My Mistakes Were Made For You - The Last Shadow Puppets


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[Intro]




[Verse]

            
About as subtl

            
e as an earthq

              
uake I know my

             
 mistakes were

                
 made for you.
            
And in the bac

             
k room of a ba

             
d dream she ca

             
me and whisked

              
 me away enthu

   
sed.
            
And its as sol

              
id as rock rol

              
ling down a hi

        
ll the fact is

 that it proba

bly 
             
will hit somet

              
hing on the ha

              
zardous terrai


n.
            
And we´re just

              
 following the

              
 flock ´round 

              
and in between

            
 before it sma

     
shed to 
              
smithereens li

             
ke they were a

              
nd the scrambl

             
e from the bla

   
me.


[Chorus]

            
And its the fa

             
me that put wo

              
rds in her mou

             
th she couldn'

              
t help but spi

     
t them 
            
out innocentce

              
 and arrogantc

    
e entwined...
              
In the filthie

           
st of minds.


[Verse]


            
She was bitten

            
 on her birthd

              
ay and now a f

             
ace in the cro

       
wd shes not.
            
And I suspect 

            
that now forev

              
er the shape s

             
hes came to es

             
cape is forgot

  
.


[Chorus]

           
And it´s a lot

              
 to ask her no

             
t to sting and

              
 give her less

            
 than everythi

ng 
              
around your cr

           
ooked conscien

ce she will wi

nd.


[Bridge]

        

            
´Cause were ju

              
st following t

              
he flock ´roun

              
d and in betwe

     
en before we´r

e smashed 
              
to smitherines

             
 like they wer

              
e and we scram

            
ble from the b

lame.
           
And it´s the f

              
ame that put w

              
ords in her mo

        
uth she couldn

't help but sp

it them 
            
out around you

              
r crooked cons

              
cience she wil

  
l wind.


[Chorus]

            
And it´s a lot

              
 to ask her no

             
t to sting and

 give her less

 than everythi

ng 
            
innocence and 

             
arrogance entw

          
ined.