broad-shouldered beasts

broad-shouldered beasts fill the sky

manhattan beats at the night

but you are wrapped up in wire

curled up in fright

so i took you to the city for the night

to dance under dizzy silver lights

but for a moment

you were wild

with abandon like a child

just a moment

but wasn't it you who said i was not free

and wasn't it you who said i needed peace

and now it's you who's floored by fear of it all

and it's alright

take it out on me

these apartment walls are paper thin

and no one is trying to listen in

what to hear our doubts

hear our whispered shouts

they don't care

wasn't it you who said i was not free

and wasn't it you who said i needed peace

and now it's you who's floored by fear of it all

but when you feel the world wrapping round your neck

feel my hand wrapped in yours

and when you feel the world wrapping round your neck

don't succumb

but it's alright

take it out on me