Browse:

Browse > N > Natalie Merchant Lyrics > Thick As Thieves

Thick As Thieves lyrics

Remember how it all began
the apple and the fall of man
the price we pay
so the people say

Down the path of shame it led us
dare to bite the hand that fed us
fairy tale the moral end
wheel of fortune never turns again

Never turns again

The worst of it is come & gone in the chaos of millennium
in the falling out of the doomsday crowd
their last retreat is moving slow
they burn their bridges as they go
the heretic is beatfied
teach the harlot's child to smile

Wracked again by indecision
should we make that small incision
testify to the bleeding heart inside
we cart, we scratched, we ran, we slashed
and when we opened up at last
found a cul-de-sac deep and black

smoke and ash

deep and black
smoke and ash

The wicked king of parody
is kissing all his enemies
on the seventh day of the seventh week
the tyrant's voice is softer now
but just for one forgiving hour
before the rise of his
Iron fist again
Fist again

I've to come tonight
I've come to know
The way we are
the way we'll go
and to measure this
width of a wide abyss

I come to you in restless sleep
where all your dreams turn bittersweet
with voodoo doll philosophies
day glo holy trinities

the crooked raft that leaves the shore
ferries drunken souls aboard
pilgrims march to Compostle
visions of their saint in yellow

follow deep in trance
lost in a catatonic dance
know no future
damn the past
blind, warm, ecstatic
safe at last

Found a mistake? Submit a correction!

Thick As Thieves meanings

No interpretations yet.

You must be logged in to add your interpretation. Don't have an account yet? Sign up for free!


Log in

Sign up, it's free!

Forgot your password?

Navigation

Find inspiring, thought-provoking quotes from thousands of influential people at Quotable Quotes!

Instant lyrics whenever you need them! Get the BTL bookmarklet.

Other songs by this artist

Retrospective 1995-2005

Release: September 27, 2005
Price: $18.98 $10.97.
Used: $7.53.

Natalie Merchant - VH1 Storytellers

Release: April 26, 2005
Price: $14.98 $13.99.
Used: $7.91.

Member of the Music Blog Network - Advertise Here!

Newest lyrics

Soldier by Destiny's Child
Submitted by comedians
The Beloved and the Hated by Caliban
Submitted by wilcoboy
Goodbye by Caliban
Submitted by wilcoboy
Fast Cars by U2
Submitted by kyouteki
Yahweh by U2
Submitted by kyouteki

369,846 lyrics by 8,109 artists in database.

Popular song discussions

  1. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
  2. magdelena by A Perfect Circle
  3. Hotel California by Eagles
  4. Eulogy by Tool
  5. Helena by My Chemical Romance
  6. In Bloom by Nirvana
  7. Stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin
  8. Seventy Times Seven by Brand New
  9. Ohio Is For Lovers by Hawthorne Heights
  10. Stinkfist by Tool

Latest blogs