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Kiss Me While I'm Down (Fading Fast)

from Bad Situations by The Urbane Decay

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So, one (of many) time(s) after my girlfriend and I broke up, we kept cohabiting. She told me she was going to start bringing guys home and I should expect to deal with that. So when at a party, too drunk to drive home, an old high school friend suggested I spend the night in her tent, well, of course I did. When my ex found out, she gave me until the end of her shift at work to move my stuff out. There was also some physical violence involved.

Anyway, since old high school friend and I had made plans to go on a hike that day anyway, and she owned a truck, I said, "Change of plans, we're moving all my stuff back to my parents' place."

Needless to say, the new romance with old high school friend floundered. Good times.

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I just lost another one
Slipped through my fingers like salt
I'd throw a pinch over my shoulder
But it's not the devil's fault

She was just such a smoky girl
Slightest breeze and she's gone
And she always made my eyes water
If I stayed in her presence too long

Kiss me while I'm down
Crawling from the past
Kiss me while I'm down
It's gaining on me fast

And I'm just such a smoky boy
I'm bitter, transparent and grey
Whenever you try to get close to me
Your breath just blows me away.

So don't try to kindle no flame in me
Just leave me alone to smoulder
I don't want to get smoke in your eyes
And ashes can only get colder

Kiss me while I'm down
Crawling from the past
Kiss me while I'm down
It's gaining on me fast
Kiss me while I'm down
This wasn't build to last
Kiss me while I'm down
The feeling's fading fast

Fast, it's fading fast...

"You can't accuse me of cheating
If you don't know the cards in my hand
And if you do, then you're cheating too
And that make you my kind of man"

Those are the words she spoke
The day that you helped me to flee
I tried to warm you, but I should've warned you
That the fire had all died in me

Kiss me while I'm down
Crawling from the past
Kiss me while I'm down
It's gaining on me fast
Kiss me while I'm down
This wasn't build to last
Kiss me while I'm down
The feeling's fading fast

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from Bad Situations, released January 1, 2001

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The Urbane Decay Toronto, Ontario

The Urbane Decay was an indie pop recording project mainly active between 2002-2010, mainly by Jakob Rehlinger, mainly maudlin and mopey.

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