Incubus – Friends and Lovers

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'm a ne'er do well
Running off black gold
It's high time I pulled over
and walked around a while

I've seen the porcelain shell
Your exoskeleton
And I feel like we walk well together

Because in the end, we are friends and lovers

If asked of me I would
Gobble them to bits
The things that wall us off from
Where we belong

What's wrong with you is good
for what's wrong with me
and I think maybe we should stick together

Because in the end, we are friends and lovers
We are friends and lovers

Abandon all the bones
We've got to pick
They'll only weigh us down and
We are better than that

If they all throw stones
Start a collection
Of everything we're not
And won't be-cause

You should never have to defend
(never have to defend)
Being friends and lovers
Being friends and lovers (oh)
Being friends and lovers

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  • +1
    Lyric Correction:I'm a ne'er-do-well
    running out of black gold
    it's high time I pulled over
    and walked around
    for awhile.

    I've seen that porcelain shell
    your exoskeleton
    and I feel like we'd walk well
    together

    because, in the end
    we are friends and lovers.

    If asked of me I would
    gobble them to bits,
    the things that wall us off
    from
    where we belong.
    What's wrong with you is good
    for what's wrong with me
    and I think maybe we should
    stick
    together

    because, in the end
    we are friends and lovers.
    We are friends and lovers.

    Abandon all the bones
    we've got to pick,
    they'll only weigh us down
    and
    we're better than that.
    And if they all throw stones
    we'll start a collection
    of everything we're not
    and
    won't be

    'eeeeecause
    you should never have to defend
    being friends and lovers.
    We are friends and lovers.
    We are friends and lovers.
    Flag dolgolaeon December 27, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:After re-reading these lyrics, I realize how terribly off they are. lol.
    Flag thatsniceon November 10, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i was listening to this song and i love it, amazing as incubus is. however it sounded really familar and i worked out what is sounded like, its sounds like how can you shallow so much sleep by bombay bicycle club, does anybody no if this was sampled by incubus? listen to both and u will hear it.
    Flag everybreathwedrewwashallelujahon July 29, 2011   Link
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  • +1
    General Comment:"'Friends and Lovers' is a song that I always hoped we would write. I do believe it is my most favorite thus far. It speaks to the heart of many of our culturally held biases about relationships and what love looks like. It combats the long held notions of love and intimacy and plainly states that Friends make the best Lovers. And that love can in fact be born of friendship and can indeed last outside of our pre-persrcibed notions of what it looks like, feels like and how it endures. Movies and Religion have largely defined our cultural notions of this most important of topics. And in this song it was my attempt to share a different idea of what modern love might look like."
    -This is actually from Brandon Boyd himself (yes, even the typo).
    Flagged hellblazer19on July 07, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:yes
    Flagged wachamakuliton June 02, 2011   Link
  • +3
    Lyric Correction:I'm a ne'er do well
    Running off black gold
    It's high time I pulled over
    and walked around a while

    I've seen the porcelain shell
    Your exoskeleton
    And I feel like we walk well together

    Because in the end, we are friends and lovers

    If asked of me I would
    Gobble them to bits
    The things that wall us off from
    Where we belong

    What's wrong with you is good
    for what's wrong with me
    and I think maybe we should stick together

    Because in the end, we are friends and lovers
    We are friends and lovers

    Abandon all the bones
    We've got to pick
    They'll only weigh us down and
    We are better than that

    If they all throw stones
    Start a collection
    Of everything we're not
    And won't be-cause

    You should never have to defend
    (never have to defend)
    Being friends and lovers
    Being friends and lovers (oh)
    Being friends and lovers
    Flag thatsniceon May 06, 2011   Link
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  • 0
    General Comment:my favourite track off the album however this may change from day to day hahah. beautiful songwriting. such a nice love song.
    Flag StarChild69on May 05, 2011   Link

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