You're a long damn way from North Carolina now
What a goddamn victory, I guess
Swimmin' it up like assholes at Sinalei
The way my ancestors did
And if they found me face down and dead in the chuck
'Least they'd know that I loved you this much
I was happy I caved upon your insistence
'Cause now it all means something
You
And me
In this ageless thing
♪
And it takes and it takes
And it moves and it makes us of one mind
And it takes and it takes
And I wish I could make it, so you could see yourself
Just seeing everything
Whatever it's called out there in the firmament
A screen
A view
And an endless feed of disquiet I never knew
I had
I guess
I am full to the head
With unsayable things that I don't
Want to forget
♪
And it takes and it takes
And it moves and it makes us of one mind
And it takes and it takes
♪
And it takes and it takes
And it moves and it makes us of one mind
And it takes and it takes
♪
Tender hooks
'Cause the guys know that I am tender prey
And heaven knows that if they balled me away
Would I reach your love again?
Flawless paradise
And I'm raised up in the sky blue sky
Did a bad deed with no good alibis
Will I see your love again?
Will I feel your love again?
♪
And it takes and it takes
And it moves and it makes us of one mind
And it takes and it takes, oh
And it takes and it takes
And it moves and it makes us of one mind
And it takes and it takes, ooh
I was born to survive by some cold inner space
'Til you called out and told me I belong in this place
When my body was splayed in a miracle mile
Let 'em catch me and kill me, let them take me in style
You're the only one, the only one
That I know in some way I'll be thinking of
And I've made my bed, I've paid my dues
(It takes and it takes)
'Least you'll know that I loved you