If We Were Vampires
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit"If We Were Vampires" is a song by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, released in 2017 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:15 long and contains 31 lines and 243 words.
0:19It's not the long flowing dress that you're in
0:24Or the light coming off of your skin
0:29The fragile heart you protected for so long
0:34Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong
0:39It's not your hands searching slow in the dark
0:44Or your nails with your lover's watermark
0:49It's not the way you talk me off the roof
0:54Your questions like directions to the truth
0:59It's knowing that this can't go on forever
1:04Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
1:09Maybe we'll get forty years together
1:13But one day I'll be gone
1:15Or one day you'll be gone
1:18If we were vampires and death was a joke
1:23We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
1:29Laugh at all the lovers and their plans
1:34I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
1:38Maybe time running out is a gift
1:43I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift
1:49And give you every second I can find
1:54And hope it isn't me who's left behind
1:59It's knowing that this can't go on forever
2:04Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
2:09Maybe we'll get forty years together
2:13One day I'll be gone
2:15Or one day you'll be gone
2:59It's knowing that this can't go on forever
3:04Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
3:09Maybe we'll get forty years together
3:12But one day I'll be gone
3:15Or one day be gone
It's not the long flowing dress that you're in Or the light coming off of your skin The fragile heart you protected for so long Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong It's not your hands searching slow in the dark Or your nails with your lover's watermark It's not the way you talk me off the roof Your questions like directions to the truth It's knowing that this can't go on forever Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone Maybe we'll get forty years together But one day I'll be gone Or one day you'll be gone If we were vampires and death was a joke We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke Laugh at all the lovers and their plans I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand Maybe time running out is a gift I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift And give you every second I can find And hope it isn't me who's left behind It's knowing that this can't go on forever Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone Maybe we'll get forty years together One day I'll be gone Or one day you'll be gone It's knowing that this can't go on forever Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone Maybe we'll get forty years together But one day I'll be gone Or one day be gone
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