Separate and Ever Deadly

Album: The Age Of The Understatement (2008)
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  • When we walked the streets together
    All the faces seemed to smile back
    And now the pavements
    Have nothing to offer
    And all the faces seem to need a slap

    There's an unfamiliar grip
    On an unfamiliar handkerchief
    Attending to the tears on cheeks
    I wouldn't notice
    With you no matter how vicious the grief
    Her expression was damp and crooked
    Grabs onto my throat and won't let go

    Won't let go
    Won't let go
    Won't let go

    Save me from
    The secateurs
    I'll pretend
    I didn't hear
    Can't you see
    I'm the ghost in the wrong coat
    Biting butter and crumbs

    There's a handsome maverick
    You don't talk about to keep me calm
    And I can't help
    But try create a diversion
    Pulls you back onto his arm

    Please don't tell me
    You don't have to darling I can sense
    That he painted you a gushing sunset
    And slayed
    Their angry panthers in your defense
    He stands separate and ever deadly
    Clings onto my throat and won't let go

    Won't let go
    Won't let go
    Won't let go

    Save me from
    The secateurs
    I'll pretend
    I didn't hear
    Can't you see
    I'm a ghost
    In the wrong coat
    Biting butter and crumbs Writer/s: Alexander David Turner, Miles Peter Kane
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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