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Artist: Fiona Apple
Canonical path: /fiona-apple/shadowboxer
Related lyric paths: 6
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Shadowboxer
Read Shadowboxer lyrics by Fiona Apple on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shadowboxer
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Once my lover, now my friend
What a cruel thing to pretend
What a cunning way to condescend
Once my lover, and now my friend
Oh, you creep up like the clouds
And you set my soul at ease
Then you let your love abound
And you bring me to my knees
Oh, it's evil, baby
The way you let your grace enrapture me
When well you know I'd be insane
To ever let that dirty game recapture me
You made me a shadowboxer, baby
I want to be ready for what you do
I've been swinging around me
'Cause I don't know when you're gonna make your move
Ooh, your gaze is dangerous
And you fill you space so sweet
If I let you get too close
You'll set your spell on me
So darling, I just want to say
Just in case I don't come through
I was on to every play
I just wanted you
But oh, it's so evil, my love
The way you've no reverence to my concern
So I'll be sure to stay wary of you, love
To save the pain of once my flame and twice my burn
And so I'm a shadowboxer, baby
I want to be ready for what you do
And I've been swinging around at nothing
I don't know when you're gonna make your move
Yeah, I'm a shadowboxer, baby
I want to be ready for what you do
And I've been swinging around me
'Cause I don't know when you'll make your move
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