Shake it like a ladder to the sun
Makes me feel like a madman on the run
Find me, never, never far gone
So get your leather, leather, leather on, on, on, on
Your zero
What's your name?
No one's going to ask you
Better find out where they want you to go
Try and hit the spot
Get to know it in the dark
Get to know it whether you're
Crying, crying, crying, oh, oh
Can you climb, climb, climb higher?
Shake it like a ladder to the sun
Makes me feel like a madman on the run
No you're never, never far gone
So get your leather, leather, leather on, on, on, on
Your zero
What's your name?
No one's going to ask you
Better find out where they want you to go
Try and hit the spot
Get to know it in the dark
Get to know it whether you're
Crying, crying, crying, oh, oh
Can you climb, climb, climb higher?
Was it the cure?
Shellshock!
Was it the cure?
Hope not!
Was it the cure?
Shellshock!
Was it the cure?
What's your name?
Your zero
What's your name?
No one's going to ask you
Better find out where they want you to go
Try and hit the spot
Get to know it in the dark
Get to know it whether you're
Crying, crying, crying, oh, oh
Can you climb, climb, climb higher?
Was it the cure?
Shellshock!
Was it the cure?
Hope not!
Was it the cure?
Shellshock!
Was it the cure?
Hope not!
What's your name?
What's your name?
What's your name?
What's your name?
What's your name?
What's your name?
What's your name?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! Album Lyrics
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! Lyrics
Writer: BRIAN CHASE, KAREN LEE ORZOLEK, NICHOLAS JOSEPH ZINNER
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Heads Will Roll
Off with your head
Dance 'til you're dead
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
On the floor
Glitter on the wet streets
Silver over everything
The river's all wet
You're all chrome
Dripping with alchemy
Shiver, stop shivering
The glitter's all wet
You're all chrome
The men cry out, the girls cry out
The men cry out, the girls cry out
The men cry out, oh no
The men cry out, the girls cry out
The men cry out, the girls cry out
The men cry out, oh no
Oh, ah
Oh, ah
Off, off with your head
Dance, dance 'til you're dead
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
On the floor
Looking glass
Take the past
Shut your eyes
Mirror lies
Looking glass
Take the past
Shut your eyes
Mirror lies
Glitter on the wet streets
Silver over everything
The glitter's all wet
You're all chrome
You're all chrome
Oh, ah
Oh
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Dance 'til you're dead
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
On the floor
Glitter on the wet streets
Silver over everything
The river's all wet
You're all chrome
Dripping with alchemy
Shiver, stop shivering
The glitter's all wet
You're all chrome
The men cry out, the girls cry out
The men cry out, the girls cry out
The men cry out, oh no
The men cry out, the girls cry out
The men cry out, the girls cry out
The men cry out, oh no
Oh, ah
Oh, ah
Off, off with your head
Dance, dance 'til you're dead
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
On the floor
Looking glass
Take the past
Shut your eyes
Mirror lies
Looking glass
Take the past
Shut your eyes
Mirror lies
Glitter on the wet streets
Silver over everything
The glitter's all wet
You're all chrome
You're all chrome
Oh, ah
Oh
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Writer: Brian Chase, Karen Lee Orzolek, Nicholas Joseph Zinner
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Soft Shock
You, you, oh, oh, you, you, oh, oh
Unknown, talk to unknown
Ever, lasts forever
Well, it's a sharp shock to your soft side
Summer moon, catch your shut eye
In your room, in my room
In your room, in my room
Louder, lips speak louder, better back together
Still it's a sharp shock to your soft side
Summer moon, catch your shut eye
In your room, in my room
In your room, in my room
Whats the time, Whats the day, gonna leave me
Whats the time, Whats the place, gonna leave me
Leave me out
Leave me out
Leave me out
Leave
Leave
Leave
Ah, ah
Leave
Unknown, talk to unknown
Ever, lasts forever
Well, it's a sharp shock to your soft side
Summer moon, catch your shut eye
In your room, in my room
In your room, in my room
Louder, lips speak louder, better back together
Still it's a sharp shock to your soft side
Summer moon, catch your shut eye
In your room, in my room
In your room, in my room
Whats the time, Whats the day, gonna leave me
Whats the time, Whats the place, gonna leave me
Leave me out
Leave me out
Leave me out
Leave
Leave
Leave
Ah, ah
Leave
Writer: BRIAN CHASE, KAREN LEE ORZOLEK, NICHOLAS JOSEPH ZINNER
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Skeletons
Love my name
Love left dry
Frost or flame
Skeleton me
Fall asleep
Spin the sky
Skeleton me
Wait, don't cry
Love, don't go
Love, don't cry
Skeleton me
Skeleton me
Soon comes rain
Dry your eyes
Frost or flame
Skeleton me
Fall asleep
Spin the sky
Skeleton me
Love, don't cry
Love, don't cry
Love, don't cry
Skeleton me
Skeleton me
Skeleton
Love left dry
Frost or flame
Skeleton me
Fall asleep
Spin the sky
Skeleton me
Wait, don't cry
Love, don't go
Love, don't cry
Skeleton me
Skeleton me
Soon comes rain
Dry your eyes
Frost or flame
Skeleton me
Fall asleep
Spin the sky
Skeleton me
Love, don't cry
Love, don't cry
Love, don't cry
Skeleton me
Skeleton me
Skeleton
Writer: BRIAN CHASE, KAREN LEE ORZOLEK, NICHOLAS JOSEPH ZINNER
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Dull Life
One mistake in a subtle way
Like I'm walking again, all on me
Step slowly, you know that you fall between
Dark places, what a simple web we weave
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
Know my cell
Know my cell
Well, all hail
the prison queen
Iron bars
Iron heart
Iron bars
Everything
A hundred years old
A hundred years old
Last on the village scene
Fall apart
Iron heart
More alive than you've ever been
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
Well, it's a dull life
It's a dull life
It's a dull life
It's a dark place
It's a dull life
It's a dull life
It's a dull life
It's a dull life
Know my cell
We sing the nightmare of your lies
We sing the nightmare of your lies
We sing the nightmare of your lies
We sing the nightmare of your lies
We sing the nightmare of your lies
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
Know my cell
Like I'm walking again, all on me
Step slowly, you know that you fall between
Dark places, what a simple web we weave
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
Know my cell
Know my cell
Well, all hail
the prison queen
Iron bars
Iron heart
Iron bars
Everything
A hundred years old
A hundred years old
Last on the village scene
Fall apart
Iron heart
More alive than you've ever been
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
Well, it's a dull life
It's a dull life
It's a dull life
It's a dark place
It's a dull life
It's a dull life
It's a dull life
It's a dull life
Know my cell
We sing the nightmare of your lies
We sing the nightmare of your lies
We sing the nightmare of your lies
We sing the nightmare of your lies
We sing the nightmare of your lies
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
We sing the nightmare of the lies that you speak
The beast that I lie beneath is coming in
Know my cell
Writer: BRIAN CHASE, KAREN LEE ORZOLEK, NICHOLAS JOSEPH ZINNER
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Shame And Fortune
Shame is soft they say
Lose when I play your game
Come if you call my name
Lose when I play your game
You got an attitude
You got a way
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
Shame is soft they say
Lose when I play your game
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
Lose when I play your game
Come if you call my name
Lose when I play your game
You got an attitude
You got a way
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
Shame is soft they say
Lose when I play your game
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
All fortune on the floor
Writer: BRIAN CHASE, KAREN LEE ORZOLEK, NICHOLAS JOSEPH ZINNER
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Runaway
I was feeling sad,
Can't help looking back
Highways flew by...
Run, run, run away
No sense of time
I'd like you to stay,
Want keep you inside
Run, run, run away
Lost, lost, lost my mind
(I'd) like you to stay
Want you to be my prize
Run, run, run away
Lost, lost, lost my mind
(I'd) like you to stay
Want you to be my prize
I was feeling sad
Can't help looking back
Highways flew by...
Run, run, run away
No sense of time
(I'd) like you to stay
Want keep you inside
All along, not so strong without these open arms
Hold on tight
All along, not that strong without these open arms
Lie beside
All along, not so strong without these open arms
Ride beside
Run, run, run away
Lost, lost, lost my mind
Like you to stay
Want you to be my prize
Run, run, run away
Lost, lost, lost my mind
Like you to stay
Want you to be my prize
Can't help looking back
Highways flew by...
Run, run, run away
No sense of time
I'd like you to stay,
Want keep you inside
Run, run, run away
Lost, lost, lost my mind
(I'd) like you to stay
Want you to be my prize
Run, run, run away
Lost, lost, lost my mind
(I'd) like you to stay
Want you to be my prize
I was feeling sad
Can't help looking back
Highways flew by...
Run, run, run away
No sense of time
(I'd) like you to stay
Want keep you inside
All along, not so strong without these open arms
Hold on tight
All along, not that strong without these open arms
Lie beside
All along, not so strong without these open arms
Ride beside
Run, run, run away
Lost, lost, lost my mind
Like you to stay
Want you to be my prize
Run, run, run away
Lost, lost, lost my mind
Like you to stay
Want you to be my prize
Writer: BRIAN CHASE, KAREN LEE ORZOLEK, NICHOLAS JOSEPH ZINNER
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Dragon Queen
My mouth you're touching
Your mouth is running
No loving for nothing
Nobody knock my body out
My mouth is blowing right off
I'm so gone
Incoming, out clubbing
Not loving, slow your body down
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
My mouth is touching
To your mouth is running
No loving for nothing
Nobody knock my body out
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
Your mouth is running
No loving for nothing
Nobody knock my body out
My mouth is blowing right off
I'm so gone
Incoming, out clubbing
Not loving, slow your body down
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
My mouth is touching
To your mouth is running
No loving for nothing
Nobody knock my body out
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
How are you not going to show your scar?
How are you not going to get high, high?
Writer: BRIAN CHASE, KAREN LEE ORZOLEK, NICHOLAS JOSEPH ZINNER
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Hysteric
No longer, no longer
What you ask
Strange steps
Heels turn black
The cinders, the cinders
They light the path
Of these strange steps
Take us back, take us back
Flow sweetly, hang heavy
You suddenly complete me
You suddenly complete me
Flow sweetly, hang heavy
You suddenly complete me
You suddenly complete me
No wonder, no wonder
Other half
Strange steps
Heels turn black
The cinders, they splinter
And light the path
Of these strange steps
Trace us back, trace us back
Flow sweetly, hang heavy
You suddenly complete me
You suddenly complete me
Flow sweetly, hang heavy
You suddenly complete me
You suddenly complete me
Hysteric, hysteric
Hysteric, hysteric
Hysteric, hysteric
Hysteric, hysteric
Hysterical
What you ask
Strange steps
Heels turn black
The cinders, the cinders
They light the path
Of these strange steps
Take us back, take us back
Flow sweetly, hang heavy
You suddenly complete me
You suddenly complete me
Flow sweetly, hang heavy
You suddenly complete me
You suddenly complete me
No wonder, no wonder
Other half
Strange steps
Heels turn black
The cinders, they splinter
And light the path
Of these strange steps
Trace us back, trace us back
Flow sweetly, hang heavy
You suddenly complete me
You suddenly complete me
Flow sweetly, hang heavy
You suddenly complete me
You suddenly complete me
Hysteric, hysteric
Hysteric, hysteric
Hysteric, hysteric
Hysteric, hysteric
Hysterical
Writer: BRIAN CHASE, KAREN LEE ORZOLEK, NICHOLAS JOSEPH ZINNER
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Little Shadow
Patience, shadow
With all your sight there's no sight to see
Little shadow, little shadow
To the night, will you follow me?
Pardon, shadow, hold on tight to your darkened key
Little shadow, little shadow
To the night, will you follow me?
Closer, shadow, volume strikes
Still we're caught between all this sorrow, little shadow
To the night, will you follow me?
Hey, shadow, stars, break of dawn
Take a turn for stars, to my fantasy
Little shadow, to the night, will you follow me?
Little shadow, to the night, will you follow me?
With all your sight there's no sight to see
Little shadow, little shadow
To the night, will you follow me?
Pardon, shadow, hold on tight to your darkened key
Little shadow, little shadow
To the night, will you follow me?
Closer, shadow, volume strikes
Still we're caught between all this sorrow, little shadow
To the night, will you follow me?
Hey, shadow, stars, break of dawn
Take a turn for stars, to my fantasy
Little shadow, to the night, will you follow me?
Little shadow, to the night, will you follow me?
Writer: BRIAN CHASE, KAREN LEE ORZOLEK, NICHOLAS JOSEPH ZINNER
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
It's Blitz! is the third studio album by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released on March 6, 2009, by Interscope Records. It was originally set for release on April 13, 2009. However, after being leaked to the Internet on February 22, the release date was pushed forward to March 9 for the digital version and March 31 for the physical version.
The album was produced by Nick Launay, along with TV on the Radio's David Andrew Sitek. It spawned three singles: "Zero", "Heads Will Roll", and "Skeletons". It's Blitz! was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards.
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Yeah Yeah YeahsThe album was produced by Nick Launay, along with TV on the Radio's David Andrew Sitek. It spawned three singles: "Zero", "Heads Will Roll", and "Skeletons". It's Blitz! was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards.
Genre(s): Synth-punk, alternative pop, synth-pop, pop rock
Producer(s): Nick Launay, David Andrew Sitek
Length: 41:49
Released: March 6th, 2009
Year: 2009