"Atonement" Lyrics

Don't tell her how she feels at this moment
If you don't see her when she hits the floor
Craving fame's all good, to be tame means atonement
There's no crime in wanting more

She saw a chance so she thought she'd take it
And she don't want me to talk no more
And as a matter of fact she found out I faked it
But there's no truth in what she saw

I dug the change in the seasons
And I want her to know what she's missing
And I don't dig the reason's she's giving
Coz she don't give me piece of mind
So wait a god damn minute
Wait a whole fucking year
Wait til it hits ya, wait til ya see it
Wait in the romance crumble in your fear

She sees everything changin'
She'd pay to see me burn
But I see me free ranging
Denying change is one thing she'll never learn

Coz cold winter months bring stormy weather
But to some mighty oak you'll find she'll latch
Coz now it's gone, give up forever
Before my mightiest scheme has yet to hatch

She's just a moca takin' clockwork junkie
And with no insult do I intend
So what if she wants to be a shaolin monkey
Acceptin' she cant makes me offend?
She never asked for my full attention
No sooner after she failed to mention
She never ignored it was built on sand
No sooner it sank on this tilted land

She's assumin' that's the truth's insumin
If clouded by a myth we'll fail
She makes me fume, so stop exhumin'
Our past and fears mean so little now

No take it back, back track, live a little, smile
This season's treason's seen me run a mile
But I don't mean a damn thing
Soaked in the rain but it cleanses my skin