Because The Night - 10,000 Maniacs

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[Intro]
         
       


[Verse 1]
           
Take me now, b

             
aby, here as I

  
 am.
           
Pull me close 

             
try and unders

 
tand.
           
Desire is hung

             
er, is the fir

     
e I breathe.
           
Love is a banq

             
uet on which w

   
e feed.

            
Come on now, t

             
ry and underst

 
and
           
the way I feel

              
 under your co

  
mmand.
            
Take my hand a

              
s the sun desc


ends.
             
They can't hur

            
t you now, can

              
't hurt you no

    
w, can't hurt 

you now.


[Chorus]
        
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

         
 lovers.
        
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 
 lust.
        
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

      
 lovers.
        
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 
 us.


[Verse 2]
           
Have I doubt w

          
hen I'm alone?
           
Love is a ring

            
 on the teleph


one.
           
Love is an ang

             
el disguised a

   
s lust,
           
here in our be

             
d until the mo

       
rning comes.

            
Come on now, t

             
ry and underst

 
and
           
the way I feel

              
 under your co

  
mmand.
            
Take my hand a

              
s the sun desc


ends.
             
They can't hur

            
t you now, can

              
't hurt you no

    
w, can't hurt 

you now.


[Chorus]
        
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

         
 lovers.
        
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 
 lust.
        
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

      
 lovers.
        
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 
 us.


[Solo]
     
    
     



[Bridge]
             
With love we s

            
leep; with dou

             
bt the vicious

            
 cycle turns a

    
nd burns.
            
Without you Oh

            
h I cannot liv

             
e, forgive the

            
 yearning, bur

ning
             
I believe in t

            
ime, too heal 

      
to feel,
            
so take me now

             
, take me now,

                
 take me now.


[Chorus]
        
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

         
 lovers.
        
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 
 lust.
        
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

      
 lovers.
            
And everybody 

          
says that it b

        
elongs to us.


[Outro 1]
                  
               
                  
               
 

[Outro 2]
         
       
         
      

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