Only by the Night
Kings of Leon
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1
Closer
03 : 57
2
Crawl
04 : 06
3
Sex on Fire
03 : 23
4
Use Somebody
03 : 50
5
Manhattan
03 : 24
6
Revelry
03 : 21
7
17
03 : 05
8
Notion
03 : 00
9
I Want You
05 : 07
10
Be Somebody
03 : 47
11
Cold Desert
05 : 34
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Track Lyrics
Closer Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Stranded in this spooky town
Stop lights are swaying and the phone lines are down
Floor is crackling cold
She took my heart, I think she took my soul
With the moon I run
Far from the carnage of the fiery sun
[Verse 2]
Driven by the strangle of vein
Showing no mercy, I'd do it again
Open up your eyes
You keep on crying, baby, I'll bleed you dry
Skies, they blink at me
I see a storm bubbling up from the sea
[Chorus]
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
[Verse 3]
You shimmy shook my boat
Leaving me stranded all in love on my own
Do you think of me?
Where am I now? Baby, where do I sleep?
Feels so good, but I'm old
Two thousand years of chasing taking it's toll
[Chorus]
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
Crawl Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You fault my pride
Don't ever need to 'pologize
As your lips unfold
Shaken purple from the cold
[Chorus]
You better learn to crawl
You better learn to crawl
'Fore I walk away
'Fore I walk away
[Verse 2]
You broke my mouth
The bloody bits are spitting out
Is your grave unscathed?
The worm is counting down the days
[Chorus]
He wants to see you crawl
He wants to see you crawl
Before I walk away
'Fore I walk away
[Post-Chorus]
The reds and the whites and abused
The crucified USA
As every prophecy unfolds
Oh, Hell is truly on its way
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
As the rat and the fly
They're searching for an alibi
As we await the wrath
They never went to Sunday Mass
[Chorus]
They want to see us crawl
They want to see us crawl
'Fore they walk away
Before they walk away
[Post-Chorus]
The reds and the whites and abused
The crucified USA
As every prophecy unfolds
Oh, Hell is truly on its way
Sex on Fire Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Lay where you're layin'
Don't make a sound
I know they're watchin'
They're watchin'
All the commotion
The kiddie-like play
It has people talkin'
Talkin'
[Chorus]
You
Your sex is on fire
[Verse 2]
The dark of the alley
The breakin' of day
Head while I'm drivin'
I'm drivin'
Soft lips are open
Them knuckles are pale
Feels like you're dyin'
You're dyin'
[Chorus]
You
Your sex is on fire
Consumed
With what's to transpire
[Verse 3]
Hot as a fever
Rattlin' bones
I could just taste it
Taste it
If it's not forever
If it's just tonight
Oh, we're still the greatest
The greatest, the greatest
[Chorus]
You
Your sex is on fire
You
Your sex is on fire, ah
Consumed
With what's to transpire
And you
Your sex is on fire
Consume
With what's to transpire
Use Somebody Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I've been roamin' around, always lookin' down at all I see
Painted faces fill the places I can't reach
You know that I could use somebody
You know that I could use somebody
Someone like you and all you know and how you speak
Countless lovers under cover of the street
You know that I could use somebody
You know that I could use somebody
[Chorus]
Someone like you
[Verse 2]
Off in the night, while you live it up, I'm off to sleep
Wagin' wars to shape the poet and the beat
I hope it's gonna make you notice
I hope it's gonna make you notice
[Chorus]
Someone like me
Someone like me
Someone like me
Somebody
[Bridge]
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Someone like you
Somebody
Someone like you
Somebody
Someone like you
Somebody
[Outro]
I've been roamin' around, always lookin' down at all I see
Manhattan Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I like to dance all night
And some of the day
But that's how I play
Yeah, that's how I play
I said, who are you?
No matter who you are
So we dance all night
And dance all day
[Chorus]
I say
I say
[Verse 2]
We're gonna fuel the fire
We're gonna stoke it up
We're gonna sip this wine
And pass the cup
Who needs avenues?
Who needs reservoirs?
We're gonna show this town
How to kiss these stars
[Chorus]
I say
I say
[Verse 3]
I'm on a hunt to kill
I'm gonna skin the hide
A yelp and scream
And away I ride
And every drop that spills
On every spot of ground
It's all for you
For what you found
[Chorus]
I say
I say
I say
I say
[Outro]
It's gonna take your hand
And gonna drive you home
It's gonna keep on, keep on, keep on
And then forever roam
Revelry Lyrics
[Verse 1]
What a night for a dance, you know I'm a dancing machine
With a fire in my bones and the sweet taste of kerosene
I get lost in the night, so high I don't wanna come down
To face the loss of the good thing that I've found
[Bridge]
Woo-hoo-hoo
Woo-hoo-hoo
[Verse 2]
In the dark of the night, I could hear you calling my name
With the hardest of hearts, I still feel full of pain
So I drink and I smoke and I ask you if you're ever around
Even though it was me who drove us right in the ground
[Chorus]
See, the time we shared, it was precious to me
But all the while, I was dreaming of revelry
[Verse 2]
Born to run, baby, run like a stream down a mountainside
With the wind in my back, I don't ever even bat an eye
Just know it was you all along who had a hold of my heart
But the demon and me were the best of friends from the start
[Chorus]
So the time we shared, it was precious to me
All the while, I was dreaming of revelry
Dreaming of revelry
[Bridge]
And I told myself, "Boy, away you go"
It rained so hard, it felt like snow
Everything came tumbling down on me
In the back of the woods, in the dark of the night
Paleness of the old moonlight
Everything just felt so incomplete
[Outro]
Dreaming of revelry
Dreaming of revelry
Dreaming of revelry
Dreaming of revelry
17 Lyrics
[Chorus]
Oh, she's only seventeen
Whine and whine and whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the scene
Brothers fighting, when's a baby gonna sleep?
Hidden ship that sails away
[Verse]
Said it's a culmination of a story
And a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tick in her head
That made me feel so strange
So I could call you baby, I could call you, dammit
It's a one in a million
Oh, it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue
That made me wanna stay
[Chorus]
Oh, she's only seventeen
Whine and whine and whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the scene
Brothers fighting, when's a baby gonna sleep?
Hidden ship that sails away
[Verse]
Said it's a culmination of a story
And a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tick in her head
That made me feel so strange
So I could call you baby, I could call you, dammit
It's a one in a million
Oh, it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue
That made me wanna stay
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Outro]
I could call you baby, I could call you dammit
It's a one in a million
Oh, it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue
That made me wanna stay
Notion Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I got a notion to say what doesn't feel right
Got an answer in your story today
It gave me a sign that didn't feel right, no
[Chorus]
So don't knock it, don't knock it, you've been here before
So don't knock it, don't knock it, you've been here before
[Verse 2]
I just wanted to know if I could go home
Been rambling day after day
And everyone says I don't know
[Chorus]
So don't knock it, don't knock it, you've been here before
So don't knock it, don't knock it, you've been here before
[Verse 3]
Got a notion to say what doesn't feel right
I just wanted to know if I could go home
[Chorus]
So don't knock it, don't knock it, you've been here before
So don't knock it, don't knock it, you've been here before, ow
So don't knock it, don't knock it
So don't knock it, don't knock it
Oh, don't knock it, don't knock it, you've been here before
So don't knock it, don't knock it, you've been here before
I Want You Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Get back on track, pick me up some bottles of booze
Fickle freshman, probably thinks she's cooler than you
A hay ride at 5, everybody's coming around
So go press your skirt, word is there's a new girl in town
I call shotgun, you can play your R&B tunes
The fellowship time, it always comes a little too soon
The land of the creeps, freshened up from baby-faced shave
Put your eyes on me and I know a place where we can get away
[Chorus]
Just say, I want you
Just 'xactly like I used to
'Cause baby, this is only bringing me down
[Verse 2]
Homeboy's so proud, he finally got the video proof
The night vision shows she was only ducking the truth
It's heavy, I know, the black cat with the gift down below
A choke and a gag, she spit up and came back for more
[Chorus]
She said, I want you
Just 'xactly like I used to
And baby, this is only bringing me down
She said, I want you
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
I want you
Just 'xactly like I used to
And baby, this is only bringing me down
I said, I want you
Just 'xactly like I used to
And baby, this is only bringing me down
Be Somebody Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Taking to the floor with the reach to the sky
I loosen my tie, I loosen my tie
Locking down the door with the rhythm and rhyme
I loosen my tie, I loosen my tie
[Verse 2]
Trying to recall what you want me to say
I shake your way, I shake your way
Counting on the night for a beautiful day
I shake your way, I shake your way
[Refrain]
And I say, you can't get enough
No, you can't get enough
[Chorus]
Given a chance
I'm gonna be somebody
If for one dance
I'm gonna be somebody
Open the door
It's gonna make you love me
Facing the floor
I'm gonna be somebody
[Verse 3]
Now is your time and you know where you stand
With a gun in your hand, with a gun in your hand
Now I'm no longer an ordinary man
Was this your big plan? Your gun in your hand
[Refrain]
And I say, you can't get enough
No, you can't get enough (Can't get enough)
[Chorus]
Given a chance
I'm gonna be somebody
If for one dance
I'm gonna be somebody
Open the door
It's gonna make you love me
Facing the floor
I'm gonna be somebody
[Outro]
Be somebody
Be somebody
Cold Desert Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm on the corner, waiting for a light to come on
That's when I know that you're alone
It's cold in the desert, water never sees the ground
Special, unspoken without sound
[Verse 2]
Told me you loved me, that I'd never die alone
Hand over your heart, let's go home
Everyone noticed, everyone has seen the signs
I've always been known to cross lines
[Verse 3]
I've never ever cried when I was feeling down
I've always been scared of the sound
Jesus don't love me, no one ever carried my load
I'm too young to feel this old
[Outro]
Is it you
Is it me
Or does
Nobody know
Nobody see
Nobody but me?