Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Japanese Breakfast
Canonical path: /japanese-breakfast/machinist
Related lyric paths: 6
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Machinist
Read Machinist lyrics by Japanese Breakfast on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Machinist
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I don't know how it happened
Was it always this way, and I just couldn't see it?
Heart burning hot enough for the both of us
I never realized how much you were holding back
All the times I felt so plugged in
You were tuning out
A muted channel, a cold ship, a hologram, an abyss
How can I fight a kingdom of your demons?
A mist, so palpable
You can't have it all
Her and all the pleasure
A woman can give
Do you trust me?
Can you feel it?
Total control
Can't let go
It could be bliss
Machinist
Can't speak
You wanted it all
Let go a piece of your heart
All the pleasure it gives
Leave me, lost in the night
Shadows go in and go by
I just wanted it all
Here's to the night
A lullaby a creepin'
A song to win your love
See me at all?
Through all of your aggressors
The true one
Can't speak
You wanted it all
Let go a piece of your heart
All the pleasure it gives
Leave me, lost in the night
Shadows go in and go by
I just wanted it all
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Japanese Breakfast performs "Machinist", and this lyric page sits inside the Japanese Breakfast catalog on LyroVerse.
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