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I can't tell if this is real or if I am sleeping
I can't tell if this is real or if I am sleeping<br>
 
I'll embroider the truth<br>
I'll embroider the truth
And that's so I shall reap<br>
 
I took things that didn't belong to me<br>
And that's so I shall reap
I didn't mean to do you wrong<br>
 
<br>
I took things that didn't belong to me
Looking back on all that stolen time<br>
 
Back when I was drinking turpentine<br>
I didn't mean to do you wrong
Don't blame me<br>
 
I only took you in<br>
 
It takes time to do the poisoning<br>
 
So let's close the door on this and lock it<br>
Looking back on all that stolen time
<br>
 
And that's all it will ever be<br>
Back when I was drinking turpentine
Just an accident of chemistry<br>
 
<br>
Don't blame me
You did everything to me but stopped short of murder<br>
 
Couldn't move me much closer to keeping my word<br>
I only took you in
While the crowds threw stones at the hangman<br>
 
The sky fell down<br>
It takes time to do the poisoning
The bells rang<br>
 
<br>
So let's close the door on this and lock it
Looking back on all that stolen time<br>
 
Back when I was drinking turpentine<br>
 
Don't blame me<br>
 
I only took you in<br>
And that's all it will ever be
It takes time to do the poisoning<br>
 
So let's close the door on this and lock it<br>
Just an accident of chemistry
<br>
 
And that's all that it will ever be<br>
 
Just an accident of chemistry<br>
 
<br>
You did everything to me but stopped short of murder
Airless shaft of an underground railway<br>
 
Effete assassin with a hawk in a sack<br>
Couldn't move me much closer to keeping my word
The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail<br>
 
As it swallowed the river running under the track<br>
While the crowds threw stones at the hangman
Under the track yeah<br>
 
<br>
The sky fell down
I can't tell if I'm dreaming or if I'll awaken<br>
 
With a song in my heart that is longing to break<br>
The bells rang
Let it out and let it fly high<br>
 
Up where the spires scrape the sky<br>
 
<br>
 
Looking back on all that stolen time<br>
Looking back on all that stolen time
Back when I was drinking turpentine<br>
 
Don't blame me<br>
Back when I was drinking turpentine
I only took you in<br>
 
It takes time to do the poisoning<br>
Don't blame me
So let's close the door on this and lock it<br>
 
<br>
I only took you in
And that's all that it will ever be<br>
 
Just an accident of history<br>
It takes time to do the poisoning
Yeah<br>
 
<br>
So let's close the door on this and lock it
Airless shaft of an underground railway<br>
 
Cute assassin with a hawk in a sack<br>
 
The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail<br>
 
Swallowed the river running under the track<br>
And that's all that it will ever be
That's right<br>
 
Just an accident of chemistry
 
 
 
Airless shaft of an underground railway
 
Effete assassin with a hawk in a sack
 
The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail
 
As it swallowed the river running under the track
 
Under the track yeah
 
 
 
I can't tell if I'm dreaming or if I'll awaken
 
With a song in my heart that is longing to break
 
Let it out and let it fly high
 
Up where the spires scrape the sky
 
 
 
Looking back on all that stolen time
 
Back when I was drinking turpentine
 
Don't blame me
 
I only took you in
 
It takes time to do the poisoning
 
So let's close the door on this and lock it
 
 
 
And that's all that it will ever be
 
Just an accident of history
 
Yeah
 
 
 
Airless shaft of an underground railway
 
Cute assassin with a hawk in a sack
 
The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail
 
Swallowed the river running under the track
 
That's right

Revision as of 02:01, 20 April 2009

I can't tell if this is real or if I am sleeping
I'll embroider the truth
And that's so I shall reap
I took things that didn't belong to me
I didn't mean to do you wrong

Looking back on all that stolen time
Back when I was drinking turpentine
Don't blame me
I only took you in
It takes time to do the poisoning
So let's close the door on this and lock it

And that's all it will ever be
Just an accident of chemistry

You did everything to me but stopped short of murder
Couldn't move me much closer to keeping my word
While the crowds threw stones at the hangman
The sky fell down
The bells rang

Looking back on all that stolen time
Back when I was drinking turpentine
Don't blame me
I only took you in
It takes time to do the poisoning
So let's close the door on this and lock it

And that's all that it will ever be
Just an accident of chemistry

Airless shaft of an underground railway
Effete assassin with a hawk in a sack
The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail
As it swallowed the river running under the track
Under the track yeah

I can't tell if I'm dreaming or if I'll awaken
With a song in my heart that is longing to break
Let it out and let it fly high
Up where the spires scrape the sky

Looking back on all that stolen time
Back when I was drinking turpentine
Don't blame me
I only took you in
It takes time to do the poisoning
So let's close the door on this and lock it

And that's all that it will ever be
Just an accident of history
Yeah

Airless shaft of an underground railway
Cute assassin with a hawk in a sack
The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail
Swallowed the river running under the track
That's right