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Artist: Portugal The Man
Canonical path: /portugal-the-man/the-bottom
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Bottom
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The Bottom
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How high
Soldiers pull boys through rain
Ground to their toes
Ground to the dirt
Oh my
They spilled down the steps filed in rows
Like hair likes to pour
Like skin loves to warm
But teeth don't pull like these chains don't drag around
Because it's safe at the bottom
Wind
Down to the beds of the leaves
Bedding of sand
Where fire don't burn
Out
Out of the head streams
A maze of colors and shapes
That dance from these walls
But trust don't pay like these guns don't fuck around
Because it's safe at the bottom
I know, what I, what I know
And all I ever need is you
I know, what I, what I know
And all I ever need is you
Down
Down in the sand lives alone in
Shackles and bone
Meat blood from grown
Gravel and stone
But teeth don't pull like these chains don't drag around
Because it's safe at the bottom
Calm
Never finds rest these bones
For what we don't know
For all that we know
It's all that we've known
But trust don't pay like these guns don't fuck around
Because it's safe at the bottom
I know, what I, what I know
(I know, what I know, and all I ever need is you)
And all I ever need is you
I know, what I, what I know
(I know, what I know, and all I ever need is you)
And all I ever need is you
I know, what I, what I know
(I know, what I know, and all I ever need is you)
And all I ever need is you
I know, what I, what I know
And all I ever need is you
And all I ever need is you
But teeth don't pull like these chains don't drag around
We know it's safe at the bottom
I know, what I, what I know
(I know, what I know, and all I ever need is you)
And all I ever need is you
I know, what I, what I know
(I know, what I know, and all I ever need is you)
And all I ever need is you
I know, what I, what I know
(I know, what I know, and all I ever need is you)
And all I ever need is you
I know, what I, what I know
(I know, what I know, and all I ever need is you)
And all I ever need is you
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