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Piggy in the Mirror

The Cure · 1984

Written by Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst, Andy Anderson, Phil Thornalley, Porl Thompson

4:15 Duration
270 Words

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Shapes in the drink like Christ

Cracks in the pale blue wall

I'm walking slowly and quickly but always away

I'm twisting, twisting to the floor

[Chorus 1]

Flowers in your mouth and the same dry song

The routine from laughter land

Sixteen white legs and a row of teeth

I watch you in secrecy

[Verse 2]

You're dying, for the hope is gone

From here we go nowhere again

Oh, I'm trapped in my face and I'm changing too much

I can't climb out the way I fell in

[Chorus 2]

Jump with me, for that old forgotten dance

The midnight sun will burn you up

Your life is cold, your life is hot

Your life is too much for words

[Chorus 3]

These occasions are such a relief

Another point, another view to send

We start to talk and it's, and it's all so safe

Oh, I feed you in my dreams

[Verse 3]

Footsteps on a wire, high above my head

The stain reveals my real intention

I'm the waiting beast, I'm the twisted nerve

As I dance, dance back to the body in my bed

As I dance, dance back to the body in my bed

To the body in my bed, oh

[Outro]

Look at the piggy, piggy in the mirror

At the piggy, piggy in the mirror

At the piggy, the piggy in the mirror

At the piggy, piggy in the mirror

Oh, look at the piggy in the...

At the piggy, piggy in the mirror

Oh, look at the piggy in the mirror

Oh, look at the piggy in the mirror

Oh, look at the piggy in the mirror

Oh, ho

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