Arms & Hearts

by The Hold Steady

From the album: Boys and Girls in America

Track 13 of 28 on Boys and Girls in America (2006).

Duration: 03:50

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Lyrics for Arms & Hearts

To me it just felt like six or seven seconds, But I guess we went coast to coast To me he didn't seem all that holy, But I guess he might have been that ghost I'm not saying that he came off all that hot He burned a hole in me eventually I've been mostly living in the center of your most Holy Trinity So maybe now you might go out with me, 'cause I got so much positivity And I've got so much positivity There were amber waves of grain, And hawks and rustle thrushes There were serotonin rushes. There were purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain There were diamonds in the drain. To me it didn't seem all that much better When he went and climbed up on that cross To me you didn't seem all that much like a princess with your Bandaged hands and your hacking cough. Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith We pull each other in and then we push it all away Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith We pull each other in and then we push it all away There were crosses and crushes, crashes and hassles We were kissing in the center while the band played "Ice Cream Castles" Arms and hearts and alcohol and death She was awkward and thoughtful and ascending into heaven dripping wet. Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith We pull each other in and then we push it all away Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith We pull each other in and then we push it all away There were crosses and crushes and crashes and hassles We were kissing in the center while the band played "ice cream castles" Arms and hearts and alcohol and death She was awkward and thoughtful and ascending into heaven dripping wet. Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith We pull each other in and then we push it all away Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith We pull each other in and then we push it all away There were crosses and crushes and crashes and hassles We were kissing in the center while the band played "Ice Cream Castles" Arms and hearts and alcohol and death She was awkward and thoughtful and ascending into heaven dripping wet

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