V Album Lyrics by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

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The Garden

Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden

Imagine flying over hedgerows
Who knows where she goes?
I am just another victim
Of her system
Just a solitary vista
Somehow don't miss her
Just a lonely kind of loser
I lost with you

Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden

She just wandered off the radar
Head first, brain after
Wretched claws around my jawline
Fearful and feline
If you run across her spectre
Tell her I miss her
Just a lonely kind of loser
Come lose with me

Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Yeah, baby

Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden
Hold on tight
'Cause it's violent after dark
In the garden

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Guilty Pleasures

Life was a sitcom about America
We were always on our best behavior
Masturbating to lift our immune systems
Eating less carbohydrates than we wanted
I was only seventeen and a half

Now I know that the days are getting hotter
Guilty pleasures are right around the corner
Now I know that the nights are getting colder
Guilty pleasures are holding us together
Rise and shine
It's a wonderful day

God did not exist and yet he wanted to
You were hotter than a cheap old laptop
Just like the ones we looted from Target together
Always and now, darling, forever
I was only seventeen and a half

Now I know that the days are getting hotter
Guilty pleasures are right around the corner
Now I know that the nights are getting colder
Guilty pleasures are holding us together
Rise and shine
It's a wonderful day

Now I know that the days are getting hotter
Guilty pleasures are right around the corner
Now I know that the nights are getting colder
Guilty pleasures are holding us together
Rise and shine
It's a wonderful day

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Meshuggah

I know what people say
And I know much sweeter days
And I know I'm out of my mind
Darlin', reach out to me
I think I'm a metabolic island
When left alone
We all just melt away

The stars are out in clearest weather
How to keep yourself together?
Darling only know
Darling only know
Your enemies are fierce and foul
Energy is peace and power
Darling only know

You give me sugar
You give me sugar

I know of saccharine
And I know of insulin
And I know I'm out of my mind
Darlin', it's only us
And I know it's treacherous
And I know when left alone
We all just melt away

The stars are out in clearest weather
How to keep yourself together?
Darling only know
Darling only know
Your enemies are fierce and foul
Energy is peace and power
Darling only know

You give me sugar
You give me sugar

The stars are out in clearest weather
How to keep yourself together?
Darling only know
Darling only know
Your enemies are fierce and foul
Energy is peace and power
Darling only know

You give me sugar
You give me sugar
You give me sugar
You give me sugar

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The Widow

[Instrumental]

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In the Rear View

You'll never miss it
Forget I existed
Throw me away on a heap
She got a new me
And treat him exactly
Doesn't it feel kinda weird?

Do you ever look back at me
In the rear view?
Do you ever look back at me
In the rear view?

Follow me closely
And suddenly ghost me
That doesn't make any sense
Reading my tarot
Future looks narrow
Can't understand what it said

Do you ever look back at me
In the rear view?
Do you ever look back at me
In the rear view?

Slowly forgetting
All of my memories
What was the point of it all?
I was your favorite
Nothing is sacred
All is fair in love
Love
Love
Love

Do you ever look back at me
In the rear view?
Do you ever look back at me
In the rear view?
Do you ever look back at me
In the rear view? (In the rear view)
Do you ever look back at me
In the rear view?

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That Life

Girl in the bathroom, Florida key
Certainties all away
Brother of cocaine, a tequila son-in-law
End of the world today
How do the clouds get as pink as a peach?
Strike up the contraband
Get introduced to God in the negative
Both supply and demand

All day swimming, under the palm trees
Look how they gracefully sway
Some kinda gin drink, some kinda jewelry
Some kinda fancy machine
Why is there always crying and quarreling
Filtering through the malaise?
I can hear someone runnin' their mouth and
The neighbors will call the police
And here we go, oh, oh, oh

That life
That life
That life
That life
You're always gonna be about
Mm, that life
Oh, that life
Yeah, that life
You're always gonna be about

Morbid beauty, the skull of the school
The apple of daddy's eye
Possibly not so hydrodynamic
Need some electrolyte
Boiling tarmac, a hole in the hull
The cherry chill of dawn
So far away from the nearest jaguar
Who's gonna eat them all

All day swimming, under the palm trees
Look how they gracefully sway
Some kinda gin drink, some kinda jewelry
Some kinda fancy machine
Why is there always crying and quarreling
Filtering through the malaise?
I can hear someone runnin' their mouth and
The neighbors will call the police
And here we go, oh, oh, oh

That life
That life
That life
That life
You're always gonna be about
Mm, that life
Oh, that life
Yeah, that life
You're always gonna be about

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Layla

Midnight and I'm drying your tears on my sleeve
Let's leave the unread messages on ice please
How many burgers you wanna turn?
How many times you wanna get burned?
They just don't understand
This isn't the place you end up
Hey

Lay low, Layla
Let's get outta this broken place
Lay low, Layla
Let's get outta this town

You've only got one bag, so it's time to pack it
My old man's gun still in the glove compartment
How many dollars you wanna earn?
How many times 'til you're gonna learn?
See where one tank of gas
Gets us in this lonely world
Hey

Lay low, Layla
Let's get outta this broken place
Lay low, Layla
Let's get outta this town
Lay low, Layla
Let's get outta this broken place
Lay low, Layla
Let's get outta this town

Lay low, Layla
Let's get outta this broken place
Lay low, Layla
Let's get outta this town
Lay low, Layla
Let's get outta this broken place
Lay low, Layla
Let's get outta this town

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Shin Ramyun

[Instrumental]

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Weekend Run

We'll be lost in love
The weekend run
Yeah, we'll be lost in love
When the weekend comes
Yeah, we'll be lost in love
The weekend run
Yeah, we'll be hiding from
The weekend sun

Take me back to things as normal
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Working every day of your life
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Watching all the days passing by
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Just woke up and oh my god it's
Friday, Friday, Friday
I can't believe it's almost perfect velvet freedom
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

We'll be lost in love
The weekend run
Yeah, we'll be lost in love
When the weekend comes
Yeah, we'll be lost in love
The weekend run
Yeah, we'll be hiding from
The weekend sun

Take me back to things as normal
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Working every day of your life
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Watching all the days passing by
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Just woke up and oh my god it's
Friday, Friday, Friday
I can't believe it's almost perfect velvet freedom
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

We'll be lost in love
The weekend run
Yeah, we'll be lost in love
When the weekend comes
Yeah, we'll be lost in love
The weekend run
Yeah, we'll be hiding from
The weekend sun

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The Beach

So sick of runnin'
We'll slow down enough to be captured
Wish I could be someone
Swimmin' in the new confusion
Lady

Take me back to the beach
Take me back to the times out of reach
Take me back to the beach
Take me back to the times out of reach

Most people 'round here are more annoying than most loneliness
If you just throw me back to wolves again I'll be okay
Maybe

Take me back to the beach
Take me back to the times out of reach
Take me back to the beach
Take me back to the times out of reach
Take me back to the beach
Take me back to the times out of reach
Take me back to the beach
Take me back to the times out of reach

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Nadja

Forget about it
Ever get outta here? I doubt it
Maybe try again, you're bound to have better luck

Paranoia, maybe it's just the powder up your nose
Givin' up, it's just a door that's never shut
Crackin' up, I guess you're not the type of nut
Hang around a while
You're bound to forget your promise

Nadja, darlin'
Tell me all about the other girl inside your bed
My love
Darlin', I'm on this lonely road
So long I don't know livin' from the dead
Thought that I might get a little head, la-la-la

Nadja, baby
Found a strand of your hair and ate it
Couldn't throw away this thing you left behind
Love's half-life
Evaporates like water in the blood
Feelin' homesick, I just stepped out of the room
Crackin' up about this lonely afternoon
Hang around a while
You're bound to forget your promise

Nadja, darlin'
Tell me all about the other girl inside your bed
My love
Darlin', I'm on this lonely road
So long I don't know livin' from the dead
Thought that I might get a little head, la-la-la

Nadja, darlin'
Tell me all about the other girl inside your bed
My love
Darlin', I'm on this lonely road
So long I don't know livin' from the dead
Thought that I might get a little head, la-la-la-la

Nadja, darlin'
Tell me all about the other girl inside your bed
My love
Darlin', I'm on this lonely road
So long I don't know livin' from the dead
Thought that I might get a little head, la-la-la

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Keaukaha

[Instrumental]

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I Killed Captain Cook

Along the shores of the pathway to the gods
I sent him along on his way
Bringer of death and disgrace
To the ancestral place

Although the man lay dead on the sand
Darkness had not lifted there
There were much more on their way
With dollars in their hand

One of the many lies that they told
Was that they were divine and fair
With Cook's blood on my hand
The spell was broken there

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Drag

[Instrumental]