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Artist: Jonny Was
Canonical path: /jonny-was/compliment
Related lyric paths: 6
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Compliment
Read Compliment lyrics by Jonny Was on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Compliment
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You've got your hands around my throat
Now breathing is the hardest thing to do when you're this way.
You've got this feeling I can't fake.
No cry or try to take away from me
There's still a price you have to pay.
It's okay won't stay
There's got to be a better way.
I feel like slipping through the door.
It's all right tonight you've got me standing in the light.
Just tell me what I'm waiting for.
You hold me up against the flames.
The hotter that it gets the more you make me want to stay.
You break the harder that I try.
I hate this feeling that you left inside.
Just help me help you get away.
It's okay won't stay
There's got to be a better way.
I feel like slipping through the door.
It's all right tonight you've got me standing in the light.
Just tell me what I'm waiting for.
It's okay won't stay
There's got to be a better way.
I feel like slipping through the door.
It's all right tonight you've got me standing in the light.
Just tell me what I'm waiting for.
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Jonny Was performs "Compliment", and this lyric page sits inside the Jonny Was catalog on LyroVerse.
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