Slide (B-Side) Lyrics

I found your tapes at home

So don't mind if I borrow

I watch the flesh that burns

And it feels entirely hollow

I called Virginia twice

And the penance surely followed

Well I know it serves me right

To think I'm walking on that tightrope

Serves me right to think I might

Be somebody you loved

Serves me good to think I could

Make poetry of snuff

Say you know me best

And you know what's right

Say I can't go tonight

Now I can't breathe

Just say you'll let it slide

I can't breathe

Just say you'll let it slide

I heard of horrors grave

A little girl could not envisage

They know I soaked it up

Now I am moulding in your image

When I crane and turn my neck

For a stranger in the backseat

Your unfamiliar car

Convinced the world it is a taxi

It comes up like a hungry beast

And I hear the engine purr

Serves me right to think you might

Just want to drive me home

Say you know me best

And you know what's right

Say I can't go tonight

Now I can't breathe

Just say you'll let it slide

I can't breathe

Just say you'll let it slide

Now I'm on a hundred grams

And I wallow in your silence

Feet firmly on the ground

But the clouds are looking violent

I feel the vapour sting

So I see red and tender bodies

They never grow their wings

I don't know who you are above me

I don't know who you are above me

I don't know who you are above me

Say you know me best

And you know what's right

Say I can't go tonight

Now I can't breathe

Just say you'll let it slide

I can't breathe

Just say you'll let it slide