Jack White - Fear of the Dawn Album Lyrics

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Taking Me Back

I'll bet you do

When you take out the figures
And you pull all the triggers
Well you're taking me back
You're taking me back

When you listen to mystics
As you lay at your picnics
You're taking me back
You're taking me back

I'll bet you do
But not for long
I'm alone
But not for long

When I'm down on the floor you'll see
That no one will notice me
It's breaking my back
Breaking my back

When you drop the mail off to me
And make us both coffee
Are you taking it black?
Are you taking me back?

I'll bet you do
I'll bet you do
But not for long

I'll bet you
I'll bet you do
I'll bet you do feel alone
But not for long

It's breaking my back
It's breaking my back

Whoa

Yeah

When you forgive the friction
And you talk about Christmas
Are you taking me back?
Taking me back

Then I recall the history
These kids are a mystery
They're taking me back
They are taking me back

Taking me back
Taking me back

I'll bet you do
I'll bet, I'll bet you
Do

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Fear Of The Dawn

When the moon is above you
Does it tell you, "I love you," by screaming?
Like when the sun starts to fall
And it's crushing the walls and the ceiling?
Yeah

Oh, I can't control when the dark
Covers the light from the sparks in the city
To keep us alive
I'm gonna hold you and hide electricity

No more than two cigarettes
Or the light from the match will betray us
But in the dark, I can bet
You and I won't regret that it saved us
Yeah

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The White Raven

A neutral peace comes from painted pieces
A brutal feast on the tainted beasts and
A white machine gun, a white machine gun
Baby blue grenade, a shade of Kelly green machine gun

My uniform is invisible
My camouflage is invisible
Dip my hands into sand, now I'm visible
Sewing leaves onto my skin and my material

My motives are invisible
My armor is invincible

The arms will go where the army goes
A raven, black, in the fallen snow
A palpitation from a heart of gold
A bit of salvation in the bitter cold

My uniform is invisible
My camouflage is invisible
Dip my hands into sand and I'm visible
Sewing leaves onto my skin and my material

My motives are invisible
My armor is invincible

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

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Hi-De-Ho

(ft. Q-Tip)

The hi-de-ho man, that's me
Say, Jack, ain't you glad you dug my jive?

Have some of this hi-de-hi-de-ho with me
Has no nicotine, it's a scream and it's free
Have it in your food, you can have it with your tea
As you're thinking and you're pondering and wondering what it be
Hi-de-hi-de-ho is a Calloway vibe
When you're hep and you're clean and you ain't taking no jive
Speaking of jive, I think I was on that label
That was a long time ago, that was a fable
Hi-de-hi-de-ho, when you looking in your mirror
When your fit is legit and it can't get any clearer
You're the wave, you're the rave, the unanimous conclusion
Hurting real bad, like Stevie Wonder with contusions
It's a guitar chuck coming from Chuck Berry
Hi-de-high tones from Minnie Rip', Mariah Carey
Olajuwon post moves, Bron or Embiid
Everybody got it in 'em, find yours and succeed

Have some of this hi-de-hi-de-ho with me
Have some of this hi-de-hi-de-ho with me
Have some of this hi-de-hi-de-ho with me

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah (on the highest plain)
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah (on the highest plain)
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Find your joy
Feel your vibrations
On the highest plain

Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho with me
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho with me
(If you wanna) Hi-de-hi-de-ho with me
(Why you wanna)
(If you wanna) Hi-de-hi-de-ho with me
(Why you wanna)
(Why you wanna)
(Why you wanna)
(Why you wanna)

Have some of this hi-de-hi-de-ho with me
Have some of this hi-de-hi-de-ho with me

Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de

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Eosophobia

The sun goes up
The sun goes down
I don't fear you
I fear the dawn
I fear the sun coming on

It's coming up
It's burning up

It's coming up
It's coming up
It's burning up
It's coming up

It's coming up
It's burning up
It's coming up
It's burning up
It's burning up

If these words come out too simple
Please forgive my grammar

When my feelings disappear
Then I will learn to love
It's nothing complicated
Like hitting with the hammer

The sun goes down when I tell it to
But the sun comes up when it wants to

Not this time

Oh no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no
(No, you don't)

No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't

If these words come out too simple (no, you don't, no, you don't)
Please forgive my grammar (no, you don't, no, you don't)

Ooh

This is nothing complicated
Like hitting with the hammer

When my feelings disappear
Then I will learn to love you

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Into the Twilight

Here in the twilight

Here in the twilight

Here in the night
Everything's right
Here in the night
Everything's right

Here in the twilight

Twilight

Here in the twilight

La, la, la-la
La, la, la-la
La, la-la
La-la, la-la
La

Here in the twilight

When you cut into the present
The future leaks out
The future leaks out

Here in the night
Everything's right
Here in the night
Everything's right

Here in the

Here in the twilight

Here in the twilight
Here in the night
Everything's right
Here in the night
Everything's right

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Dusk

[Instrumental]

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What's the Trick?

What's the trick?
In making my love stick
What's the trick?

Two gentlemen of elegant appearance
In a state of bustitude
I give them coffee-colored crystals
That'll change their attitude

I'm using appropriate compression for
My inappropriate confessions for
Someone I guess who might need it more
I don't even know what I'm doing it for

This is my first
My worst
My past
And my last
Imperfect effort

One hundred insults
Left on my windshield in the morning
Release my beast
'Cause the rain never came and washed them away

If I die tomorrow, what did I do today?
You want fresh air?
You won't find it this way
Check your left
Check your right
Check your rear-view mirror
Check it every night

Stomping on a box that I thought was empty
But there was something sharp inside
Something sharp inside
Sharp inside

Quit bolting your food
Don't be rude
Plus one and minus one equals zero
That's a defeatist attitude

I'm sick of this
Dead to the world, but
Not to you, but
I'm dead to the world, but
Not to you

What's the trick?
To making my love stick
What's the trick?
Ah

What's the trick?
What's the trick?
In making my love stick
What's the trick?

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That Was Then (This Is Now)

Yeah
Do you know where to go
When you're walking around at midnight?
You can look high and low
But you won't
Find yourself without a flashlight

There are plenty of ways to explain your situation
When you're searching for love
You have no time to be patient

I looked all over town, all around
I didn't see you anywhere
You were safe and sound, underground
Where I couldn't see you at all
I found myself right at home on the shelf
While you were busy looking for yourself there

That was then and this is now
And now the time has come

There was a time when a boy would cry alone in his room
In the corner
And it's a crime that his toys would turn to stone
Like their original owners
But that was then and this is now
We all just figure it out somehow
Yes, we do
Ain't it true?

Find yourself over the hill
Break your crown, Jack and Jill
In the open or underground
Are you making plans or just making sounds?
Looking up and over the moon
You can find yourself
But don't find it too soon
Yeah, don't find it too soon
Take your time
But don't find it too soon

I looked all over town, all around
I couldn't find you anywhere
You were safe underground, not a sound
Disappearing into thin air

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Eosophobia (Reprise)

The sun goes up
The sun goes down
I don't fear you
I fear the dawn
I fear the sun coming on

It's coming up
It's burning up

It's coming up
It's coming up
It's burning up
It's coming up

It's coming up
It's burning up
It's coming up
It's burning up
It's burning up

If these words come out too simple
Please forgive my grammar

When my feelings disappear
Then I will learn to love
It's nothing complicated
Like hitting with the hammer

The sun goes down when I tell it to
But the sun comes up when it wants to

Not this time

Oh no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no
(No, you don't)

No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't

If these words come out too simple (no, you don't, no, you don't)
Please forgive my grammar (no, you don't, no, you don't)

Ooh

This is nothing complicated
Like hitting with the hammer

When my feelings disappear
Then I will learn to love you

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Morning, Noon and Night

Nobody can tell me
What I need to do
Ain't got room for no distractions
Only time for you
I wanna just find a little more time for me and you

Yeah, yeah

Don't have time for martyrs
Don't have time for ghosts
No time for manipulations
What I want the most
Is more time for me and time for you
Is there anyway I can sway you to stay for a minute or two?

Yeah
Well, that's what I want to do

Morning, noon, and night
Morning, noon, and night
Morning, noon, and night
Alright
Alright

They used to tell me stories
They used to tell me rhymes
I'm too old for fairy tales
Now what I need is time
A little more time to do what I need to do
All the time I can find
It's a crime stealing time with you
Yeah

I might lie and tell you
We should take our time
But you have to understand
That it's in short supply
It's a crime, but what can you do?
It's a crime in my mind stealing time just for me and you
Yeah, and that's what I'm going to do

Morning, noon, and night
Morning, noon, and night
Morning, noon, and night
Alright
Alright

When I was a child
I could take my time
I thought I would live forever
Rolling down the line
And that was fine for me but not for you
Any way I could sway you to stay for a minute or two?

Whoa, yeah
Well, that's what I'm going to do

Morning, noon and night
Morning, noon and night
Morning, noon and night
Alright
Alright

Morning, noon and night
Morning, noon and night
Morning, noon and night, yeah

Morning, noon and night
Morning, noon and night
Morning, noon and night, yeah

Morning, noon and night
Morning, noon and night
Yeah, morning, noon and night, yeah

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Shedding My Velvet

I'm shedding my velvet
Can't you see?
This is the real me
I'm not as bad as I was
But I'm not as good
As I can be
As I can be

Think horses, not zebras
When you hear the sound
Of hooves on the ground
You are a heliotrope
Who loves the sun
As it goes 'round and 'round
'Round and 'round

The noblesse oblige
You sense is mine
When I convey my lines
Better to illuminate than merely to shine
You say this all the time
And you're right

Better to illuminate than merely to shine
You say this all the time
And you're right