Lirieke:
Age Of The Understatement

About as subtle as an earthquake I know My mistakes were made for you And in the back room of a bad dream, she came And whisked me away enthused And

You bit your lip And on the tip of your tongue was your view He hadn't dealt with how you felt In ways that suited you Got paper cuts From the love letters

You want to have her, two years have gone now But I can't relate to the never ending games that you play As desire passes through then you're open to

The time has come again Slowly walking down the steps To where she would have been If only they were seventeen Waiting patiently And stood between a

Leave yourself alone Can't you see you're only here to be torn apart Based upon a nothingness So leave yourself alone, leave yourself alone Tell your

I can still remember when your city smelt exciting I still get a whiff of that aroma now and then Burglary and fireworks, the skies they were alighting

s affection to rent The age of the understatement Before the attraction ferments Kiss me properly and pull me apart Affection to rent the age of the understatement

Vertaling: Laaste skadupoppe. Ouderdom van die onderbeklemtoning.

He bit your lip And on the tip Of your tongue Was your view The heavy belt With how you felt In ways That tilted you The paper cuts From the love letter