Machu Picchu Lyrics

Lyric discussion by CrotchetTheLeper 

Cover art for Machu Picchu lyrics by Strokes, The

I just spent an hour listening to that song over and over, and this is what I got:

I'm putting your patience to the test I'm putting your body on the line, for less And didn't you know there was a choice? It's never yours, but someone else's voice

Selling your body to the street Sending your girlfriends to the night, for cheap Wearing a jacket made of meat (it's a leather jacket, guys) Sealing a letter made with horses feet (glue in envelopes is supposedly made from horse)

And now you've heard that (?) turn to gray Life in the shade A violent cry From Nassau, USA (* Nassau is a county in New York... The bad's played at Nassau Coliseum) Bad moon's on the rise (?) in the sky I'm just trying' to find A mountain I can climb

I'm putting your patience to the test I'm putting your body on the line, for less And didn't you know there was a choice? And it's never yours, and someone else's voice

And now you've seen the Marks on the grave Life in the shade A violent cry In Nassau, USA Porn on the rise(?) Circles in the skies

I'm just tryin' to find A mountain I can climb

Tell us Can anybody tell us They're gonna be oh so jealous They're gonna be oh so silent They're gonna be sworn in silence(?)

(I didn't wanna ask you, baby I didn't wanna love you And everybody saw me (?) And even if they knew me,(?) Can anyone even hear us? (?))

Can anybody tell us They're gonna be oh so jealous They're gonna be oh so silent They're gonna be sworn in silence(?)

Can anybody tell us They're gonna be oh so jealous They're gonna be-

Aww, right...

Why are you waitin' At my door?

Life turns to dust And rain turns to rust The gossip is the truth ... the lives we took (?)

And why do you look surprised(?) Only since I'm in the skies(?) I'm just tryin' to find Enough space for you and I

Lyric Correction

Oh wow I just realized it sounds like this:

And now you've heard that WORDS ON THE GRAVE Life in the shade A violent cry...

That would make so much sense if the next chorus is: And now you've seen the MARKS ON THE GRAVE Life in the shade...

Yay!

^ Disregard that... I was totally wrong. :(