BLOOD FOR POPPIES
By
Garbage
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To lift the sun,
I’ve been sitting here all night long
Rolling rock, over Buddah with the longhorn
Got a hole, rip a pocket off my uniform
With the black watch boys
Get your heads down
Oooh
Duty calls, but it’s way too late
I’m too far gone
Waiting for God, oh hell
With my pants down
Crack the stash
Then be quiet in the midday sun
I miss my dog, and I miss my freedom
Ooh ooh oohh
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I hate the things I think about you
When I’m all alone
I know you’re tough
But I’ve been gone
For so long
Play the memories of you
Inside my head
So all these pictures of us
Burn and radiate
Watch the clouds, and I’m falling
Falling through the cracks
Head beats
And my heart is pounding fast
Off the ground
Into the starry dark, into your arms
I’m falling
Ooh ooh oohh
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I pray my body’s right
I’ve got to stay alive
I’ve gotta take a chance and keep on moving
Keep on moving
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
BIG BRIGHT WORLD
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We are difficult to understand
It was hard to make this simple plan work
Difficult, but that’s what made it burn
You’re a satellite around my heart
One million before the start
Indescribable, but that’s what makes it you
Shivers up and down my spine
Feet to the teeth
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
We rage against the dying
Rage against the dying light
You’re mysterious, you make no sense
I love you ’cause you’re innocent
You fell out through a hole inside the sun
So magnify the best inside me
Build the parts that you can’t find me
The parts that won’t give out when things get hard
Shivers up and down my spine
Feet to the teeth
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
Round and around in the setting sun
Round and around in the setting sun
Round and around in the setting sun
Round and around and around and around and around
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
Rage against the dying
Rage against the dying light
I’m with you
THE ONE
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Yeah right from the start you had me hooked
And I knew I was falling
And sure you had me sussed
You worked me out
You took me right out no doubt
Call me a lawyer
I want to micro manage
I need a hit man
Get me the operator
Call me a doctor
I cannot lose control
There must be someone
A robot, a terminator?
He got me eye balled
He got me tied down
He got me roller coaster
Help me man down
Don’t wanna talk about it
I know a lot about it
He got me on the ropes and I don’t like it
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one for me
You might be
The one
You know what I want
You see me sweat and lose all confidence
And you, you mess me up
I’m back to front
You know I want you don’t you?
Call me a lawyer
I want to micro manage
I need a hit man
Get me the operator
Call me a doctor, I cannot lose control
There must be someone
A robot, a terminator?
He got me eye balled
He got me tied down
He got me roller coaster
Help me man down
Don’t wanna talk about it
I know a lot about it
He got me on the ropes and I don’t like it
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one for me
You might be
The one
Call me a lawyer
I want to micro manage
I need a hit man
Get me the operator
Call me a doctor, I cannot lose control
There must be someone
A robot, a terminator?
He got me eye balled
He got me tied down
He got me roller coaster
Help me man down
Don’t wanna talk about it
I know a lot about it
He got me on the ropes and I don’t like it
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one, the one for me
You might be the one for me
You might be
The one
The one
AUTOMATIC SYSTEMATIC HABIT
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The lies lies lies
You love those lies,
You tell them straight,
Straight to my face
They feel so right
They keep you safe
And you’re so…
Good at it, oh it comes automatic
Lies more lies
I can tell they’re lies
I can see right through,
You have see-through eyes
Knocked down like a?
This time I won’t be your dirty little secret
Not for you, not for me, not for your other lover
I won’t be your dirty little secret
Oh a man like you
Keep me up at night
You want your women at home
And your bed on the side
You’ve got a telephone girl that you carry around
In your jean back pocket with a?
And you’re so…
Sly about it, oh it feels automatic
Yeah, you’re so good at it
Oh it feels automatic
Sly about it, oh it feels automatic
Yeah, you’re so good at it
A systematic habit
Knocked down like a?
This time I won’t be your dirty little secret
Tell mother, tell your father, tell your friends, tell your teacher
I won’t be your dirty little secret
I won’t be your dirty little secret
Automatic systematic habit
Knocked down like a?
This time I won’t be your dirty little secret
Not for you, not for me, not for your other lover
I won’t be your dirty little secret
I won’t be your dirty little secret
Knocked down like a?
This time I won’t be your dirty little secret
Tell your mother, tell your brother, tell your friends, tell your teacher
I won’t be your dirty little secret
I won’t be your dirty little secret
I won’t be, I won’t
I won’t be, I won’t
I won’t, I won’t
I won’t be knocked down
BRIGHT TONIGHT
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From the beginning, we were always going to fail
We were the next thing that the world could not wait to tear down
Off balance in our own minds
Off balance in the ways we looked to everybody else
On and on all summer long, we never stood a chance
Sky bright tonight
Live forever always bright tonight
Hey you
You be who you are
You be who you are forever
You be who you are
You, my brightest star across the sky
You’re bright tonight
It was right now and then suddenly it’s gone
We were both wrong, but here we are, we’re right where we belong
Off balance in our own lives
Off balance in the ways we looked to everybody else
On and on all summer long, we never stood a chance
Sky bright tonight
Live forever always bright tonight
Hey you
You be who you are
You be who you are forever
You be who you are
You, my brightest star across the sky
You’re bright tonight
You’re bright tonight
You’re bright tonight
You’re bright tonight
You shine so bright
BATTLE IN ME
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Look at you
An accident of drinking
What a mess
A train wreck of lipstick
What a joke, but do you hear me laughing?
Get out my face, before I lose my patience
Now me and you, let’s cut this party
Little boy, it takes a lot to shake me
So shake it
It’s the battle in me
It’s the battle in you
It’s the battle in me
It’s the battle in you
It’s a bloody war of attrition
Let’s see which one of us is going to last the night
‘Cause I have all of my wits around
And I’ll be damned if I’m done
White rabbit plays right when the room starts spinning
Make it hard, I want something to happen
So make it happen
It’s the battle in me
It’s the battle in you
It’s the battle in me
It’s the battle in you
Let’s take a torch
To the past and the future
And let’s make out
I won’t tell your girlfriend
See how it feels with a passion burning
We’ll be damned when we’re done
Shake it, shake it
Shake it off
Shake it, shake it
Shake it off
Shake it, shake it
Shake it off
Shake it, shake it off
‘Cause it’s the battle in you
It’s the battle in me
‘Cause it’s the battle in you
It’s the battle in me
Shake it, shake it
Shake it off
Shake it, shake it
Shake it off
Shake it, shake it
Shake it off
Shake it, shake it
Shake it off