Release

[Verse 1]
Silver shone the rooftops
Heard the words "You will"
And realized that in your eyes
The force of love could kill
So go and get your wages
You get what you deserve
When hope held out of its hands today
You laughed and turned and fled

[Chorus]
Release, 'cause I wanted the world
All I could get to was a gun or a girl
Release, now I've thrown them away
Here and I'm hungry and I hope I can stay

[Verse 2]
The loch is overflowing
The sun has shed its light
All that's left to warm your breast's
The wine we stole tonight
Bottle merchants both of us
Overdosed on Keats
We smashed them all and watched them fall
Like magic in the streets

[Chorus]
Release, 'cause I wanted the world
All I could get to was a gun or a girl
Release, now I've thrown them away
I'm here and I'm hungry and I hope I can stay

[Verse 3]
Standing in our new boots
We've lost the urge to hide
We left it with the souvenirs
That forced us to decide
How we'd storm the palace
Meet me at the gates
There's plenty bread and water here
For anyone who waits

[Chorus]
Release, 'cause I wanted the world
All I could get to was a gun or a girl
Release, now I've thrown them away
I'm here and I'm hungry and I hope I can stay

[Post-Chorus]
But you can't remember where you squandered your hope
A fistful of dollars and a fistful of dope
With your hands in your hair and your hair in your face
Summon your soul because we're leaving this place
With a red, red flag and a red, red flag
Red, red flag for a souvenir
Red, red flag and a red, red flag
And a red, red flag for a souvenir