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Knots Lyrics
All in all each man
In all men and (Man in)
All men in each man (All)
He can see she can't (He can)
She can see, she can see (See, she can)
Whatever, whatever (See all)
You may know what I don't know
But not that I don't know it
And I can't tell you
So you will
To tell me all man
Man in all men (Man in)
All men in each man (All)
Can he see, can she see (He can see)
She can see, she can see (See, she can)
Whatever, whatever (See all)
You may know what I don't know
But not that I don't know it
And I can't tell you
So you will have
To tell me all
It hurts him to think that
She is hurting her by
Him being hurt to think (To think that he thinks)
That she thinks he is hurt (He is hurting her by)
By making her feel guilty (Making her feel guilty at hurting)
At hurting him by (Him by her thinking)
Her thinking she wants him (She wants him to want)
To want her, he wants her (Her he wants her to want)
To want him to get him (Him to get him to want)
To want him to get him (Her she pretends she wants)
To want her she pretends (Him to get her she wants)
In all men and (Man in)
All men in each man (All)
He can see she can't (He can)
She can see, she can see (See, she can)
Whatever, whatever (See all)
You may know what I don't know
But not that I don't know it
And I can't tell you
So you will
To tell me all man
Man in all men (Man in)
All men in each man (All)
Can he see, can she see (He can see)
She can see, she can see (See, she can)
Whatever, whatever (See all)
You may know what I don't know
But not that I don't know it
And I can't tell you
So you will have
To tell me all
It hurts him to think that
She is hurting her by
Him being hurt to think (To think that he thinks)
That she thinks he is hurt (He is hurting her by)
By making her feel guilty (Making her feel guilty at hurting)
At hurting him by (Him by her thinking)
Her thinking she wants him (She wants him to want)
To want her, he wants her (Her he wants her to want)
To want him to get him (Him to get him to want)
To want him to get him (Her she pretends she wants)
To want her she pretends (Him to get her she wants)
He tries to
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid (By not being)
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid (By not being)
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid, afraid, afraid
You may know what I don't know
But not that I don't know it
And I can't tell you
So you will
You may know what I don't know
But not that I don't know it
And I can't tell you
So you will have
To tell me all
I get what I deserve
I deserve what I get
I have it so I deserve it
I deserve it for I have it
I get what I deserve
What I deserve
What I get
I have it so I deserve
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid (By not being)
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid (By not being)
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid, afraid, afraid
You may know what I don't know
But not that I don't know it
And I can't tell you
So you will
You may know what I don't know
But not that I don't know it
And I can't tell you
So you will have
To tell me all
I get what I deserve
I deserve what I get
I have it so I deserve it
I deserve it for I have it
I get what I deserve
What I deserve
What I get
I have it so I deserve
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid (By not being)
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid (By not being)
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid (By not being)
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid, afraid, afraid
Afraid, afraid, afraid, afraid
Afraid
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid (By not being)
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid (By not being)
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid (By not being)
He tries to (Afraid)
Make her afraid (He's afraid)
By not being afraid, afraid, afraid
Afraid, afraid, afraid, afraid
Afraid
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This song is inspired by the book Knots by the Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing.
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December 1, 1972
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