Friends and Lovers Lyrics

Lyric discussion by thatsnice 

Cover art for Friends and Lovers lyrics by Incubus

I'm a ne'er do well Running off black gold It's high time I pulled over and walked around a while

I've seen the porcelain shell Your exoskeleton And I feel like we walk well together

Because in the end, we are friends and lovers

If asked of me I would Gobble them to bits The things that wall us off from Where we belong

What's wrong with you is good for what's wrong with me and I think maybe we should stick together

Because in the end, we are friends and lovers We are friends and lovers

Abandon all the bones We've got to pick They'll only weigh us down and We are better than that

If they all throw stones Start a collection Of everything we're not And won't be-cause

You should never have to defend (never have to defend) Being friends and lovers Being friends and lovers (oh) Being friends and lovers

Lyric Correction

These are the correct lyrics. verbatim. I'm still a little unsure of the first line though.

Damn, I think the second line is "running out of black gold" (coffee)

These are much closer to the real lyrics. I just listened to this song on my studio quality headphones and I can convincingly say that Brandon says: "Running out of Black Gold". And he isn't talking about "coffee", he's talking about Crude Oil, also known as black gold. Because in the next line he says: "It's high time I pulled over and walked around a while". Basically this stanza is talking about being irresponsible. Just like the world is with crude oil, its time that we all walk around, use less of it, and become more responsible....