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

Latest revision as of 05:33, 22 April 2009

lyrics for
Turpentine

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