Temporary Arms

By Finger Eleven

On Tip

Released on August 26, 1997

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I burn and melt and stick and fade

Your temporary arms invade

One of many last warnings

Cannot wipe the conscience clean

The strain wears in

The strain wears in

You whore me in again

Cannot connect the smirking world

The poison flower comes uncurled

If I believe

If I believe

If I believe, I'm dreaming

And if they find you lost again

What will you tell them then

Collapsing in again you found what makes it sore

You triggered off the feelings that you felt before

I come crawling up again

I need to eat, I need a friend

Someone with me

Someone with me

No better feeling than escape

Avoid the feeling so you're

Collapsing in again you found what makes it sore

You triggered off the feelings that you felt before

All the guilt pulls away

If only forever

All the guilt pulls away

If only forever

Replace the name, replace the fear

And I can't come out, but I want you here

And I'm laughing now and then it floods

But not out loud

I come crawling up again

I need to eat, I need a friend

I feel you up and feel you down

I need your space, I need it now

Now I need it, now I need it

Now I need it, now I need it

Now I need it, now I need it

Now I need it, now I need it

Now, now I need it, now

Now, now I need it, now

Now, now I need it, now

Now, now I need it, now

Now I need it

Now I need it

Collapsing in again you found what makes it sore

You triggered off the feelings that you felt before

Another circumstance has gone and shut you down

Another fear awakened in the fault you found