oh let s lie down for another night i ll hold you close under these skies your brother s in the basement doing hot knives your brother s in the basement doing hot knives we struggle to tear ourselves apart in the night we struggle to tear ourselves apart in the light your father s on his way back home from site your mother s in the kitchen batting her eyelash she would never want to be the one to despise and our heartbeats stop as we plunge through the ice we re broken down lovers at the side of the road we re broken down lovers in the city of oil there s nothing going wrong in your empty home there s nothing going wrong and we ll leave it alone let s slip under the covers just to save our lives and our heartbeats stop as we plunge through the ice triple up your socks to dodge the frostbite cutting through barnes yard hip deep in the night rough and tumble lovers underneath the covers tonight i was holding onto you and you were holding me tight nothing s going wrong and nothing s ever going oh let s lie down for another night i ll hold you close under these skies your brother s in the basement doing hot knives your brother s in the basement doing hot knives we struggle to tear ourselves apart in the night and there s nothing going wrong in the city tonight nothing s going wrong and nothing s ever holding us down nothing s going wrong and no one s ever holding us down your parents they say there s beautiful things in this old place your parents they say there s beautiful things in this cold place now your parents say there s nothing for us in this old place don t leave me to stay and dream of how you re growing old let s lie down for another night i ll hold you close under these skies your brother s in the basement doing hot knives your brother s in the basement doing hot knives we struggle to tear ourselves apart in the night and there s nothing going wrong in the city tonight