A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction chords by Bright Eyes

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Verse 1
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The language in the dimmer rooms
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Seems to represent the light source well
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How soft they speak and seem
to be at peace
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With the music and the madness that is
pulling me into this
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Verse 2
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And the shades of the
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lamps are woven red
The light, it stains and consecrates
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Anointing all forgotten forms
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that swirl and smoke
And haunt this place

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Verse 3

The girls in gowns all nurse the dark

Pulling it near to their swelling breasts

And watch as it seeps to their hearts

And beats within their virgin chests

Verse 4
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And here I know seduc
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tion breeds
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From wanton hearts that would seduce
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And grows and spreads
it's vine and leaves
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Embracing those who might have moved

Verse 5
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But now remain to drink the night
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from vials black and thick
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With intoxicating delights
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would leave you drunk
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Inside this dream
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And you watch them take the light from
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you And you find yourself on a velvet couch
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Tasting the skin of a foreign girl
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Her eyes are black and wet like oil
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And she ties your hands with
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a string of pearls

Verse 6
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And you tremble like a frightened bird
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As she closes in and captures
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you to place you
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In a silver cage deep within
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her poisoned womb
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So  once you're safe inside,
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she might let you out

Verse 7
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To fly in circles around the room
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But it's al ways night and there
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is no moon
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And you wonder if you
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are still alive
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And you're not sure if you want to be

Verse 8
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But you drink her sweat like it was wine
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And you lay with her on a bed of blue
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And it's awful sweet
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Like the fruit she cuts and   feeds
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to you