Innocence - Jehnny Beth

I don’t ask you anything

I never talk to you

So don’t ask me anything

You know nothing about me

There’s a hole in my chest

I swear, I’ll throw up in my hands

I don’t even care about sex no more

I wanna do things with innocence

Be thankful for the air you breathe

The roof over your head

And the light that comes in

You say, «Be thankful for your friends»

Well I’m thankful for the self-doubt

In which I do nothing but fall

The same place you filled with

Piss and alcohol

Not my duty to give you shelter

Not my duty to give you hope

Does living in the city mean

Your heart turns dark and small?

Is it living in the city

That turned my heart so small?

Is it living in the city

That turned my heart so cold?

Is it living in the city

That turned my heart so blue?

Is it living in the city

In the ambulance, is it you?

(Is it living in the city)

(That turned your heart so blue?)

Ah, some beggars beg in every language

Man fear death in every language

And wait the end of their lives to try

Tried the best parts of themselves

So I don’t make suggestions, no

Even when I know

What you should say

Where you should start with to find

What you’ve been looking for

And it’s the guilt of course

'Cause I was raised Catholic

And they teach you it’s bad form to think

Man is a piece of shit

Die, die, die of safety

I might just fall into despair?

And then how will you console me?

You can’t even console yourself

Is it living in the city

That turned my heart so small?

Is it living in the city

That turned my heart so cold?

Is it living in the city

That turned my heart so blue?

Is it living in the city

In the ambulance, is it you?

(Is it living in the city)

(Is it living in the city)

(That turned your heart so cold?)

It’s living in the city

(Is it living in the city)

(That turned your heart so blue?)

It’s living in the city

(Is it living in the city)