Unfinished Business

Album: To Lose My Life… (2009)
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  • Just give me a second darling to clear my head
    Just put down those scissors baby on this single bed

    The sand in the hourglass is running low
    I came through thunder, the cold wind, the rain and the snow
    To find you awake by your windowsill
    A sight for sore eyes and a view to kill

    I broke down in horror at you standing there
    The glow from the moon shone through cracks in your hair
    I shouted with passion, "I love you so much"
    But feeling my skin, it was cold to the touch

    You whispered, "Where are you?"
    I questioned your doubt
    But soon realized you were talking to God now

    You've got blood on your hands and I know it's mine, I just need more time
    So get off your low and let's dance like we used to
    But there's a light in the distance waiting for me, I will wait for you
    So get off your low, let's kiss like we used to

    I looked in the mirror but something was wrong
    I saw you behind but my reflection was gone
    There was smoke in the fireplace as white as the snow
    A voice beckoned gently, now it's time to go

    A requiem played as you begged for forgiveness
    "Don't touch me", I screamed
    "I've got unfinished business"

    You've got blood on your hands and I know it's mine, I just need more time
    So get off your low and let's dance like we used to
    But there's a light in the distance waiting for me, I will wait for you
    So get off your low, let's kiss like we used to

    You've got blood on your hands and I know it's mine, I just need more time
    So get off your low and let's dance like we used to
    But there's a light in the distance waiting for me, I will wait for you
    So get off your low, let's kiss like we used to Writer/s: CHARLES CAVE, HARRY MCVEIGH, JACK BROWN
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Ross Clarke from Hayward's Heath Ash Grove White Lies is the best, amazing band and i love both of there songs including
    Fifty On our Foreheads
    Unfinished Business
    Time To Give
    Death
    To Lose My Life
    Morning In LA
    Never Alone
    Denial
    Take it out on me
    Hold Back your love
    First Time Caller
    There goes our love again
    Strangers
    Bigger Than Us
    Farewell to the fairground
    Son Of The Gun

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