I Love You Too, Death
by MGMT

Album: MGMT (2013)
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  • Who is much more than a friend,
    But never by my side?
    All beginnings are an end,
    In the blackness there's a light
    Maybe you will only read
    One or two letters at the most
    Shipping crates might line the streets,
    Every stranger is a ghost
    Cashiers won't deduct the pain,
    Loneliness sleeps on the couch
    Only noticing the stain
    Once the color's faded out
    Let's go camping in the cold,
    Make a fire, buy a tent
    Envision leather getting old,
    Re-send pigeons that were sent
    Try to memorize your smell,
    It reminds me of a field
    Crickets clearer than a bell
    Have all their guts recast in steel
    Birds don't cry when echoes quit,
    They trail off into the fog
    Autumn hurts far less than sticks,
    Knowing winter's five feet tall
    Generations of defeat
    All assuming your the worst
    They never tied the cans
    To the back end of a hearse
    Take your hand against my own,
    If there's a finger I can grip
    Reassure me at the ace
    Mine's a black heart you could flip
    I've come to terms with what I have,
    What's been given, what's been asked
    Turn my back against the sea,
    And beg the serpent for a dance
    But in the red dirt muddy towns,
    Celebration of the dark
    Children walking hand in hand
    With the pygmies in the park
    I can't touch you only once,
    You always leave me wanting more
    So keep my feet within the house,
    And stick my toes just past the door
    Let me know when I'm in love,
    Let me die when I'm in love Writer/s: ANDREW WELLS VANWYNGARDEN, BENJAMIN NICHOLAS HUNER GOLDWASSER
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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