Slow Hands Lyrics
Yeah, but nobody searches
Nobody cares somehow
When the loving that you've wasted
Comes raining from a hapless cloud
And I might stop and look upon your face
Disappear in the sweet, sweet gaze
See the living that surrounds me
Dissipate in a violet place
[Pre-Chorus]
Can't you see what you've done to my heart
And soul?
This is a wasteland now
[Chorus]
We spies
We slow hands
Put the weights around yourself
We spies
Oh yeah, we slow hands
You put the weights all around yourself
Now
[Verse 2]
I submit, my incentive is romance
I watched the pole dance of the stars
We rejoice because the hurting is so painless
From the distance of passing cars
But I am married to your charms and grace
I just go crazy like the good old days
You make me want to pick up a guitar
And celebrate the myriad ways that I love you
Can't you see what you've done to my heart
And soul?
This is a wasteland now
[Chorus]
We spies
Yeah, we slow hands
Put the weights around yourself
We spies
Oh, yeah, we slow hands
Killer for hire, you know not yourself
[Chorus]
We spies
We slow hands
You put the weights all around yourself
We spies
Oh, yeah, we slow hands
We retire like nobody else
We spies
Intimate slow hands
Killer for hire, you know not yourself
We spies
Intimate slow hands
You let the face slap around herself
About
“Slow Hands” is the first single and fifth track from Interpol’s sophomore album Antics.
It was released in 13 September 2004 as the lead single for the album, reaching #15 in Billboard’s alternative/modern rock songs chart.
Excerpt from a NME Magazine dated sometime before the album was released:
“Slow Hands is a relationship concept. Despite this being the first single I don’t see this as our statement of intent. We’re not the kind of band who looks for the gold single and then sells six shitty songs to people on the back of one good one. Every song is as good as Slow Hands on the record.”
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Slow Hands is a relationship concept. Despite this being the first single I don’t see this as our statement of intent. We’re not the kind of band who looks for the gold single and then sells six shitty songs to people on the back of one good one. Every song is as good as Slow Hands on the record.”
Paul Banks in an interview.
