He certainly did earn that reputation.
Ticking in time with the hand grenade
Its price, its charm
Ticking in time without a change
This chance it starts
From where I stand I could see it all,
Well I will, I won't
Make up my mind it's getting late
Well I do and I don't
It has something more to give
And it has everything to say.
The bleed of her heart and the bat of her eye
She wants be strong and she knows how to fight
She has to know the way I guess
She has to go that way I guess
Fist on her face she breaks the ground,
It's sharp, it's gray
She could've been anything
She could have had it all.
From where I stand I can make it out
Well I do, I don't
Make up my mind what I'm about
Well I will, I won't
It has something more to give
And it has everything to say.
The bleed of her heart and the bat of her eye
She wants be strong and she knows how to fight
She has to know the way I guess
She has to go that way I guess
The bleed of her heart and the bat of her eye
She wants be strong and she knows how to fight
She has to know the way I guess
She has to go that way I guess
Ticking in time with the hand grenade
Its price, its charm
Ticking in time without a change
This chance it starts
From where I stand I could see it all,
Well I will, I won't
Make up my mind it's getting late
Well I do and I don't
It has something more to give
And it has everything to say.
The bleed of her heart and the bat of her eye
She wants be strong and she knows how to fight
She has to know the way I guess
She has to go that way I guess
The bleed of her heart and the bat of her eye
She wants be strong and she knows how to fight
She has to know the way I guess
She has to go that way I guess
Its price, its charm
Ticking in time without a change
This chance it starts
From where I stand I could see it all,
Well I will, I won't
Make up my mind it's getting late
Well I do and I don't
It has something more to give
And it has everything to say.
The bleed of her heart and the bat of her eye
She wants be strong and she knows how to fight
She has to know the way I guess
She has to go that way I guess
Fist on her face she breaks the ground,
It's sharp, it's gray
She could've been anything
She could have had it all.
From where I stand I can make it out
Well I do, I don't
Make up my mind what I'm about
Well I will, I won't
It has something more to give
And it has everything to say.
The bleed of her heart and the bat of her eye
She wants be strong and she knows how to fight
She has to know the way I guess
She has to go that way I guess
The bleed of her heart and the bat of her eye
She wants be strong and she knows how to fight
She has to know the way I guess
She has to go that way I guess
Ticking in time with the hand grenade
Its price, its charm
Ticking in time without a change
This chance it starts
From where I stand I could see it all,
Well I will, I won't
Make up my mind it's getting late
Well I do and I don't
It has something more to give
And it has everything to say.
The bleed of her heart and the bat of her eye
She wants be strong and she knows how to fight
She has to know the way I guess
She has to go that way I guess
The bleed of her heart and the bat of her eye
She wants be strong and she knows how to fight
She has to know the way I guess
She has to go that way I guess
Lyrics submitted by Vê'sBrokenHeart?!, edited by MasterPrudent
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