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By the Throat Lyrics by Dead To Me

Cuban Ballerina

2006

Feel, don't watch the mercury drop
Things fell apart and then I turned and stopped and said
I can't go on anymore like this
Save me from the tired hums
The crooked stares of the broken ones
One by one, let's watch 'em all disappear
I used to climb up to the attic at night
I'd end up in the basement, screaming
I'm floating above all of you now
It feels like now they've got me by the throat
You make it sound so sincere
I don't believe what I always hear
I never thought I'd see this day
They got me, got me by the throat
I'm force-fed all the answers
My paranoia just spreads like cancer
I'm so far from all of my problems now
So I packed what's left of me, and I'm leaving
These city walls are closing in on me
Take me back before it all began
Before I'd run, before I cared
Sometimes my best just isn't enough
It feels like now they've got me by the throat
You make it sound so sincere
I don't believe what I always hear
I never thought I'd see this day
They got me, got me by the throat
I'm force-fed all the answers
My paranoia just spreads like cancer
I'm so far from all of my problems now
They got me by the throat
They got me by the throat
All of the things that I've left behind
Have washed out to sea and soon comes
The day that a hard rain falls on me
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About “By the Throat” by Dead To Me

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"By the Throat" is credited to Dead To Me. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"By the Throat" appears on "Cuban Ballerina" in 2006.

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