Break It Up - Live

Lyrics

I had this dream
 I cane in on a clearing
 There were natives in a circle
 Bending and jestering
 I saw a man, stretched across a marble slab
 It was Jim morsin
 He was alive, with wings
 That matched with the with marbel
 Like Prometheus he struggled
 But freedom was beyond him
 I stood over him chanting
 Brake it up, brake it up
 Brake it up, brake it up
 Brake it up, brake it up
 Code edged like some new hieroglyphics
 Brake it up, brake it up Jim
 Brake it up, brake it up Jim
 Brake it up, hours like orders
 Passing like water
 Brake it up jim, brake it up
 Brake it up Jim, brake it up
 Time moved as my mouth
 The stone disintegrated
 And he moved away
 I brushed the feathers from my hair
 I adjusted my pillow
 And I returned to sleep
 ♪
 Car stopped in a clearing
 Ribbon of life, it was nearing
 I saw the boy break out of his skin
 My heart turned over and I crawled in
 I cried, "(Break it up) Oh I don't understand
 (Break it up) I can't comprehend
 (Break it up) Oh, I want to feel you
 (Break it up) Don't talk to me that way
 I'm not listening"
 ♪
 Snow started falling
 I could hear the angel calling
 We rolled on the ground, he stretched out his wings
 The boy flew away and he started to sing
 He cried, "(Break it up) Oh I don't understand
 (Break it up) I can't comprehend
 (Break it up) Oh, I want to feel you
 (Break it up) Don't talk to me-
 The sky was raging, the boy disappeared
 I fell on my knees
 The Atmosphere broke up, the boy reappeared
 I cried, "take me please"
 ♪
 Ice, it was shining
 I could feel my heart, it was melting
 I tore off my clothes, I danced on my shoes
 I ripped my skin open and then I broke through
 I cried, "(break it up) Oh, now I understand
 (Break it up) And I want to go
 (Break it up) Oh, please take me with you
 (Break it up) I can feel it breaking
 I can feel it breaking, I can feel it breaking
 I can feel, I can feel, I can feel, I can feel."
 So break it up, oh now I'm coming with you
 (Break it up) Now I'm gonna go
 (Break it up) Oh, feel me, I'm coming (brake it up)
 Break it up, oh then I'm coming with you
 Break it up, and I'm gonna go
 Break it up, oh, feel me I'm coming
 Break it up
 

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Duration
05:24
Key
11
Tempo
153 BPM

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