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Artist: Idles
Canonical path: /idles/the-lover
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The Lover
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The Lover
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There's a feeling washing over me
It was built by you and me
Our unity makes me feel so free to say
Fuck you, I'm a lover
I feel the feeling and the feeling's pure
I gotta feeling I ain't scared no more
Because my people love me
And make me feel sure to say
Fuck you, I'm a lover
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Don't it feel good?
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Don't it feel good?
Look Ma, I'm a soul singer
Singing in the faces of the middle finger
So, I bite my thumb and let it linger
To say: Fuck you, I'm a lover
If I don't like the music you fake
I just won't listen to the piss you take, 'cause
Sycophants does not a good band make and
Fuck you, I'm a lover
You say you don't like my clichés
Our sloganeering and our catchphrase
I say: Love is like a freeway " and
Fuck you, I'm a lover
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Don't it feel good?
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Don't it feel good?
I want to cater for the haters
Eat shit
I want to cater for the haters
Eat shit
I want to cater for the haters
Eat shit
I want to cater for the haters
Eat shit
Eat shit!
Eat shit!
Eat shit!
Eat shit!
Eat shit!
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Don't it taste good?
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