Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Alt-J
Canonical path: /alt-j/tessellate
Related lyric paths: 6
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Tessellate
Read Tessellate lyrics by Alt-J on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Tessellate
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Bite chunks out of me
You're a shark and I'm swimming
My heart still thumps as I bleed
And all your friends come sniffing
Triangles are my favourite shape
Three points where two lines meet
Toe to toe, back to back, let's go
My love it's very late
'Til morning comes, let's tessellate
Go alone my flower
And keep my whole lovely you
Wild green stones alone my lover
And keep us on my heart
Three guns and one goes off
One's empty, one's not quick enough
One burn, one red, one grin
Search the graves while the camera spins
Chunks of you will sink down to the seals
Blubber rich in mourning
They'll nosh you up, yes, they'll nosh the love away, but it's fair to say
You will still haunt me
Triangles are my favourite shape
Three points where two lines meet
Toe to toe, back to back, let's go
My love it's very late
'Til morning comes, let's tessellate
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Alt-J performs "Tessellate", and this lyric page sits inside the Alt-J catalog on LyroVerse.
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