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Pendulum Swing

from A La Deriva by Making Movies

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The pendulum swing is a crazy thing, it’ll kick you down or it’ll make you sing
No matter how my ears ring, I need it more I just can’t get enough
It’s like your chemical friend with his curious trends, the weirdo wig and the spirit cig
Saying if the world goes up in flames I don’t care I ain’t never had enough

Because I can feel you falling through and I said stop right where you are

See the pendulum has a violent swing, like a childhood star and his dying fame
Or your once-lovers fizzled flame on a night when you just couldn’t get her off
So now the humbled king feels the painful sting and out you see him covered in
A cloak of shame all maimed and lame and way too fucked up to take it off

Because I can feel you falling through and I said stop right where you are
Now I can see you falling through and I said stop right where you are

You see the pendulum swing is a crazy thing, it’ll kick you down or it’ll make you sing
No matter how my ears ring, I need it more I just can’t get enough
Oh the pendulum and its violent swing, the wind and hail that bruised your wings
So if the world goes up in flames I want to be the one to set it off

(translation)
Cuando el péndulo se mece es una locura; te hace cantar o te llena de amargura
No importa que retiñan mis oídos, necesito más, nunca me basta
Es como tu amigo adicto con sus hábitos extraños, con la peluca rara y el cigarro en mano
Que dice que si el mundo se acaba poco le importa, porque nunca me basta

Te siento caer y te digo que te detengas.

El péndulo se mece con violencia, como una estrella infantil cuya fama se esfuma
O como unos amantes cuya llama se ha extinguido, en una noche que no pudiste llevarla al punto
Así que el rey humillado siente la dolorosa punzada y le ves cubierto
Por un manto de vergüenza, herido y cojeando, y demasiado ido para quitárselo

Te veo caer y te digo que te detengas

Cuando el péndulo se mece es una locura; te hace cantar o te llena de amargura
No importa que retiñan mis oídos, necesito más, nunca me basta
El péndulo con su violento mecer, el viento y el granizo que hirieron tus alas
Así que si el mundo arde en llamas, yo quiero ser el que las encendió.

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from A La Deriva, released March 5, 2013

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