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from Pleasure Maps by Hope Irish

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lyrics

The lions were waiting last night
The grass was green
And not a soul in sight
We walked hand in hand
Through the fading light
Where the lions lay in wait
For my lover
Late last night

I turned when my hand held empty air
And I saw the beast
With midnight oil black hair
I saw him shift to tawny gold
And I couldn't just stand there

So I drew my silver pointed slicer
Out of naked air
And I placed between the bones of chest
Through hide and muscle there
One
Two
Three
Four
The blade had finally caught
And it slid past rubbled rib cage
Til it caught his beating heart
Til it faught his bleeding heart
And it stopped his beating heart

Well
The beast fell back and I flew forward
Rushing to my lover's side
His skin: torn paper
Body broken
I held him until he died
I held him until he died

No No No

The lions were waiting last night
And there's nothing we can do
But be prepared to fight
But even then
We wont all get out alive
When the lions lay in wait
For our lovers late at night

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from Pleasure Maps, released January 1, 2016

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Hope Irish Austin, Texas

Hope Irish is an Austin Texas based musician and songwriter who stumbles the jagged line between slop and pop.

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