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Years & Years – The Whale (2012) | Track profile | Dork

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Years & Years
I Wish I Knew
The Whale

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The Whale

Release date: 17th July 2012

From I Wish I Knew

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"The Whale" is a track by Years & Years, from the album I Wish I Knew, released 17th July 2012. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 17 articles about Years & Years.

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Lyrics

The Whale

[Verse 1]

If you want, I will love you

I'll open my cupboard and show you my jumpers

And posters and you'll say, "Don't be afraid, I've been here before"

I'm made of ivory, I'm a cannibal

What have you done? You're not a weapon, are you?

What have you done? You're not a weapon, are you?

[Verse 2]

I last forever, I have plenty time

Make marks, I do not panic

Don't be afraid, I've been here before

I'm made of Ivory, I eat cannibals

I'll tie you up, I'll sail on by, I will

Ooh, I'll tie you up, I'll sail on by, I will

[Bridge]

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

(And I wish that I was alone to be dead)

Oh, oh, oh, oh

(And I wish that I was alone to be dead)

Oh, oh, oh, oh

(And I wish that I was alone to be dead)

[Outro]

Ooh, the whale is not my friend tonight, I've never been alone

Ooh, the whale is not my friend tonight, it's just a bag of bones

Ooh, the whale is not my friend tonight, oh

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