Tangotalk

Tonight we’re gonna drink ’til the street sound like music And the music is just noise Tonight we’re gonna drink ’til I look like Hercules Come on, gather ’round, boys Come close, listen in The year was 1862 We took up arms after the war was through We knew that we could take what was left The city was ours We burned all their bridges We put them in a cage I was a natural leader, to whom the tribesmen bowed I rode around in the General’s clothes and had the only gun I fired warning shots and made the children dig I tortured all them surgeons, I ruled with an iron fist But for you, my love, I offered only grace The very first sight of you, I laid my eyes, so frustrate For your touch, I’d have conquered every village in the land I would of disembowelled myself just to hold your hand I saw you appear like a dream between trees I knew I had to get you to come and live with me But did you deceive? Maybe so But still I breathe for you alone I put them in ranks, I made them build a castle for me And a big statue in the square I made them carve my name on every piece of gold I made them carve yours everywhere On every tree, on every tree On every drop of rain I wanna feel the hole in your heart rip A beating heart, just squeeze it hard ’til it burst To feel its blood running down your wrist To know you are God Have you ever seen a man beg for his life? Have you ever seen that kind of fear? Have you ever seen a man boiled alive? Have you seen him writhe and writhe and writhe and writhe and writhe? Have you sat on a throne of men? Have you watched father and son fight to the death? Have you tasted human flesh? Have you had s*x with the dead? Have you seen a brain split in two? Then you know courage looks like Have you seen a woman give birth to a goat? That’s what courage looks like Have you seen a boat fashioned out of bones? Do you know what betrayal is? Do you know what disrespect is? Do you know what ungratefulness is? I’ll tell you all about it Oh, but you, my love, I could never blame All the things they say are hearsay You, my love, are faultless, you will never die You, my love, remain the apple of my eye You gave me nothing, but an incurable disease For which I’m so glad, you’ll always be with me With each itch of my loins, the music of your voice With each tremor and shake, your unmistakable voice You help me lapse into unreason You help me disintegrate With this whiskey, you are within me, hot in my throat You are, once again, whole I drink of your soul Betrayal is to overthrow the man who gave you everything Disrespect is to blow up the city he built Ungrateful, he’s a savage who knows not his luck I forgive them nothing, damn them all to hell That’s how I spent my adolescence Who’s next? I’m listening. Through a War lyrics – Geordie Greep : Get lyrics and music video of this beautiful song here on LyricsBull.com