Dark Necessities

Album: The Getaway (2016)
Charted: 72 67
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  • Coming out to the light of day
    We got many moons that are deep at play
    So I keep an eye on the shadow's smile
    To see what it has to say
    You and I both know
    Everything must go away
    Ah, what do you say?
    Spinning knot that is on my heart
    It's like a bit of light and a touch of dark
    You got sneak attacked from the zodiac
    But I see your fire spark
    Eat the breeze and go
    Blow by blow and go away
    Oh, what do you say?

    Yeah, you don't know my mind
    You don't know my kind
    Dark necessities are part of my design and
    Tell the world that I'm falling from the sky
    Dark necessities are part of my design

    Stumble down to the parking lot
    You got no time for the afterthought
    They're like ice cream for an astronaut
    Well that's me looking for we
    Turn the corner and
    Find the world at your command
    Playing the hand

    Yeah, you don't know my mind
    You don't know my kind
    Dark necessities are part of my design
    Tell the world that I'm falling from the sky
    Dark necessities are part of my design

    Do you want this love of mine?
    The darkness helps all to shine
    Do you want it, do you want it now?
    Do you want it all the time?
    The darkness helps us all to shine
    Do you want it, do you want it now?

    Pick you up like a paperback
    With the track record of a maniac
    So I move it in and we unpack
    It's the same as yesterday
    Any way we roll
    Everything must go away
    Ah, what do you say?

    Yeah, you don't know my mind
    You don't know my kind
    Dark necessities are part of my design
    Tell the world that I'm falling from the sky
    Dark necessities are part of my design

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    Ah, ah Writer/s: Anthony Kiedis, Brian Joseph Burton, Chad Gaylord Smith, Josh Adam Klinghoffer, Michael Peter Balzary
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Anonymous from Dani, CaliforniaIt's one of their best. I'm glad at least one new rock band can make good music.
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