Long Gone Before Daylight lyrics

oh, my heart can't carry much more
i'ts really really aching and sore
my heart don't care anymore
i really can't bear more

my hands don't work like before
i shiver and scrape at your door
my heart can't carry much more
but you couldn’t care less, could you?

your face don't look like before
its really not like yours anymore
your eyes don't like me no more

Hey baby come round
keep holding me down
and I'll be keeping you up tonight.
The four letter word got stuck in my head
the dirtiest word that I've ever said
it's making me feel alright.
For what it's worth I love you
and what is worse I really do
oh what is worse I'm gonna run run run
'till the sweetness gets to you
and what is worse I love you!

Hey please baby come back

Oh it's healing bang bang bang
I can hear your cannons call
You've been aiming at my land
You're hungry hammer's falling
And if you want me I'm your country

I'm an angel bored liked hell
and you're a devil meaning well
You steal my lines and you strike me down
Come raise your flag upon me
And if you want me I'm your country
If you win me I'm forever
Oh Yeah

it's way to late to think of
someone I would call now
the neon signs got tired
red eye flights help the stars out
I'm safe in the corner
just hours before me

I'm walking with the roaches
the world has surreddered
I'm dating ancient ghosts
(the one I made friends with)
the comfort of fireflies
long gone before daylight

and if I had one wish fulfilled tonight

oh, my heart can't carry much more
i'ts really really aching and sore
my heart don't care anymore
i really can't bear more

my hands don't work like before
i shiver and scrape at your door
my heart can't carry much more
but you couldn’t care less, could you?

your face don't look like before
its really not like yours anymore
your eyes don't like me no more

With a sampled heartbeat and a stolen soul
i sold my songs to have my fortune told
and it said: you should know that love will never die
but see how it kills you in the blink of an eye

I know of love as a hot white light
that knocks you down and then leaves you dry
oh, how can it be, sweet mama tell me why
why all love's disciples have to wither and die

chorus:

Oh it's healing bang bang bang
I can hear your cannons call
You've been aiming at my land
You're hungry hammer's falling
And if you want me I'm your country

I'm an angel bored liked hell
and you're a devil meaning well
You steal my lines and you strike me down
Come raise your flag upon me
And if you want me I'm your country
If you win me I'm forever
Oh Yeah

I went to far, yes I came to close
I drove away the one yhat I loved the most
now I ride the tide on a boat made of sand
I'm sailning for another to guide me to land

and lead me into the night
please drive away the light
'cause I've been blinded by glitter and gold
my eyes need to rest from the light
and sleep well at night

I travelled east and I travelled west

man, I've had a few
but they wouldn't quite blow me like you
you gave me your name and signed
with a halo around my eye

and it hit me like never before
that love is a powerful force
yes, it struck methet love is a sport
so I pushed you a little bit more

love, you're news to me
you're a litte bit more than i thought you'd be
a mole in my well-fed lawn

the music's playin on, but somethings wrong, somethings gone.
the majors turning blue, and so did you, so did you.
Im noticing the dirt, and it hurts that you left.
You really had to go, so you say, so you say.
Birds leave there nest, and they fly,
theres no body left here but I.
If there is a chance, just one in this world,
that we'll ever dance, again as it turns.

Hey baby come round
keep holding me down
and I'll be keeping you up tonight.
The four letter word got stuck in my head
the dirtiest word that I've ever said
it's making me feel alright.
For what it's worth I love you
and what is worse I really do
oh what is worse I'm gonna run run run
'till the sweetness gets to you
and what is worse I love you!

Hey please baby come back

i came home in the morning and everything was gone
oh what have i done?
i drop dead in the hallway cursing the dawn
oh come on sun why must i burn?

i'm just trying to learn

i stared into the light to kill some of my pain
it was all in vain as no senses remain
got an ache in my body and regret on my mind
but i'll be fine 'cause

i live and i learn
yes i live and i learn

For 27 years i've been trying
to believe and confide in
different people i found
some of them got closer than others
some wouldn't even bother
and then you came around

I didn't really know what to call you
you didn't know me at all
but i was happy to explain
i never really knew how to move you
so i tried to intrude through
the little holes in your veines
And i saw you

it takes no match to give me a spark
now i'm trying out another heart
i've been whining about a fresh start
i've found myself a good horse

i've spurred it over quicksand
and i rode it through the hollow land
and i fed it with a shaky hand
i've found myself a strong horse

these are the promises i can keep
these are the promises i can keep
to live like i must

so you're tryin' to do what they did
your friends that turned to liquid
and got lost in a sea
now you're drownong me

with you'r talk of four-leaf clovers
you turn to rocks and omen
to beat the ambient harm
that is bruising your karma

oh I wish my arms were wider
I wish that I could hide you
so you could rest and repair

without the blanket of sorrow
the thick and the grey