Lion in a Coma

Album: Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
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  • When all this mess will ever get away
    Away they part from Chinatown
    Weaving in and out of line
    Sidewalk's full of merchandise
    My nervous tick has capped a lip
    My cheeks are chewed down to the bit
    Upon the roof is stealing at
    The hustling crowds still reach down
    I go up there and light a leaf
    And wish our turn was next now
    I'm paler than a summer blouse
    That's packed inside a haunted house
    I packed my bags and feel the family here is cropped by many hands
    That dig and plant me for the spring, come dig me out my lucid brain

    This wilderness up in my head
    This wilderness that's up in my head
    This wilderness needs to get right out of my clothes and get into my bedroom

    Is there no reason it can be
    The way it was musically
    My three best friends so casually
    Just letting go so joyfully
    And if I let my wrist get tired
    And if I let my spirit cry out
    I'll always be happy or down
    Is it just trying to divide?
    It makes me think my dearest things
    Are not what they're supposed to be
    I trick myself when it gets hard
    I've got to keep up, oh my god
    And hope that I will not be wrong
    And keep my faith in sound and song
    I'm blooming but my roots
    Reminds me not to leave them back in time

    This wilderness up in my head,
    This wilderness that's up in my head,
    This wilderness needs to get right out of my clothes and get into my bedroom

    Lion in a coma, lion in a coma, do do do do
    Lion in a coma, lion in a coma, do do do do

    Sometimes the sun will shine, yes I am just feelin' fine
    Sometimes I'm not aware where I am or what I care
    Sometimes I'm well-to-do but I don't know what to do
    Sometimes I don't agree with my thoughts on being free

    Please don't leave me
    Things that feel good,
    I've been lucky trying to feel good

    Sometimes the sun will shine, yes I am just feelin' fine
    Sometimes I'm not aware where I am or what I care
    Sometimes I'm well-to-do but I don't know what to do
    Sometimes I don't agree with my thoughts on being free

    Please don't leave me
    Things that feel good
    I've been lucky trying to feel good

    Lion in a coma, lion in a coma
    Who wants to smell the fine aroma
    Lion in a coma, lion in a coma
    Who wants to run again at home
    A lion in a coma, lion in a coma
    Who wants to use his aching bones
    A lion in a coma, lion in a coma
    Don't keep a lion in a coma

    Lion in a coma, lion in a coma
    Who wants to smell the fine aroma
    Lion in a coma, lion in a coma
    Who wants to use his aching bones
    A lion in a coma, lion in a coma
    Who wants to run again at home
    A lion in a coma, lion in a coma
    Don't keep a lion in a coma Writer/s: Brian Ross Weitz, David Michael Portner, Lathozi Mpahleni, Noah Benjamin Lennox
    Publisher: DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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