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What Do We Do With Love?
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What Do We Do With Love? was released on August 22, 2000 by Thirsty Ear Recordings as a part of the album Beat
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AlbumBeat
Release DateAugust 22, 2000
LabelThirsty Ear Recordings
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM136

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Chris Knox
Chris Knox
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chris Knox
Chris Knox
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Chris Knox
Chris Knox
Producer

Lyrics

What do we do with love, sweet love?
What do we do with love?
We put it on a plinth and pray to it as if it were a god
We tell our children it's the finest thing upon this gospel sod
We dress it up in jewel clothes and strip it down to naked flesh
We make it sacred, make it powerful, destructive, pure and fresh
What do we do with love, sweet love?
What do we do with love?
We melt it down and pour it into moulds of lust and sin and shame
We terrify our kids with foul abuse committed in its name
We glorify its use to tame the ravaged psyche of the beast
We make it slowly, make it rough, we make it twice a week at least
What do we do with love, sweet love?
What do we do with love?
We put it on TV and T-shirts, wander ads and the movie screens
We make it jealous, make it tragic, make it sordid and obscene
We pump it up till it is bigger than Titanic on the waves
And watch in disbelief as it explodes and fills a thousand graves
What do we do with love, sweet love?
What do we do with love?
We use it, we use it, we screw it up
What do we do with love, sweet love?
What do we do with love?
We shove it down the throats of anyone who feels a bit a bit morose
We wield it to break down the walls
That hide the things we want the most
We use it to gain access to the flesh that makes us ache with lust
We use it to convince ourselves we're more than skin, bone and dust
What do we do with love, sweet love?
What do we do with love?
We paint it, rhyme it, put it in a song and hope it hits the charts
We make it into crosses, angels
Breasts and dicks and interlocking hearts
We wound and maim it with attention, kill it dead with our demands
Revive it skilfully to do cool tricks at our beck and commands
What do we do with love, sweet love?
What do we do with love?
We make it, we fake it, we waste it all
What do we do with love, sweet love?
What do we do with love?
Written by: Chris Knox
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