Hurts Like Heaven

Album: Mylo Xyloto (2011)
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  • Written in graffiti on a bridge in a park
    Do you ever get the feeling
    That you're missing the mark?
    It's so cold, it's so cold
    It's so cold, it's so cold

    Written up in marker on a factory sign
    I struggle with the feeling
    That my life isn't mine
    It's so cold, it's so cold
    It's so cold, it's so cold

    See the arrow that they shot trying
    To tear us apart took the fire from my belly and
    The beat from my heart
    Still I won't let go
    Still I won't let go

    You, ooh, ooh
    Oh you, use your heart as a weapon
    And it hurts like heaven

    On every street, every car, every surface in nature
    And at the streets are rising and you'd rather sing
    Don't let them take control
    No, we won't let 'em take control

    Yes, I feel a little bit nervous
    Yes, I feel nervous and I cannot relax
    I'm coming 'round to get us
    I'm coming 'round when they don't know the facts

    So on a concrete canvas and a glow in the dark
    On a concrete canvas, I will make you a mark
    Armed with the spray can soul
    I'll be armed with the spray can soul

    You, ooh, ooh
    Ooh, ooh, ooh

    'Cause you use your heart as a weapon
    And it hurts like heaven

    Whoa-oh-oh
    Whoa-oh-oh

    Yeah, it's true, when you
    Use your heart as a weapon
    And it hurts like heaven

    Oh and it hurts like heaven Writer/s: Brian Eno, Brian Peter George Eno, Christopher Anthony John Martin, Guy Rupert Berryman, Jonathan Mark Buckland, William Champion
    Publisher: Royalty Network, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Nawaf from Manama, BahrainThe song is about not being afraid to open up and listen to you're heart. The chorus clearly states "Oh you use as your heart as a weapon and it hurts like heaven".
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