Erin Mckeown
The Lions
hundreds of lions roaring at their cageshe and i go dancing by in sequins, unscathedyou must believe us if we act like we're in lovewe're professional acrobats and we like it dangerousbut in the moment before i hit that pool, i wonderam i doing the fooling, or am i the fool?there's a riskthere's a twistin anything worth doingif you're caughtdoing what's properyou better stop before you ruin itshe and i were circus lovers, cannonball, somersault, splitwe were made to smile in sawdust and mean every word of itnothing turned us on more than to turn every eyedah dah dum dah deedle-dy doobut in the moment before the curtain dropped, i wonderedwhy am i always the bottom, and never the top?there's a riskthere's a twistin anything worth doingLetras de cancionesif you're caughtdoing what's properyou better stop before you ruin iti regretoh i fretthat i could never tell the truthbut the act was more practicalif i just kept on doing ithundreds of lions sleeping silent in their cagestriped canvas folds, bright satin fadeswild animals have to roam free and fardespite the occasional tie-up, she was never one for barsbut in our tattoo-ed bodies we'll keep a partof the freak show our mothers warned us aboutthere's a riskthere's a twistin anything worth doingif you're caughtdoing what's properyou better stop before you ruin iti regretoh i fretthat i could never tell you the truthbut we livewith what we're givenoh! and i will always believe in love
From Letras Mania