Belly Lyrics: King B-sides

Thief
She wears her dress high
As high as she pulls her hat down low
She's seeking out the places those other people can't go
And hold her
Untouched by the sea
(Untouched by the sea)
She's walking on water when she walks in her sleep
She's dragging me through places I didn't want to be seen

She's a liar
As I am a thief
Because of you I came
Because of you I leave

I wanna know
I wanna know why the monsters that hurt you so
Don't look like those things that we battled so long ago
And I thought I did my part when I pulled you out of there
That night you left (???) bruise marks on my wall

You are my liar
So I will be your thief
Because of you I came
Because of you I leave
Be calm, baby
We are home now

Baby's Arm
slow down
slow down
arms too tired to take up
baby takes up arms
arms too tired to bleach my face and break it
baby tags along

lips too wide to breach about it
hips too wide to reach around it
arms to tired to bleach my face and break it
baby tags along

honey ride with me
(????)
be my company
(????)
honey ride and let some good thing come and rip me through my jeans
(honey ride with me)
rip me through my jeans
(honey ride with me)

slow down
slow down
slow down

I'm allowed to take this shit
????
i'm allowed to cry at times (the quiet type???)

knowing
I'm too tired to reach my face and break it

honey ??

honey ride with me
(????)
be my company
(????)
honey ride and let some good thing come and rip me through my jeans
(honey ride with me)
rip me through my jeans
(honey ride with me)

honey ride with me (3X)
be my company
please baby please baby please

John Dark
I went in like Joan
No voice to guide me
And carried a picture
In my teeth
A wedding like Joan's
No voice to guide me
I carried a picture
In my teeth

Next time I'm feeling better
I'll keep my legs together
I'll wear my leather sweater
And never once forget her

Your dilated eyes
And guarded paradise
You carried a picture of Joan
I know you're upset
Because you haven't shaved your legs
And you're not a woman
Who might think that was European
Do words stand alone?
Would words stand behind you?
Will words burn the picture
In your teeth?

Next time I'm feeling better
I'll keep my legs together
I'll wear my leather sweater
And never once forget her

Next time I'm feeling better
I'll put my hands together
I'll waive my right to pleasure
And keep my legs together

Spaceman
I can see the heat pour off of me
I can see it burns you too
I can see the strength you took from me
I can see I sapped you too
But we're not angels
We're not fools
Danger (2X)
I can see your allegiance to me
I can see that I'm no fun anymore
I can see the way you put your arm out to me
And I'm no fun anymore
But we're not angels
We're not cool
Danger (2X)
She said I'm not a unicorn you can always find another one
And you're not a dying sun there's always another ray to your hope
I'm holding out
I'm holding out for a spaceman
For a spaceman (2X)
For the spaceman

She said I'm not a unicorn go out and get another one
You're not a dying sun there's always another ray to your hope
I'm holding out
I'm holding out for a spaceman
For a spaceman (2X)
For the spaceman
I can see the heat pour off of me
I can see it burns you too

Diamond Rib Cage
This poisoned honeymoon
This person is gonna blow out soon
That headache, that breath, these nightmares are boring me to death
They're boring me to death
To death
My heart is a diamond rib cage
Unlovable but love ?????
My heart is a diamond rib cage
Busted out ?? busted out

I'm twisted in flight
I spin like a ????? always out of time
That headache, that breath, these nightmares are gonna be my death
They're boring me to death
To death
My heart is a diamond rib cage
Unlovable but love ????
My heart is a diamond rib cage
Busted out ?? busted out
Busted out

My heart is a diamond (3X)

Think About Your Troubles
Step aside the breakfast table
Think about your troubles
Pour yourself a cup of tea and think about the bubbles
You can take your teardrops and drop 'em in a teacup
Take 'em down to the riverside
And throw 'em over the side
To be swept up by a current
and taken to the ocean to be eaten by some fishes
Who were eaten by some fishes who were swallowed by a whale
Who grew so old he decomposed
He died and left his body to the bottom of the ocean
Now everybody knows that when a body decomposes
The basic elements are given back to the ocean
Then the sea does what it oughta and soon the salty water
Not too good for drinkin'
Cause it tastes just like a teardrop
So we run it through a filter
And it comes out of a faucet
Where it pours into a teacup which is just about to bubble
Now think about your troubles
Now (11X)
Are you sleeping can you hear me?
Now (2X)

Broken
He cries out her eyes
A fire is unfurnaced
The curve of her spine
Is heaven unbound
But heaven is harsh and fire unfaithful
Live the bird that you hold in your palm
I know where you hang
I drive by there often
I spy on the circus that make up your friends (????)
Heaven is harsh and fire unfaithful
Like the bird that you hold in your palm
Broken eyes in your head
Broken arms at your side
Broken bird on a string
Shake it till she sings
And you reel that songbird in
By her broken baby wing
And you shake her till she sings (2X)

He cries out her eyes
As blue as her fingers
The curve of her ass in unparalleled
Heaven is harsh and fire ungrateful
Like the bird that you hold in your palm
Broken eyes in your head
Broken arms at your side
Broken bird on a string
Shake it till she sings
And you reel that songbird in
By her broken baby wing
And you shake her till she sings (4X)

All songs written by Tanya Donelly except "Thief" by Thomas Gorman & Tanya Donelly and "Think About Your Troubles" by H. Nilsson.
All songs published Slow Dog Music, BMI.
These lyrics were transcribed by Andrew Kieschnick
Please email any corrections to [email protected].