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Humiliation

The National20 May 2013

Humiliation Lyrics

Humiliation (羞辱) - The National

Written by:Bryce Dessner/Bryan Devendorf/Scott Devendorf/Aaron Dessner

 

I survived the dinner

 

And the air went thinner

 

I retired to the briers by the pool

It gets so loud

 

If I die this instant

 

Taken from a distance

 

They would probably list it down

Among other things 'round town

 

Got my rings around me

I got baby to pound me

 

I see stars and go weak

My baby cries and lays me down

In the skies over black Venice

 

I see eyes of a white menace

 

The surprise of the week

Is that I never heard the sound

 

All the L.A. women

 

Fall asleep while swimming

 

I got paid to fish 'em out

 

And then one day I lost the job

And I cried a little

 

I got fried a little

 

Then she laid her eyes on mine

 

And she said babe you're better off

 

I got my rings around me

I got baby to pound me

I see stars and go weak

 

My baby cries and lays me down

In the skies over black Venice

 

I see eyes of a white menace

 

The surprise of the week

Is that I never heard the sound

 

Tunnel vision lights my way

 

Lead a little life today

 

As the free fall advances

 

I'm the moron who dances

 

Ah

I was teething on roses

 

I was in guns and noses

 

Ah

Under the withering white skies of humiliation

 

Under the withering white skies of humiliation

 

Tunnel vision lights my way

 

Lead a little life today

 

Tunnel vision lights my way

 

Lead a little life today

 

She wore blue velvet

 

Said she can't help it

 

She wore blue velvet

 

Said she can't help it

 

She wore blue velvet

 

 

Said she can't help it

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