Precious Things (Live) [Plugged Tour 1998]

[Verse 1]

So I ran faster

But it caught me here

Yes, my loyalties turned

Like my ankle

In the seventh grade

Running after Billy

Running after the rain

[Chorus 1]

These precious things

Let them bleed

Let them wash away

These, I said, oh, precious things

Let them break

Their hold on me

[Interlude]

I said, I got

He said, he, you

I said, I said, I said, I do

[Verse 2]

He said "you're really an ugly girl

But I like the way you play"

And I died, I died, but I thanked him

Can you believe that?

Sick, holding on to his picture

Dressing up every day

I wanna smash the faces

Of those beautiful boys

Those Christian boys

Beautiful boys

I said Christian boys

Beautiful boys

I said Christian boys

So, you can make me cum

That doesn't make you Jesus

[Chorus 1]

These precious things

Let them bleed

Let them wash away

These, I said, oh, precious things

Let them break

Their hold on me

[Bridge]

I remember, yes

In my peach party dress

No one dared

No one cared to tell me

Where the pretty girls are

Those demigods

With their nine-inch nails

And little fascist panties

Tucked inside the heart

Of every nice girl

[Chorus 2]

These things, oh, yes

I said let them bleed

These in my heart, you in my heart

And I just let them just bleed now

You're in my heart, they're in my heart

Leave them, leave them

I said these, oh, no, precious things

They will bleed, yes

Watch them

These, they're my precious things

They're my bleeding, yes

Watch these things, yes, wash away

These are my precious thing

Let them bleed, now, girls

Just bleed

These are my precious thing

Let them break, break

Their hold on me

[Outro]

I said, I said I can't let you go

Precious, precious