Flogging Molly - Float

Flogging Molly - Float lyrics

Requiem For A Dying Song
(No More) Paddy's Lament
Float
You Won't Make A Fool Out Of Me
The Lightning Storm
Punch Drunk Grinning Soul
Us Of Lesser Gods
Between A Man And A Woman
From The Back Of A Broken Dream
Man With No Country
The Story So Far

Requiem For A Dying Song

There's a government whip cracked across your back
Where the honor of the day is don't listen, attack
See the blood run down in your bushwhack town
Revolution is the gimmick of the joke less clown
Where the body's just yelling for the tax man's gun

Talk don't talk if you've nothing to say
Walk don't walk if your feet don't know the way

And requiem for a dying song
with a shimmy and a shank from a futile war
And the sun that lights the day
breaks the darkness and the powers of another great shame

With you my love, with you my lover
with you I will return
And requiem for a dying song

Got a barrel by the face should the order release
Should the bullet in your pocket turn away and retreat
See the terror in the eye of a bloodshot child
Only bubble in his belly and the promise of lies
Operation, liberation, tell me, you can decide

Talk don't talk if you've nothing to say
Walk don't walk if your feet don't know the way

And requiem for a dying song
with a shimmy and the shank from a futile war
And the sun that lights the day
breaks the darkness and the powers of another great shame

But with you my love, with you my lover
with you I will return
And requiem for a dying song

Agony on the corner of every street
Then he lost himself over bitterness, explode
Explode

There's a government whip cracked across your back
Where the honor of the day is don't listen, attack

Talk don't talk if you've nothing to say
Walk don't walk if your feet don't know the way

And requiem for a dying song
with a shimmy and the shank from a futile war
And the sun that lights the day
breaks the darkness and the powers of another great shame

But with you my love, with you my lover
with you I will return
And requiem for a dying song
With you my lover
with you I will return
And requiem for a dying song

(No More) Paddy's Lament

Wipe the blood from you lip
With the flesh of your hand
There's no thorn in the side
Left to grow

So lets cherish the names
That were lost for an age
With the room now
This supper must go

Where traditions they blend
Lends a home on the mend
The grass glistens now
For all eyes

So lets ever the shame
We have come to reclaim
With the waters retreat
Feel the shore

With the red rose pale
Lay a thousand graves many more
Though their ghosts still haunt
For the day we've come to live for

Don't look back
For what's dead now is saved
They exiled the home
Where the solider kept safe
Take me back
On the crest of a wave
No more tears for your patty's lament
No more tears no more paddy's
Lament

With the grief from his heart
There's no sorrow tonight
For now once banished
Dreams sleep divine

Where the silence you hear
Is the prosper we share
The only blade
Is a razor sharp smile

Still a church bell rings
To collect the sins that still roam
Where the only thing lost is the pain
That nothing wont moor

Drop the leave of the branch
From the tree in it's ground
Where these roots bring the earth
Many child
To a land that now stands
Under no one's command
And their beauty left no man destroyed

So remember the gun
And the damage it done
The last drop has been spilled
For you and I
Let there be no despair
From the room we once shared
Bush the tear from the eye that still shines

With the red rose pale
Lay a thousand graves many more
Though their ghosts still haunt
For the day we've come to live for

Don't look back
For what's dead now is saved
They exiled the home
Where the solider kept safe
Take me back
On the crest of a wave
No more tears for your patty's lament
Don't look back
For what's dead now is saved
They exiled the home
Where the solider kept safe
Take me back
On the crest of a wave
No more tears for your patty's lament
No more tears for your patty's lament
No more tears no more paddy's
Lament

Float

Drank away the rest of the day.
I wonder what my liver'd say.
Drink--that's all you can.

Blackened days with their bigger gales
blow in your parlor to discuss the day.
Listen--that's all you can.

Oh, but don't, no don't sink the boat
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
An' oh don't, don't sink the boat
that you built.

Sick and tired of what to say
No one listens anyway.
Sing--that's all you can.

Ramblin' years of lousy luck
you miss the smell of burnin' turf.
Dream--that's all you can.

Ah, but don't, don't sink the boat
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
An' oh don't, don't sink the boat
that you built, you built to keep afloat.

Singled out for who you are
it takes all types to judge a man.
Feel--that's all you can.

Filthy suits with bigot ears
hide behind their own worst fears.
Live--that's all you can.

It's all you can.
It's all you can
do.

No matter where I put my head
I'll wake up feeling sound again.
Breathe--that's all you can.

Tomorrow smells of less decay.
The flowers greet this bloomin' fray.
Be thankful--that's all you can.

Oh, but don't, no don't sink the boat
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
An' oh don't, don't sink the boat
that you built to keep afloat.
An' oh don't, don't sink the boat
that you built.
Ah, that you built to keep afloat.

A ripe old age,
a ripe old age.
I'm a ripe old age.
That's what I am.

I'm a ripe old age,
a ripe old age,
a ripe old age.
Just doing the best I can.

A ripe old age!
A ripe old age!
A ripe old age!
That's what I am.

A ripe old age!
A ripe old age!
A ripe old age!
Just doing the best I can!

Hey!
The best I can!

You Won't Make A Fool Out Of Me

Rank these woods
Where lost inspiration
Ain't that a barrel full of laughs?
Wipe your arse of the crumbs on the table
Where they fall hungry on your land
Whatever became of the seed that once grew in your hand
And the darts where you fingers did bleed and the rush to your head

Oh ya won't no, no no you won't make a fool outa me

Worse things break that are made of elastic
And I'm no puppet on your show
You won't sing when the singer is song less
Another notch in your fat belt
But green is the heart of your greed
That much I can tell
you may think you're the captain of me
But I'm your coffin ship from hell

And ya won't no no no ya won't,ya won't make a fool outa me
Won't no no no ya won't,ya won't make a fool outa me

So I'll drag these bones across the edge
With the dead I'll never sleep
Where I'll haunt ya for a thousand years
Without breath you'll never breath
For an empty shell your grave will feel a lost for ever more

And ya won't no no no ya won't,ya won't make a fool outa

Wipe that hand that fed you for nothing
Get that monkey of your back
Empty lies and bold celebrations thats not the meaning of success
But green is the harsh of your greed that much I can tell

And ya won't no no no ya won't make a fool outa me
I says ya won't no no no ya won't make a fool outa me
I says ya won't no no no ya won't make a fool outa me

The Lightning Storm

This lonely existence paves the way
For the heart of hearts must beat be brave
While this quiet lightning storm
Wrecks the harvest gold we tried to sow.

And So it begins,
The way the blood still dances beneath the skin
As the message from hell says we're bound to win
As the days they come,
But the years they go,
So take care of your freedom
They'll never know.

I sit on the wing for a blackbird's song
To tell me where and when this all went wrong,
There's no resolution without remorse
With ignorance bliss defend let's stay the course.

Puncture the skin
And see its blood run cold on desert sand,
Come hear the men from mothers with childless hands.
As the days they come,
But the years they go,
So take care of your freedom
They'll never know.

Take good care of your freedom
They'll never know.

Take what you give
Until there is nothing left but forever live,
And night descends on shadows without their kill.
As the days they come,
But the years they go,
So take care of your freedom
They'll never know.

Yeah, Take good care of your freedom
They'll never know.

As the days they come,
But the years they go,
So take care of your freedom
They'll never know.

Punch Drunk Grinning Soul

It took me everything I had
To give all that I could
Walk beside me while I sleep
Steer me from the slumber wolf
Tangled forest of the mind
Speaks to me of self-despise
Close the window through the pane
Hear the siren's serenade

Could have been the comeback kid
The southpaws' legend glove to fill
No shadow boxer but the one
A true contender for the crown
Now this punch drunk grinning soul
In its' corner begs 'no more'

[Chorus]
Hey now, stay proud
You were lost on a blue day
Hey now, stay proud
Hey now, stay proud
you were lost on a blue day
Hey now, stay proud
But we hardly knew ya

The chamber echo never speaks
The rushin' tide devours my feet
No global warming fills this soul
For hell it freezes what it stole
From the beggar's empty plate
To our world that stuffs its' face

[Chorus]

But these tired eyes are crashin' down on me
While the paint never dries
On these four walls that now suffocate me
But tonight, maybe tonight
All will be free

Release, unlock this prison door
It can't hold me anymore
Serpent lied with sting of tale
Hand of reason rusts the nail
Now this punch drunk grinning soul
In its' corner begs 'no more'

[Chorus]

Us Of Lesser Gods

There's a breeze that's blowin' in from the land
Instead of salt air all we breathe in is sand
Crippled the cloud that once brought the rain
Good job now we'll never see our coasts again

But those of us, those of us
Us of lesser gods
Won't eat till we're hungry
Won't drink till we're parched
But those of us, those of us
Who forget where we're from
Create now this hell where no devil could spawn
Take me back, take me back
To the way life used to be

A whisper's now sayin'
What words used to speak
Starve must the child, hungry sex on tv
For no act of contrition
Will pardon the soul
The damage now glistens
See how it glows

Yesterday is better that it is today
And today will be better than tomorrow they say
We don't want what you know
But we know what we want
That's live and let live
We're all different that counts

Dark is the shallow man
Proud without pride
Worn out comes the welcome
From a truth that never lies
Weep now for the tear
Cold on the face
So come down from your heaven lord
Let me show you hell on earth
Take me back
To the way life's never been

Between A Man And A Woman

Between a man and a woman
Life begins again
Between love and confusion
There lies only pain

Take my word, Heal my soul, Shake my pride, I'm too proud to let go
Give me the sun, The moon above, If the stars should fall, Then Only heaven knows

Between a man and a woman
It's everything or nothing at all
Everything or nothing at all
Everything or nothing at all

Neither a rhyme nor a reason
Will make us think the same
You tell me I'll half crazy
But you're insane
Look at me on your mirror
Staring at your face
In love with my own reflection
Or in need of a change

Take my word, Heal my soul, Shake my pride, I'm too proud to let go
Give me the sun, The moon above, If the stars should fall, Then Only heaven knows

Between a man and a woman
It's everything or nothing at all
Everything or nothing at all
Everything or nothing at all

She says love me like you did
You did before
He says love me like you did
You did once more

Between a man and a woman
It's everything or nothing at all
Everything or nothing at all
Everything or nothing at all

Take my word, Heal my soul, Shake my pride, I'm too proud to let go
Give me the sun, The moon above, If the stars should fall, Then Only heaven knows

From The Back Of A Broken Dream

As your soul drifts on the plate
To the floor where she is standing
Rising by the fire
From the torch you were burning
Many years but many tears
And many more will soon be arriving
But i drink this final drop
To enter your front door

Gone are the days
When I poured from the rain
Where once once marched a man
Going down life's drain
Oh in time in time you will see
Just what you mean to me
For I have met an angel clip my wings

Come back young volunteer
For your war now it is over
Lay down your blackened gun
Not another bad word spoken
Come tell of all you've seen
To the soul you're no longer killing
And rest your weary voice
The last battle song has cried

Gone are the days
When I poured from the rain
Where once once marched a man
Going down life's drain
Oh in time in time you will see
Just what you mean to me
For I have met an angel clip my wings
Oh an angel clipped my wings
From the back of a broken dream
So they'll probably never break my fall again
For i return to sing this tune
From the back of a broken dream

Time wont hurry back
Time wont stall
Time to forget the past
Brush the cobwebs from the wall

Oh for I survived to sing this tune
From the back of a broken dream
For an angel clipped my wings
From the back of a broken dream
So they'll probably never break my fall again
For i return to sing this tune
From the back of a broken dream

For i return to sing this tune
From the back of a broken dream

Man With No Country

Picture an ending before it's begun
The art of forgiveness is not what we're taught
Reek of the havoc already made
The cradle was damaged, dug by the grave
Where you lie in the sin, for mortal's the soul
Forgive me this father before I go cold
From burden of grief and all I regret
Spare me the conscience before I forget

For once in this life
I better do something right
But i'm caught in a world that won't stop burnin'
That won't stop burnin'

Jump through the arms with a mindless desire
Hand in your pocket, burnt by the fire
Cold as the stone you threw at the wall
Blood never boils till the pressure is high
With despise of the fear that festers the growth
The truth always beckons
Don't lose what you stole

For once in this life
I better do something right
Don't bury the voice that's not yet spoken
I'll challenge the flames
Till this man with no country remains
Still caught in a world that won't stop burnin'

Right or wrong, this is where I belong
I've always belonged
If the truth be known, there's no place left to go
No place I can go

But there is a light
There's still a spark
There is no place in this room for the dark
So scatter the bones that's left of the old
For dust only settles when bored
Settles when bored

Won't stop burnin'
Won't stop burnin'

The Story So Far

You always had what you wanted
so leave it behind
and if the glass isn't broken
then the futures not blind
all that you know means nothing to you
but its the loss of control shatters the truth

Here's the story so far
it's already here
we've made it this far
sure we battled the spears
but life cuts to pieces
to the wounds from the secrets
makes it all who you are

Love craves self destruction
it's a blizzard in hand
lay your cards ion the table
but you're not in command
so burn with the fire
you so eagerly lit
watch the flames flicker higher
said I don't care about you

Here's the story so far
it's already here
we've made it this far
sure we battled the spears
but life cuts to pieces
to the wounds from the secrets
makes it all who you are

Oh it's bitter the pill
that you swallow to feel
I don't care what I lost
I just thank god I'm alive

Makes it all who you are [x5]

That's the story so far

Flogging Molly - Float lyrics

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