Mother Nature
by MGMT

Album: Loss of Life (2023)
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  • I put the groceries down on the front lawn
    And think maybe the children just want recognition
    I wrote the fairytale on a midnight drive
    Wanting to know if I'm more than alive
    I torched the fields again
    And killed an honest man
    Now I understand mother nature
    Watch me running head-first into the thorns
    It's like the lights are off but somebody's home

    Unwrap that tourniquet 'round the sun
    Turn those subtle reds into neon
    You'll see the difference when it's done
    But I understand your hesitation

    Come take a walk with me down billionaire's row
    Trying to keep our balance over zero
    We'll write the fairytale for the rest of our lives
    Throwing the trash away one more time

    Holding on to love like a stone
    Melting down today for tomorrow's
    Covenant of the heart
    You know it's turbulent from the start
    And I understand it's not your nature

    But you need a friend
    To take you home
    You've got to begin again

    To open castle gates and let me go inside
    And taste the bitter tea that won't let you hide
    Then we can take away as much as we can steal
    Break all the precious bones before the guards appear
    Before the fantasy is cast into the fire
    And strike the temple bell to resonate
    The covenant of the heart
    You know what comes right after the dark
    But I understand your hesitation Writer/s: Andrew Vanwyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Brian Burton
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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