Fire and the Thud

Album: Humbug (2009)
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  • You showed me my tomorrow
    Beside a box of matches
    A welcome threatening stir
    My hopes of being stolen
    Might just ring true
    Depends who you prefer
    But if it's true you're gonna run away
    Tell me where, I'll meet you there

    Am I snapping the excitement?
    If I pack away the laughter
    And tell you how it feels
    And does burden come to meet ya?
    If I've questions of the feature
    That runs on your dream reel?

    The day after you stole my heart
    Everything I touched told me
    It would be better shared with you, with you
    And now you're hiding in my soup
    And this book reveals your face
    And there's a splashing in my eyelids
    As the concentration continually breaks

    I did request the mark you cast
    Didn't heal as fast
    I hear your voice in silences
    Will the teasing of the fire be followed by the thud?

    In the jostling crowd
    You're not allowed to tell the truth
    And the photo booth's a liar (liar)
    And there's a sharpened explanation
    But there's no screaming reason to inquire
    I'd like to poke them in their prying eyes
    With things they never see if it smacked them in their temples Writer/s: Alex Turner
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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