Kimbra – The Build Up

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Went from cities to touch the suburbs
On the highway, but I'm barefoot
I need a map but not the destination
Need a compass but not a conversation

I want to run far from this grey town
You're on every street, marked on the ground
Not the meant and not the paint
Want the price but not the raise

I want the jump but not the height
Let me fall but catch me mid flight
I swam with sharks and beasts of the sea
Only went down for the company
Went down for the company

I forgot to mention
That you would come back home when I call
Left no sign, nothing at all
Sorry you won't fit inside my heart
I wanted love without the build up

I need the rules but not the regulations
Want the wisdom but not the information
Need the light but not the heat of the day
Need your hands to show me how to pray

I lost the plot underneath the fire
Of all the dots and lines that took me higher
Away from traffic and smiles of tire
I like the nights but not the tangled wires

Need the pulse to feel alive
All the world's just made it seem all quiet
This has all become far too loud
I like you more when you don't make a sound

You will come back home when I call
You left no sign, nothing at all
Sorry you won't fit inside my heart
Won't you come light the way and wash this away

I wanted love without the build up

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Lyrics submitted by anchorandbraille, edited by tildabbl, aidanjtpck

Track duration: 05:03

"The Build Up" as written by Kimbra Johnson, Francois Tetaz

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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    General Comment:it's "prize but not the risk"
    Flag tkxxx7on March 24, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:I wonder what Kimbra's religion is. She mentions Psalms, not knowing salvation from the pews, and, in this song, praying. Interesting stuff.
    Flag Munduson May 29, 2012   Link
  • +3
    Lyric Correction:It's "momentum" and "pace", not "the meant" and "the paint"
    Flag beauparadoxon May 08, 2012   Link
  • +1
    Lyric Correction:"want the price but not the raise" prize but not the race
    "i like the nights but not the tangled wires" lights not nights
    and it's compass not compus
    Flag solipsizedon October 20, 2011   Link

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