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Sarah, Hold Me Down

from The Napoleon of Crime by The Napoleon of Crime

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A song about drinking and complaining. When I wrote it, I was listening to lots of singing diarist types, so I believed that putting real people's names in the lyrics would make me, like, authentic or something. So, apologies to the Sarah in question if she didn't want to be immortalized in verse about puking, but if it's any consolation, I really like this song.

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I'm so loose that my insides
are doused and probably sterilized
I threw up outside the front door
I crawled inside to sleep on the floor
somebody came to clean me off
but you, I never would've thought
that you would be the voice of reason
this fall's just a strange and terrible season

hold me down, hold me down
I’m going crazy
and I don’t need these thoughts that I’m following
hold me down, hold me down
isn’t it amazing
that I’m not taking sides?

what I drink they sell by the barrel
I don’t know what I am but it sure ain't careful
why should we think if our thoughts are a pain?
so let’s toast our regrets 'til they’re all that remain
and if all this does is lower the stakes
then at least it’s not one of my wilder mistakes
'cause I’ve been accused of not biting my tongue
but I promise you, sweetheart, I’m swallowing blood

hold me down, hold me down
I’m going crazy
and I don’t need these thoughts that I’m following
hold me down, hold me down
isn’t it amazing
that I’m not taking sides?

if you let me off my leash
I’ll probably just go crashing around
so Sarah, hold me down

hold me down, hold me down
I’m going crazy
and I don’t need these thoughts that I’m following
hold me down, hold me down
isn’t it amazing
that I’m not taking sides?

hold me down, hold me down
I’m going crazy
and I don’t need these thoughts that I’m following
hold me down, hold me down
isn’t it amazing
that I’m not taking sides?

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from The Napoleon of Crime, released September 16, 2012
written by David Gassmann

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"He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. He has a brain of the first order . . . My horror at his crimes was lost in my admiration at his skill." -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Final Problem" ... more

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