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Undefeated
03:53
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You were born blue
Black-eyed and bruised
With your heart in a fist
And a foot out the door
I was punch-drunk
And lit up
I don’t want to live
Like that anymore
Chorus:
Girl
You’re thinking
Your life’s been one long beating
I’ve been hit, too
But I’m not blinking
You and me could be undefeated
Cold nights
Under street lights
Corner girl with
Eyes like a choir
I’m on the dark side
With a broken stride
Time I threw these running
Shoes on a wire
Chorus
Bridge:
I know how it feels to
Take it on the chin
Just one time I want to
Know
How it feels
To win
Solo
chorus
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2. |
Speed & Flame
03:37
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All matter is speed and flame
All life is chemical untamed
I’m clicking my heels, turning the key
All will be revealed in time to me
Take your shoes off
Let your stockings down
Put my name in your mouth
And work it all around
Chorus:
May my bed remain unmade
I want to carve you into me
But kiss me like you mean it
And I will be pleased
Everything I have wanted for
Has made its way to me
As you make your way across the floor
And wake me from this sleep
You open yourself to me
Like the skies give up the rain
I will carry the taste of your name on my lips
And I will be sustained
Chorus
Solo
Chorus
All matter is speed and flame
All life is chemical untamed
I’m clicking my heels, turning the key
I can feel the heavens move through me
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3. |
Wendy
06:20
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There’s snakeskin where my feet end
I’m crawling out of my mind
Deliver me humanity
Sweet anodyne
Chorus:
Oh, Wendy – that noise at your window
Hey, baby, that isn’t the wind
Oh, now Wendy, don’t lock down your window
Ain’t the leaves feeling lonesome
That’s me
wanting in
Blowing through bottles
A new song from despair
Whisper me love songs as I move
Through your hair
Chorus
Give myself to you
My blood turned to wine
Agnus Dei
Flesh made divine
Chorus
Car is freezing
I’m weaving through night air
I cannot feel the wheel, but
I’m almost there
coda:
Oh, Wendy, that noise you hear
That ain’t the wind, no
That’s me and I’m here
Oh, Wendy, the shadow you feel
That ain’t the night, no
That’s me and I’m real
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