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Because the Night by Garbage

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Garbage

Because the Night

Release date: 24th November 2024

From copy/paste, vol. 1 (abridged) - EP
Track 6
5:00
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About This Track

'Because the Night' by Garbage is a Rock track from the album 'copy/paste, vol. 1 (abridged) - EP', released in 2024. The lyrics are an intimate, persuasive appeal for closeness, framed around desire and surrender, with the speaker inviting someone to “pull me close, try and understand”. There is a promise of safety in the pocket of romance, as the song imagines being protected from harm and absorbed by touch, culminating in an insistence that love offers refuge.

"Because the Night" is a single by Garbage, from the album copy/paste, vol. 1 (abridged) - EP, released 24th November 2024. The track is 5:00 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about Garbage.

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Lyrics

Because the Night

Take me now baby here as I am
Pull me close, try and understand
Desire is the hunger it's the fire I breathe
Love is a banquet on which we feed

Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when I'm in your hands
Take my hand come undercover
They can't hurt you now
Can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now

Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us

Have I doubt when I'm alone
Love is a ring, the telephone
Love is an angel disguised as lust
Here in our bed till the morning comes

Come on now try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand as the sun descends
They can't touch you now
Can't touch you now, can't hurt you now

Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us

With love we sleep
We doubt this vicious circle
Turns and burns
Without you oh, I cannot live
Forgive, the yearning burning
I believe it's time, too real to feel
So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now

Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us

Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us

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Track details

From copy/paste, vol. 1 (abridged) - EP

5:002024Single
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copy/paste, vol. 1 (abridged) - EP
Garbage
24th November 2024
Track number
6
Release year
2024
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    4:09
  2. 2Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
    5:17
  3. 3Song to the Siren
    4:17
  4. 4Love My Way
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