Knuckle Down

By Man Man

On Life Fantastic

Released on May 6, 2011

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[Verse 1]

All my branches break

When you go and tell me

Your body can't take

The nights of being lonely

I'm racing through the dark

A headless Saint Bernard

To cauterize the scars

That line your dirty heart


[Verse 2]

What the hell can I do

When you whisper, "punish me"?

Snap me like a tiger trap

I lost all my honey

I'm bracing for the shiver

String me in your quiver

Aim me for the skyline

But shoot me in the river


[Verse 3]

And terror quits me

When you palpitate

Confess directly

Sadness spreads your legs

I contemplate the toll

Turning diamonds into coal

Traveling down this hole

Throwing conscience to the wind


[Chorus]

That spins, it's not a path that

I ever thought I would traffic to get you back

Our panic will burst like birds full of aspirin

We're not to blame

It's the same as it was never before, so


[Verse 4]

I'm not a scoundrel

It's just the suit that fits me

Cut tight and breathes nice

Maintains insanity

Never thought I'd be like a hunger with no appetite

A hunter with no urge for thrills

The type of man I despise


[Verse 5]

So I ask the devil

How to learn to handle

Woman with a shovel

Digging downward spirals

He tells me what to do

And how to strut my cool

And polish up my boots

With all your lovers blood


[Chorus]

It's just, it's not a road that I ever thought

I would traffic to get you back

Our panic will burst like birds full of aspirin

We're not to blame

It's the same as it was never before, so


[Verse 6]

And I roam the trenches

Bayonet's just what I need

Hate you more than anything 'cause

You're everything to me, so

You met your match, don't even know it yet

Challenge? This ain't challenge

When evil's got your edge


[Chorus]

This time, it's not a road that I ever thought

I would traffic to get you back

Our panic will burst like birds full of aspirin

We are to blame

It's the same is it was never before, so-