Little Dark Age
by MGMT

Album: Little Dark Age (2017)
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  • Breathing in the dark
    Lying on its side
    The ruins of the day
    Painted with a scar
    And the more I straighten out
    The less it wants to try
    The feelings start to rot
    One wink at a time

    Oh
    Forgiving who you are
    For what you stand to gain
    Just know that if you hide
    It doesn't go away
    When you get out of bed
    Don't end up stranded
    Horrified with each stone
    On the stage, my little dark age

    Picking through the cards
    Knowing what's nearby
    The carvings on the face
    Say they find it hard
    And the engine's failed again
    All limits of disguise
    The humor's not the same
    Coming from denial

    Oh
    I grieve in stereo
    The stereo sounds strange
    I know that if you hide
    It doesn't go away
    If you get out of bed
    And find me standing all alone, open-eyed
    Burn the page, my little dark age

    I grieve in stereo
    The stereo sounds strange
    You know that if it hides
    It doesn't go away
    If I get out of bed
    You'll see me standing all alone, horrified
    On the stage, my little dark age

    Giddy with delight
    Seeing what's to come
    The image of the dead
    Dead ends in my mind

    Policemen swear to god
    Love's seeping from the guns
    I know my friends and I
    Would probably turn and run
    If you get out of bed
    Come find us heading for the bridge, bring a stone
    All the rage, my little dark age

    I grieve in stereo
    The stereo sounds strange
    I know that if you hide
    It doesn't go away
    If you get out of bed
    And find me standing all alone, open-eyed
    Burn the page, my little dark age

    All alone, open-eyed
    Burn the page, my little dark age Writer/s: Andrew VanWyngarden, Benjamin Goldwasser
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Aj Jacinto from Murrumba Downs, Kallangur, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaI love listening to little dark age because it makes me vent out all the depression that might be building up so I can just feel something instead pretending every day is a good day, even when it’s not, I love how it starts slow then it gets more rhythmic and makes me contemplate about some of the things and people in my life
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