I’M BREATHLESS.
THE CLOCK IS IN PIECES ON THE FLOOR. I KNEW IN TIME I’D USE THAT AXE.
IT’S NO GOOD FOR MY HEALTH. BUT I CAN’T CONTROL MYSELF.
YOU DON’T REMEMBER BREAKING MY HEART.
BUT IT’S SOMETHING I JUST CAN’T FORGET.
I THINK I’LL SINK INTO ONE OF MY DREAMS TONIGHT.
NOW I STAND THERE WITH MY BACK TO YOU.
DAYDREAMING WHEN THE MOON IS FULL. YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE UNDER FIRE.
EVERYBODY’S LONELY, NO DOUBT. BUT SOME OF US DON’T WANT TO GET OUT.
IF YOU WALK THESE STREETS AT NIGHT, YOU SEE THINGS NOBODY SEES.
YOU LEARN FIRST-HAND THE THINGS YOU KNOW FROM MOVIE MEMORIES.
I’M BREATHLESS.
I SET YOUR STUFFED BEAR ON FIRE. ALL THAT’S LEFT IS HIS GLASS EYE.
I TORCHED EVERY SINGLE I LOVE YOU.
BURNED THE HEARTS AND YOUR LIPSTICK KISS. I NEVER THOUGHT IT’D COME TO THIS.
YOU DON’T REMEMBER BREAKING MY HEART.
BUT IT’S SOMETHING I JUST CAN’T FORGET.
IT WAS A CLOSE ONE. THAT IS THE TRUTH.
YOU ALMOST LOVED ME AND SQUANDERED YOUR YOUTH.
I THINK I’LL SINK INTO ONE OF MY DREAMS TONIGHT.
YOU DON’T REMEMBER BREAKING MY HEART.
credits
from Terrible Pictures Of Harriet,
released May 15, 2005
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