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The Raincoats – Forgotten Words (1996) | Track profile | Dork

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Looking in the Shadows
Forgotten Words

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Forgotten Words

Release date: 14th May 1996

From Looking in the Shadows

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About This Track

"Forgotten Words" is a track by The Raincoats, from the album Looking in the Shadows, released 14th May 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

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The Raincoats

The Raincoats

Lyrics

Forgotten Words

[Chorus]

Love oh love

Once over here

Next like words

Taken by the wind

Spoken then forgotten

Changing into fear

[Verse 1]

I fear looking

As everything is broken

A stone in the water

Everything split open

I'm afraid to look

I'm open but tied up

I'm listening to you

Blood is hot in my heart

My heart beats

My heart beats

[Chorus]

Love oh love

First over here

Next like words

Spoken then forgotten

Taken by the wind

Its smell still so near

[Verse 2]

I watch for you across the ocean

A crab at the seashore I cry

I know I can grab the water

I know I can fly the sky

But where are the lips of love?

The music I keep hearing

Your skin and mine one night

The dagger in the sand disappearing

[Bridge]

My heart beats

My heart beats

My heart beats

My heart beats

My heart beats

My heart beats

My heart beats

My heart beats

[Verse 3]

I'm afraid to look

I'm open but tied up

I'm listening to you

Blood is hot in my heart

But where are the lips of love?

The music I keep hearing

Your skin and mine one night

The dagger in the sand disappearing

[Outro]

My heart beats

My heart beats

My heart beats

My heart beats

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Track details

From Looking in the Shadows

1996

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Album

Looking in the Shadows

Release year

1996

—Babydog
—Love a Loser
—57 Ways to End It All
—Looking in the Shadows
—Forgotten Words
—So Damn Early
—Only Tonight
—You Ask Why
—Pretty
—You Kill Me
—Truth is Hard

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