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Mutilate Us

by AM/FM

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"Oh Hallelujah..." what I said to the stars Every night that I thought you might have crashed you car "Oh Hallelujah..." what I said to myself Every day that I thought you might have fucked someone else And how I love the way you smile at me With those fangs that you show for teeth You said that I was full of shit But what's so wrong with that? Shopping malls and mothballs Cheap figure eights and a couple of dates Broken dream Broken knees Love is forever but sometimes death seems better... Cigarettes and barrettes Late night drives and the rest of our lives Simple plans Made romance Death is forever but sometimes love is better...
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Caroline, you've gone and confused my mind with the ways that you wander Your family's not there for you now and alone you go under I recall lonely nights talking until two about the ideas you wonder Are out there still, waiting to be discovered And how they all wait alone Waiting to be called Home ain't quite the same anymore All the flowers are dead that once lead to your door And now dollar bills shingle the shack in which you shave And tho' the sun is still red it slaps coldly on your face And I've done you wrong With this song that does you wrong So I color my hands in black and blue And they train me to see the best light for you But it does you wrong Yeah it does you wrong Cause the chords can't remind And words can't try to hide The simple mistake I think you make Even your best man won't miss you like I do
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Make no mistake this is now wave of understanding And I'm looking to fight My room runs circles and there's no way that I'm standing By myself tonight Because our little babies have gone away And our little babies are gone Our best times aren't coming back again Our best friends are better off the same Out best lines, well they're our best lines You and me we weren't like this at 23 I could play guitar and you could sing We were free and you actually spoke to me My how you could sing...
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I know your stupid girlfriends they all act so cold about those whores I know your stupid boyfriends they all act so bold They know how... And you... I know it's stupid of me to act so old But those eyes are on me and I know that so... They know how long you hide away They know how long...
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When fall breaks back into winter I will love you most of all, my shore But it will remind me of that song that makes you uncomfortable And you'll spray and spit and ebb and tide like those notes you adore And it will leave me no choice but to see that which I am able Out beyond the waves I can see your grave And sons they sing about their father's one-armed demands And daughters are twice screwed up as they howl about their ovaries and glands But as I walk along your Jersey shore I am told that the ways you once were are no more And I realize that I am a revolving door Of thoughts of the first great World War When my grandfather swore and swore and swore To see you once again and more So for now pretend we're accomplices Accomplishing an end To return their love to the ones They were bent by unfair love And for that I shall be Your recklessly
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It's six a.m. and the sunlight is all to blame When happiness is a four letter word you can't say Ten minutes on and your further, further away But you and I and the summer nights were the same Off to work through the leaves that have fallen away I see your name in mistakes I continue to make Now only devils line the streets while I'm awake But you and I and the autumn nights were the same Out in the streets with my head full of smoke and of flame My brightest hours are the ones where I remember your name My darkest hours are the ones when I drink it away But you and I and the winter nights were the same Sarah's called and your secret is all the rage You and your heart and the lives you continue to waste Spring came at last and in time yes it moved away Spring came at last and in time yes it moved away
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Tune in Tokyo; Your wires must be crossed Your secret is safe with me but the message is lost I fall asleep to dreams of space tonight Tonight I dream of space in the radio Tune in Tokyo; Listen for the science of night Swear by the stereo that this fight might be right Deep space and outer space...
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Your son-in-law won't run away He'll only hesitate He certainly knows how to wait Your son-in-law won't run away He'll only wish and wait That he can fly away tomorrow But if he did, flew away (You'd be more likely to see snow in May) But don't forget the words that he said 'Cause he'll probably be back tomorrow...
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And so they got away With all the games that they play And you and I just stare at them And wonder where we went wrong And so they got away And appeared in Time magazine Famous, infamous and famous And so they got away And today is just another day
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How many footsteps are you away from your door? I spend all day building this home for you that you don't want anymore The broken sink drips the hours away It tells the story of how you refused to stay It swears it's you and not me that's to blame But I don't trust it no more How many footsteps are you away from my door I meant? How many footsteps 'till you are back inside my bed? It's really sad and stupid yes, yes I know But you are the one that I want And you are the one that I love And if we are the ones that will cross moutains for love Then we are the ones that let love mutilate us
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-- 01:46

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released March 6, 2001

AM|FM is Brian Sokel and Michael Parsell

Recorded over the course of 2000 at The Meatlocker, Philadelphia PA
Engineered by Terence Yerves
Produced by AM|FM and Terence Yerves
Mastered by John Baker at Maja Mastering, Philadelphia PA
Design by AM|FM
Photography by Eric Wareheim

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The post-punk duo AM/FM is Brian Sokel and Michael Parsell. They operated primarily between 1999 and 2003. However, new music is being released currently.

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