The People That We Love
by Bush

Album: Golden State (2001)
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  • Speed kills, coming down the mountain
    Speed kills, coming down the street
    Speed kills, with presence of mind and
    Speed kills, if you know what I mean

    Got to feel, woke up inside again
    Got to feel, less broke more fixed
    Got to feel, when I got outside myself
    Got to feel, when I touched your lips

    The things we do to the people that we love
    The way we break if there's something we can't take
    Destroy the world that we took so long to make

    We expect her gone for some time
    I wish her safe from harm
    To find yourself in a foreign land
    Another refugee, outsider refugee

    How's it feel? She's coming up roses
    How's it feel? She's coming up sweet
    How's it feel when it's all in spite of you?
    How's it feel when she's out of your reach?

    The things we do to the people that we love
    The way we break if there's something in the way
    Destroy the world that we took so long to make

    We expect her gone for some time
    I wish her safe from harm
    To find yourself in a foreign land
    Another refugee, outsider refugee

    What happened to you?
    What happened to you? (What happened to you?)
    What happened to you? (What happened to you?)
    What happened to you?

    The things we do to the people that we love
    The things we do to the people that we love
    The things we do to the people that we love
    The things we do to the people that we-
    That we love Writer/s: Gavin Rossdale
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Cole from Suwanee, GaI remember writing the lyrics to this song after I lost my first love, an it made me feel so much better
  • Chris from Claremont, CaThe lyrics say it plainly; he (and others) do things in relationships that they most times regret, and wish they could take back.
  • Marius from Lüneburg, Germanythis song was also used in a race-computergame called "need for speed"
    great song, not very deep but fast and cool
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