Erasure • Lyrics
Victim Of Love
Show me the way, they say safety in numbers
I lift up my eyes to the sky
And imagine a crowd of hearts that surround me
And give me the courage to die
Were you to weep and lie soft at my feet
Then you'd wash all my troubles away
And imagine the host of angels around me
That give me the courage to die
I don't wanna look like some kind of fool
I don't wanna break my heart over you
I'm building a wall
Everyday it's getting higher
This time I won't end up another victim of love
You say that I could show some emotion
That I've been keeping secrets from you
But I can see through all your sweet talk
And all of your affections untrue
I'm gonna find you out
If I scream and I shout
You won't break down my protection
I don't wanna look like some kind of fool
I don't wanna break my heart over you
I'm building a wall
Everyday it's getting higher
This time I won't end up another victim of love
I'm gonna lock up what I'm feeling inside
Ain't no way you can break down the door
'Cause this time I've learned my lesson
You can take this declaration of war
Step right back
Put on your coat and your hat
Gonna avoid all complication
I don't wanna look like some kind of fool
I don't wanna break my heart over you
I'm building a wall
Everyday it's getting higher
This time I won't end up another victim of love
Slow the years go by
They stole your man off to war
Will you see the child
As you sing battle songs?
And it pains me
To think of the soldier's plight
I will pray
For your god to guide you home
And she cries for the soldier's return
Despair at feeling alone for so long
By the light of the candle that burns
For his life for the day of the soldier's return
Hear the cannon fire
Lost voices echo in the night
See the spoils of war
Young men are falling, ooh
Hear the drummer
Marching over the hill
Love returning
And the graves of the battle lie still
And she cries for the soldier's return
Despair at feeling alone for so long
By the light of the candle that burns
For his life for the day of the soldier's return
Hear the drummer
Marching over the hill
Love returning
And the graves of the battle lie still
And she cries for the soldier's return
Despair at feeling alone for so long
By the light of the candle that burns
For his life for the day of the soldier's return
Young men are falling
Anything you want, everything you need
Every time you take what's on offer
You can step on out, you can do without
You don't have to me like every other
Don't dance to the rhythm
Do something about it
Don't dance to the rhythm
You can do without it
Don't dance to the rhythm
Do something about it
Don't dance to the rhythm
You can do without it
Always stay in line, fool you every time
Wonder why it ends up in sorrow
You don't have to go, all you say is no
There's no rhythm that you have to follow
Don't dance to the rhythm
Do something about it
Don't dance to the rhythm
You can do without it
Don't dance to the rhythm
Do something about it
Don't dance to the rhythm
You can do without it
Don't dance to the rhythm
Do something about it
Don't dance to the rhythm
You can do without it
Everywhere you go, everything you do
Got to make the best just that bit better
You can step on out, you can do without
You don't have to be like every other
Don't dance to the rhythm
Do something about it
Don't dance to the rhythm
You can do without it
Don't dance to the rhythm
Do something about it
Don't dance to the rhythm
You can do without it
It wasn't me that saw you standing by the neon-lit door
It wasn't me that saw you clinging to somebody I deplore
Baby, don't show your face, don't move in my direction
Leave me to bleed
Your love, love can be fatal
Leave me to bleed
Your love, love can be fatal
It wasn't me that heard you whisper a name I'd never heard before
It wasn't me that heard you steal out to meet behind a secret door
I've been suspecting, I've done my own detecting
Leave me to bleed
Your love, love can be fatal
Leave me to bleed
Your love, love can be fatal
It wasn't me that saw you pick up a letter fallen on the floor
It wasn't me that heard you say you couldn't love me anymore
There's no mistaking, I guess I'll just be waiting
Leave me to bleed
Your love, love can be fatal
Leave me to bleed
Your love, love can be fatal
Leave me to bleed
Your love, love can be fatal
Make the world a little better
I don't believe you know what you're talking about
I don't believe you go and ever find out for yourself
Always got a lot to say
Well I'm not listening anyway
I'm not listening anyway
If I could make the world a little better
You know I would make the world a little better
If I could make the world a little better
I don't believe you care about the consequences
I don't believe you share in what you know we know is true
Turning keys and locking doors
I won't accept that anymore
Won't accept that anymore
If I could make the world a little better
You know I would make the world a little better
If I could make the world a little better
I don't believe you know about the hearts you've broken
I don't believe you show what your intentions really are
Can you hear? What have you done?
There's not enough for everyone
Not enough for anyone
If I could make the world a little better
You know I would make the world a little better
If I could make the world a little better
If I could make the world a little better
You know I would make the world a little better
If I could make the world a little better
If I could, you know I would