Tantalus (Demo)
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Tantalus (Demo) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's a black lake that I'm standing in
It's a shallow pool and I cannot drink or swim
And the fruit trees are draping up above
I can see them but I cannot ever touch
[Pre-Chorus]
In my heart in my chest like a bomb in a bag
And it's always on the edge of going off
But then you give me just enough
[Chorus]
What you want from me
Maybe you don't even know
How you keep me tantalized
Every day, every night
Are you oblivious to my oblivion
You don't even know what you've done
You don't even know what you've done
You keep me dangling like that fruit upon a vine
Oh it was never mine
To keep me tantalizеd
[Verse 2]
Do you mean to withhold what I hunger for
Did you just forget and don't think of mе at all
And in the garden of the world
I could have my fill
I could rage and ransack, but something holds me still
It's a black lake that I'm standing in
It's a shallow pool and I cannot drink or swim
And the fruit trees are draping up above
I can see them but I cannot ever touch
[Pre-Chorus]
In my heart in my chest like a bomb in a bag
And it's always on the edge of going off
But then you give me just enough
[Chorus]
What you want from me
Maybe you don't even know
How you keep me tantalized
Every day, every night
Are you oblivious to my oblivion
You don't even know what you've done
You don't even know what you've done
You keep me dangling like that fruit upon a vine
Oh it was never mine
To keep me tantalizеd
[Verse 2]
Do you mean to withhold what I hunger for
Did you just forget and don't think of mе at all
And in the garden of the world
I could have my fill
I could rage and ransack, but something holds me still
[Pre-Chorus]
In my heart in my chest like a bomb in a bag
And it's always on the edge of going off
But then you give me just enough
[Chorus]
What you want from me
Maybe you don't even know
How you keep me tantalized
Every day, every night
Are you oblivious to my oblivion
You don't know what you've done
You don't know what you've done
You keep me dangling like that fruit upon a vine
Oh it was never mine
You keep me tantalized
[Chorus]
What you want from me
Maybe you don't even know
How you keep me tantalized
Every day, every night
Are you oblivious to my oblivion
You don't know what you've done
You don't know what you've done
You keep me dangling like that fruit upon a vine
It was never mine
You keep me tantalized
In my heart in my chest like a bomb in a bag
And it's always on the edge of going off
But then you give me just enough
[Chorus]
What you want from me
Maybe you don't even know
How you keep me tantalized
Every day, every night
Are you oblivious to my oblivion
You don't know what you've done
You don't know what you've done
You keep me dangling like that fruit upon a vine
Oh it was never mine
You keep me tantalized
[Chorus]
What you want from me
Maybe you don't even know
How you keep me tantalized
Every day, every night
Are you oblivious to my oblivion
You don't know what you've done
You don't know what you've done
You keep me dangling like that fruit upon a vine
It was never mine
You keep me tantalized
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Genius Annotation
Tantalus is an unreleased song by Florence + The Machine.
It was supposed to be on the band’s third album before being scrapped.
Florence stated in an interview that in its initial stage the album (which later turned into How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful) was supposed to be entitled “Tantalus” and meant to be about the story of a witch in Hollywood who falls in love with a man who suddenly dies so she has to face a trial for being believed as the man’s murderer.
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