Kid Gloves Lyrics

[Mictlan] I don't fight just to bleed (I won't), I wear my stripes on my sleeve They keep my heart where it's supposed to be I know my enemy, only let my friends close to me Cleared my head and woke myself from your broken dream

[Dessa] It gets hard, doesn't it, like love and war is redundant Both demand strong hands, strong stomachs I rock brass knuckles over my kid gloves Like you wake up with busted teeth but know you felt real love

[Chorus: Dessa] You felt real.., you felt real love (repeated)

I rock brass knuckles over my kid gloves Like you wake up with busted teeth but know you felt real love.. I rock brass knuckles over my kid gloves Broke your heart, broke your jaw but you know you felt real...


[Mictlan] She's got that swagger now, dagger in the back Flash dance of frantic answers to questions of fast cash The face of an angel with the eyes of an alcoholic Looking for love but always drunk when it's calling Got that last call, chasing the dream weaver and that's all Those lips look like love to lip readers, but up close The world's deadliest venom, girl playing woman Swimming through men, liquored up to the linen Daddy's little under-ager, undercover agent Aging under the covers of a hundred lovers' faces But let's face it, that make-up is wasting away her beauty That's basic, filling a void but evasive and vacant I try to avoid but she stays patiently naked Crying wolf to this pagan until her Maybelline faded And to her necklace and bracelet, it made her painless and jaded Hated to chase her, hated it more when it came to date her

[Chorus: Dessa and Mictlan] You felt real.., you felt real love (repeated)

I rock glass fronts over my bad teeth Like you wake up with broken dreams but know you felt real love I rock glass fronts over my bad teeth Like you wake up with broken dreams but know you felt real love


[Dessa] Babe it's work to whistle, if it's love it's labor I'm the first to issue an admission of my bad behavior I'm a mouthy little drunk and I'm a tyrant when I'm angry Clumsy with company, careful with family Break bones before promises, throw stones before towels I get nervous at parties but I'm like bedrock at hospitals So f*ck my birth stone, what's my blood type Let's do this thing with a little bold nerve and a little foresight Course I expected that it got rough 'cause it always does in life and love. Best you can do is try to find other survivors Take flight or get fried to the wire, they light the pyre But I got your back when your feet to the fire, love

Real Love

[Coda: Dessa and Mictlan] (x2) Real recognize real and counterfeit's rejected Come correct or kindly leave the table now Fold your hand but your pocket's not protected It takes one to know one, and two to double down

(x2) My blood is thicker than liquor, your skin is thinner than money I've seen a ghost (I've seen a ghost) in every picture you've taken This love is hidden in scripture, my pen is splintered and bloody I hear a ghost in every record I'm making

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