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Backfire Lyrics by Ivory Wire

The World Is Flat

2003

[Verse 1]
What I want to be is at the mercy of your actions
When you summon clarity, it emerges more as passion
(Not today, not today, not today, not today, today you)
What I know is you have a custom of trying to win my favor

[Chorus]
Put on a pretty face
Stand up and make your case
But we know it's too late, that will backfire
Up on your feet again
Act like a gentleman
But we know in the end, that will backfire
That will backfire

[Verse 2]
I can always call the move as the situation's shaping
What may appear as a boundary here is the action that I'm taking
(Not today, not today, not today, not today, today you)
Curling up in your frustration and you take your swipes at me

[Chorus]
Put on a pretty face
Stand up and make your case
But we know it's too late, that will backfire
Up on your feet again
Act like a gentleman
But we know in the end, that will backfire
That will backfire

[Break]

[Chorus]
Put on a pretty face
Stand up and make your case
But we know it's too late, that will backfire
Up on your feet again
Act like a gentleman
But we know in the end, that will backfire
That will backfire
That will backfire
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About “Backfire” by Ivory Wire

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"Backfire" appears on "The World Is Flat" in 2003.

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