Now I Lay Thee Down

By Machine Head

On The Blackening

Released on March 27, 2007

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[Verse 1]

I want to know

How it feels

When we die

Can you take me under?


[Chorus]

Dream over

Grieve no more

And breathe one last time

Now I lay thee down


[Verse 2]

She watched me leave

Me bleeding

On the floor

As she takes me under


[Chorus]

Dream over

Grieve no more

And breathe one last time

Now I lay thee down


[Instrumental Bridge]


[Bridge 1]

Godless mimicry

White lights, cemetery

Flashes of the angel's ivory wings

Images: so many broken dreams

Of pain

Terror

Fear

Crippling


[Bridge 2]

Follow the light into the tunnel

Or will it end up in a black hole?

Follow the light into the tunnel

Dead in its end


[Bridge 3]

Was it love?

Was it murder?

Within the eye of the beholder

Was it love? (Was it love?)

Was it murder? (Was it murder?)

Within the eye of the beholder


[Guitar Solo: Phil Demmel]


[Guitar Solo: Robb Flynn]


[Guitar Solo: Phil Demmel]


[Guitar Solo: Robb Flynn]


[Verse 3]

What have I done?

I've gone and killed the only one I love

How could I do this?

I'm screaming at God:

"Why do you curse me?"

Fuck it, load it, sever the day


[Chorus]

Dream over

Grieve no more

And breathe one last time

Now I lay thee


[Outro]

Now I lay thee down

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