Islands - Vertigo (if it's a crime) Part 1

From the album "Arm's Way" by Islands.

big boat caught in my throat
it's the deck hand hitting the wrong notes
came to with a pain in my gut again
I cut it open wide, took out a box
inside the box there was a beat keeping time

is it a crime to pass the blame
if every time the punishment is the same?
life is a loose tooth leaving your mouth
so get it out get it out
dig that ditch
ditch that dirt
it's just a body now

pick me up so I can fall back down again
descending into vertigo

if it's a crime they'll hang me every time
I tried to offer up a reason why
I tried, my dear, to set things straight
I fear that I was too late to be cleared of the crime

I just missed a slap on the wrist,
a key witness to the stand
but the jury's out creeping about and I am a guilty man
and the cyst is growing into this

so I drowned in the boat I choked down
and the captain remained proud
looked down, seeing the ground getting closer to me
and now the ground is coming up my sleeves

pick me up so I can fall back down again
descending into vertigo
if it's a crime they'll hang me every time
I tried to offer up a reason why
I tried, my dear, to set things straight
I fear that I was too late to be cleared of the crime
if it's a crime, they'll hang me every time
I tried to set things straight
I fear that I was too late to be cleared of the crime

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Islands
• Vertigo
• if
• it's
• crime

[armoredyosk]

such an epic

[falerin]

of any and all rock songs from the last 20 years... THIS

[Cbear844]

what happened to the end?

[sanloz11]

Love it