old
Where did it go? Where did it go?
Where did it go? Where did it go?


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The Warmth Lyrics as written by Michael Aaron Einziger Brandon Charles Boyd

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    "The Warmth" is all about the warmth one feels during a blowjob. In the first verse, Brandon recounts a partner not blowing him right. He wants to "close his eyes and go numb" while this person "blows hard." It feels alright, but it pales in comparison to his bjs, hence the reason the person blowing him is referred to as a "cold wind." When Brandon returns the favor, he says "watch the warmth blow away." It's kind of a nickname he has-'The Warmth.' Brandon is saying "experience the Warmth before you grow old," meaning you haven't experience a bj of this caliber until you get one from him. He so is so well known for this, he doesn't know if he should "adhere to this new frontier" because it leaves a "trail of fear" that he won't be pleasured in return. However, he will "hold his head up high" and go to town. When he says "leave the air behind me clear" he means to leave his anus clear of any penetration. Brandon enjoys giving bjs so much he doesn't even want his partners to waste time on fucking his ass.

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