Blondie

Youth Nabbed as Sniper

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Don't look in here yeah
Sundown finds him out of town on the overpass
His inner self glued to his 22
Dirty metal in the speed of night lights and broken glass
My heart can destroy all I see
Moving streets all make me lonely
Come to me and be mine only
I can hide us far from sight
But you must wait and I must fight this nothingness
Walls I see my little room
I hear my parent's friends
I hope that my actions make amends!
I would like to kill for love but I don't know how
Here I lie so high above the crowd
Busy streets all make me lonely
Come to me and be mine only
I can move us through the night
But you must wait and I must fight this emptiness
Black top burns with silent screams
Others stop my dreams
Lightning Crash! Crash! Crash!
Fear causes some to live others die real cool
I died in the evening after school
Be mine only
Be my own
Be mine only
Be my own

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spliphstar On Apr 15, 2002

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2002-04-15 11:57:14

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by LVSON

18y ago

Double meaning happening here - something for which Blondie is justifyably famous. The haunting chorus of "Come to me and be mine only" is both heard and spoken by the Sniper. He is calling out to his victim, but at the same time hearing the voices strong in his head. He is in darkness. He is in pain. Voices, real and imagined, place him there. He gives the same to those he calls.

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by feufollet

6y ago

When you put this together With One Way Or Another, you can see the band were interested in obsession. Here taken to finality.

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