Write This Down

Album: The National Health (2012)
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  • You said you wanted someone just like me
    You let me read it in your diary
    I'd like to write this out if you still read
    It was an awkward patch
    I had an itch to scratch

    We spent the summer kissing in a basement room
    Learning all the rules
    You made them up as you went along
    And then your passion cooled
    You really had me fooled

    I'm not gonna be around
    You better write this down
    I'm gonna leave without a sound
    You better write this down

    I didn't really need to hear the facts
    But you know me, I couldn't help but ask
    But now you're telling me to relax
    I chose the warmest day to rain on your parade

    I learned to love the sickly sweet
    In order to meet all of my body's needs
    You swore to keep me in your nest
    How could you tell a lie about the birth of a child?

    I'm not gonna be around
    You better write this down
    I'm gonna leave without a sound
    You better write this down (Defy you)
    We assemble it all and then we tear it away (Defy you)
    We assemble it all and then we tear it away

    (You wrote in your diary)
    (I wish you would show me)

    Here's an entry for your diary
    Dictation, are you ready?

    I'm not gonna be around
    You better write this down
    I'm gonna leave without a sound
    You better write this down (Defy you)
    We assemble it all and then we tear it away (Defy you)
    We assemble it all and then we tear it away (Defy you)

    I won't always be around
    You better write this down (Defy you)
    I will leave you on the ground
    You better write this down (Defy you)
    We assemble it all and then we tear it away (Defy you)
    I'm gonna leave without a sound
    You better write this down Writer/s: Archis Tiku, Duncan Robert Lloyd, Lukas Wooller, Paul Anthony Smith, Thomas English
    Publisher: Sentric Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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