He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Make our escape, you're my own papillon
The world turns too fast
Feel love before it's gone
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
My papillon, feel love when it's shone
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
Darling, just don't put down your guns yet,
If there really was a God here,
He'd have raised a hand by now.
Now darling, you were born but you will die here,
Well that's quite enough for me
We'll find our own way home somehow.
No sense of doubt, for what you could achieve,
I'd help you out, I've seen the life you wish to leave
Well it kicks like a sleep twitch!
You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe.
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
Darling, just don't put down your guns yet,
If there really was a God here,
He'd have raised a hand by now.
Darling, you're born, get old, and die here.
Well that's quite enough for me dear,
We'll find our own way home somehow, papillon!
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
Darling, just don't put down your guns yet,
If there really was a God here,
He'd have raised a hand by now!
Darling, you're born, get old, and die here.
Well that's quite enough for me dear,
We'll find our own way home somehow.
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
The world turns too fast
Feel love before it's gone
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
My papillon, feel love when it's shone
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
Darling, just don't put down your guns yet,
If there really was a God here,
He'd have raised a hand by now.
Now darling, you were born but you will die here,
Well that's quite enough for me
We'll find our own way home somehow.
No sense of doubt, for what you could achieve,
I'd help you out, I've seen the life you wish to leave
Well it kicks like a sleep twitch!
You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe.
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
Darling, just don't put down your guns yet,
If there really was a God here,
He'd have raised a hand by now.
Darling, you're born, get old, and die here.
Well that's quite enough for me dear,
We'll find our own way home somehow, papillon!
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
Darling, just don't put down your guns yet,
If there really was a God here,
He'd have raised a hand by now!
Darling, you're born, get old, and die here.
Well that's quite enough for me dear,
We'll find our own way home somehow.
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
Lyrics submitted by Cure., edited by matheus102
Papillon [Tiësto Remix] Lyrics as written by Edward Owen Lay Christopher Dominic Urbanowicz
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I am sorry the lyrics are all wrong... Here are the correct ones - I used the booklet of the cd...
Make our escape, you’re my own papillon The world turns too fast, feel love before it’s gone It kicks like a sleep twitch My papillon, feel love when it’s shone
It kicks like a sleep twitch
Darling, just don’t put down your guns yet If there really was a God here, he’d have raised a hand by now Now darling, you’re born get old then die here Well that’s quite enough for me, we’ll find our own way home somehow
No sense of doubt, or what you could achieve Well I found you out, I’ve seen the life you wish to leave But when it kicks like a sleep twitch You will choke, choke on the air you try to breath
It kicks like a sleep twitch
Darling, now just don’t put down your guns yet If there really was a God here, he’d have raised a hand by now Darling, you’re born get old then die here Well that’s quite enough for me dear, we’ll find our own way home somehow, how, how
It kicks like a sleep twitch It kicks like a sleep twitch
Darling, just don’t put down your guns yet If there really was a God here, he’d have raised a hand by now Darling, now you’re born get old then die here Well that’s quite enough for me dear, we’ll find our own way home somehow
It kicks like a sleep twitch It kicks like a sleep twitch