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One Heart Why?

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from by Mathias Mental

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I was secretly in love with my bunkmate
I was 18, she was 25, her name was Kate
I worked all night at the counter where she worked all day
In the worst youth hostel on earth, somewhere in LA
We had an hour in-between shifts for us to eat and wash
We’d use it to play music and talk talk talk
And so she’d let down her unwashed hairs, under her fitted cap
I have never seen a sight as pretty as that

She said I don’t think that you got what it takes to be a rock star
You wouldn’t be one to smash a guitar on stage
You’d maybe be the kind to fix one
I said “Don’t you think my music makes me attractive?
That was my only hope”
She said “Uh… No. But I think you’re sexy in a weird kind of way”
I said “Oh well, fair enough”
2, 3, 4

You got 2 ears, 2 lips, 2 eyes
2 sets of tears when you cry
But only one heart, why?
2 nipples and 2 testicles
Got 2 wheels on a bicycle
And one only one heart, why?
Got 2 shoulders to cry on
5 fingers to hold a crayon
But only one heart, why?
It seems you should have one to spare
Even light bulbs come in a pair
And me, only one heart, why?

It was her last night in the city, she was leaving on an airplane
The next day, we knew we’d never see each other again
It felt like her last night on earth, her face was like a shipwreck
I could see through her t-shirt her Day-Glo underwear’s
We agreed to drink til we would reach the state of disomnia
Even though I couldn’t drink in the state of California
We smoked 400 000 cigarettes and ever since I’ve never been the same
“You’ve bitched since the moment we met” she said
“Either you do something or you stop your complaint”

She said “You’re such a dandy you know, you talk about death
But you wait for a golden pole
Baby, damn!
To hang yourself”
And saying that she kissed me on the mouth
2, 3, 4

Got 10 fingers, got 10 toes
We cut our hair and back it grows
And only one heart, why?
The blood is flowing in my veins
At 160 BPMs
And only one heart, why?
They got those 2 scoop ice cream cones
I’m always plugged on 2 earphones
And only one heart, why?
I heard that a skeleton
Has 206 bones
And me, only one heart, why?

We got out, the warm rain was falling into the dark pool
She took me by the arm to the dorm room
There was fog everywhere, everything was blue
Her clothes were getting damped with the morning dew
We made out in the elevator
It was free falling
I could tell next morning would be sour by my stomach with it’s butterfly flying

I said “Looking at you in the eyes
Is like a car crash
I try not to look away
But it’s just to hard”
She quietly undressed with me under the sheets
When I woke up she was gone and I felt relieved
I don’t mean to say that I think about it everyday
But when I do I wonder
2. 3. 4

I’m living between 2 cities
Got double personalities
But only one heart, why?
I tried to fraternalise
And I wound up with 2 black eyes
But only one heart, why?
You had about 100 wives
10 000 lovers in your life
But only one heart, why?
Girls have two faces I despise
And on each side they got 2 eyes
And me, only one heart, why?
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from Teflon Child, released 15 June 2010
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tags: 8-bit electro-disco pop electro electro-disco electronica house pop pop house
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