Coal

The Devastations Coal Lyrics
1.Sex And Machine

The wine may have loosened my tongue,
But you're gonna thank me later on.
I get no refuge in sleep,
With you in my severed dreams.

With your foreign hand comfort me
And your foreign tongue speak to me
I'm not alone with you,
With you in my severed dreams.

Uhh, sex and mayhem
When you buried my head
In your child-baring hips.
Once again, sex and mayhem,
Then you stole my pulse again.

When you buried my head
In your child-baring hips,
Once again (sex and mayhem)
Then you stole my pulse again.

Uhh, sex and mayhem
When you buried my head
In your child-baring hips.
Once again, sex and mayhem,
And you splintered my bones,
And rattled my teeth
Once again
La la la la la


2.Night I Couldn't Stop Crying

Your blood runs white.
Your eyes were wild.
Your mother cursed the day
that she ever had such a child.
You stole all the flowers and I drank all the wine.
I pissed it all away
on the night I couldn't stop crying.

We made up new constellations
freezing at night on the beach.
I was prepared to learn
and you were prepared to teach me.
But on the ships I could not captain.
You navigate our way through the sea
but I sank below the waves.
I sank below the waves
on the night I couldn't stop crying.


3.I Don't Want To Lose You Tonight

I retreat to my corner
When you get back in yours
I retract all my statements
When you retract your clothes

But darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight
But darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight, no not tonight

Just put your little hand in mine, dry your eyes
We only as sick as our secrets
You know I don't lie but sometimes I lie

Now our eyes fill with water
While our bones soak with rage
I didn't want to end it like this
But I won't survive in this cage

But darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight
Darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight, no not tonight

Just put your little hand in mine, dry your eyes
We only as sick as our secrets
You know I don't lie but sometimes I lie

As we sink beneath sound stained sheets
All tangled up in blue
Oh Lord I have trouble
Trouble admitting
That your lies your lies were all true

Darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight
Darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight, no not tonight
Darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight
Darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight
Darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight
Darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight
Darling I don't wanna lose you, not tonight


4.Coal

I stared into the eyes
Of the deep black coal
And I knew that it knew
What I did know I knew
My mother she was a whore
She was lost before I was born
My father I barely knew when he took me by the hand and told me

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Then he kicked away the chair

Black blue bruises on my hips
Something smeared beneath my lips
A blister on my knee
And a ringing in my ears tells me

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Their not coming back for you
Hold on, hold on, hold on

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
I've got coal inside my pocket
Hold on
I've got coal inside my bed
Hold on
I've got coal inside my home
Hold on
I've got coal inside my head
Hold on


5.Terrified


6.Take You Home

I 'm walking around
With you, all night
And now I 'm tired
Of walking around.
Can i take you home?
Tonight,
So I don't have to be
Alone again tonight.
Can i take you home?
So I won't be alone...

I'm sorry for the things
I have not done to you tonight.
When i take you i worry
For this may be a dumb thing to do.
Can i take you home?
Can i take you home?
So i won't be alone again tonight.

I 'm tired
I don't know what i 'm doing
With you tonight
When i take you home.
I 'm scared
There 's something i might ruin
Between you and I.

I'm sorry for the things
I have not done to you tonight.
When i take you i worry
For this may be a dumb thing to do.
Can i take you home?
Can i take you home?
So i won't be alone again tonight.

Can i take you home?
Can i take you home?
So i won't be alone again tonight.


7.Cormina

Cormina,
where did I go wrong?
go wrong.

Cormina, Cormina,
how can I go on?
go on.

Cormina,
so long.

Cormina it's like yesterday
you're gone but you never went away.
Cormina won't you come back home to stay?


8.Man Of Fortune


9.What's A Place Like That Doing In A Girl Like You

My dark places are easy to find
just the scratch the surface of my worried mind.
Baby tell me something and please tell me true - now.
Whats a place like that doing in a girl like you?

Our blood is red
and our hearts are blue.
Lord send me an angel
I'll send her to you.
I know your lonesome
cause I feel that way too - now.
Whats a place like that doing in a girl like you?

Whats a place like that doing in a girl like you?
I miss your crooked smile and your eyes are blue
Whats a place like that doing in a girl like you?
I miss your crooked smile and your eyes...

I swear I'll find love in our hearts.
Won't keep us together.
Won't keep us apart.
Darling tell me lies
and make them all true - now.
Whats a place like that doing in a girl like you?

Whats a place like that doing in a girl like you?
I miss your crooked smile and your eyes are blue
Whats a place like that doing in a girl like you?
I miss your crooked smile and your eyes...


10.Dance With Me

So, will you dance with me?
Till the thrill is gone?
The war is over, look...
And the night is young.

Just dance with me.
Place my trembling hand,
On your naked body.
It's more than i can stand.

For we may never meet again,
So darling tell me then.
If she should ever meet again,
You will remember when
we danced, for just a little while.

For we may never meet again,
So darling tell me then.
If she should ever meet again,
You will remember when
we danced, for just a little while.

And when I first heard your name,
I said it over and over again, and again
And we should never be the same
So it could never be the same, as then.

So darling dry your eyes
And dance with me.
It's more than I can bare.
For in my broken heart,
I have kept you there.