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So tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes 00:15
No better version of me I could pretend to be tonight 00:21
So deep in this swill with the most familiar of swine 00:26
For reasons wretched and divine 00:32
She blows outta nowhere, roman candle of the wild 00:37
Laughing away through my feeble disguise 00:42
No other version of me I would rather be tonight. 00:48
And, Lord, she found me just in time 00:53
'Cause with my mid-youth crisis all said and done 00:57
I need to be youthfully felt 'cause, God, I never felt young 01:03
She's gonna save me, call me "baby" 01:10
Run her hands through my hair 01:13
She'll know me crazy, soothe me daily 01:15
Better yet, she wouldn't care 01:19
We'll steal her Lexus, be detectives 01:21
Ride 'round picking up clues 01:25
We'll name our children, Jackie and Wilson 01:27
Raise 'em on rhythm and blues 01:30
Lord, it'd be great to find a place we could escape sometime 01:33
Me and my Isis growing black irises in the sunshine 01:38
Every version of me dead and buried in the yard outside 01:44
We'd sit back and watch the world go by 01:49
Happy to lie back watch it burn and rust 01:53
We tried the world, good God, it wasn't for us 01:59
She's gonna save me, call me "baby" 02:06
Run her hands through my hair 02:09
She'll know me crazy, soothe me daily 02:11
Better yet, she wouldn't care 02:14
We'll steal her Lexus, be detectives 02:17
Ride 'round picking up clues 02:20
We'll name our children, Jackie and Wilson 02:23
Raise 'em on rhythm and blues 02:26
02:30
Cut clean from the dream at night, let my mind reset 02:51
Looking up from a cigarette, and she's already left 02:57
I start digging up the yard for what's left of me and our little vignette 03:03
For whatever poor soul is coming next 03:08
She's gonna save me, call me "baby" 03:13
Run her hands through my hair 03:16
She'll know me crazy, soothe me daily 03:18
Better yet, she wouldn't care 03:21
We'll steal her Lexus, be detectives 03:24
Ride 'round picking up clues 03:27
We'll name our children, Jackie and Wilson 03:30
Raise 'em on rhythm and blues 03:33
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Jackie And Wilson

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Hozier
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[English]

So tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes

No better version of me I could pretend to be tonight

So deep in this swill with the most familiar of swine

For reasons wretched and divine

She blows outta nowhere, roman candle of the wild

Laughing away through my feeble disguise

No other version of me I would rather be tonight.

And, Lord, she found me just in time

'Cause with my mid-youth crisis all said and done

I need to be youthfully felt 'cause, God, I never felt young

She's gonna save me, call me "baby"

Run her hands through my hair

She'll know me crazy, soothe me daily

Better yet, she wouldn't care

We'll steal her Lexus, be detectives

Ride 'round picking up clues

We'll name our children, Jackie and Wilson

Raise 'em on rhythm and blues

Lord, it'd be great to find a place we could escape sometime

Me and my Isis growing black irises in the sunshine

Every version of me dead and buried in the yard outside

We'd sit back and watch the world go by

Happy to lie back watch it burn and rust

We tried the world, good God, it wasn't for us

She's gonna save me, call me "baby"

Run her hands through my hair

She'll know me crazy, soothe me daily

Better yet, she wouldn't care

We'll steal her Lexus, be detectives

Ride 'round picking up clues

We'll name our children, Jackie and Wilson

Raise 'em on rhythm and blues

...

Cut clean from the dream at night, let my mind reset

Looking up from a cigarette, and she's already left

I start digging up the yard for what's left of me and our little vignette

For whatever poor soul is coming next

She's gonna save me, call me "baby"

Run her hands through my hair

She'll know me crazy, soothe me daily

Better yet, she wouldn't care

We'll steal her Lexus, be detectives

Ride 'round picking up clues

We'll name our children, Jackie and Wilson

Raise 'em on rhythm and blues

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

eyes

/aɪz/

A1
  • noun
  • - organs of vision

time

/taɪm/

A1
  • noun
  • - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole

run

/rʌn/

A1
  • verb
  • - to move at a speed faster than a walk

hands

/hændz/

A1
  • noun
  • - the terminal part of the human arm located below the forearm, used for grasping and holding.

hair

/heər/

A1
  • noun
  • - any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals

children

/ˈtʃɪldrən/

A1
  • noun
  • - young human beings below the age of puberty or the legal age of majority

world

/wɜːrld/

A1
  • noun
  • - the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features.

baby

/ˈbeɪbi/

A2
  • noun
  • - a very young child

place

/pleɪs/

A2
  • noun
  • - a particular position or area

better

/ˈbɛtər/

A2
  • adjective
  • - of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things or people

version

/ˈvɜːrʒən/

B1
  • noun
  • - a particular form of something differing in certain respects from an earlier form or other forms of the same thing

reasons

/ˈriːzənz/

B1
  • noun
  • - a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event

detectives

/dɪˈtɛktɪvz/

B1
  • noun
  • - a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to investigate crimes and catch criminals

rhythm

/ˈrɪðəm/

B2
  • noun
  • - a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound

escape

/ɪˈskeɪp/

B2
  • verb
  • - to get away from a place or situation

sunshine

/ˈsʌnʃaɪn/

B2
  • noun
  • - direct sunlight; the light and warmth felt when the sun is shining

digging

/ˈdɪɡɪŋ/

B2
  • verb
  • - to break up and move soil using a tool or hands

divine

/dɪˈvaɪn/

C1
  • adjective
  • - of, from, or like God or a god

soothe

/suːð/

C1
  • verb
  • - to gently calm (a person or their feelings)

irises

/ˈaɪrɪsɪz/

C1
  • noun
  • - a flat, coloured, ring-shaped membrane behind the cornea of the eye, with an adjustable circular opening (pupil) in the centre
  • noun
  • - a plant with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing brightly coloured flowers

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