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Artist: Split Enz
Canonical path: /split-enz/the-devil-you-know
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Devil You Know
Read The Devil You Know lyrics by Split Enz on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Devil You Know
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I long to see the other side of things
Hung on the cliff, in search of something big
I can't look down, I can only retreat
Who knows one day I'll dive into the sea
Here we all are sitting like fools
Stuck by the rules of fate
Is what we are what we've grown to believe
Better the devil you know
Live for the day we throw caution to the wind
All we need is the courage to begin
I might get hurt but never be scared again
At once to feel the pleasure and the pain
Into the city, into the city every day
Into the city, piling through the factory gates
It's not easy, it's not easy to escape
All the decisions that you've already made
I long to see the other side of things
Hung on the cliff, in search of something big
I can't look down, I can only retreat
Who knows one day I'll dive into the sea
Here we all are sitting like fools
Stuck by the rules of fate
Is what we are what we've grown to believe
Better the devil you know
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Split Enz performs "The Devil You Know", and this lyric page sits inside the Split Enz catalog on LyroVerse.
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