Hang You From The Heavens

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"Hang You From The Heavens" is the debut single from the band The Dead Weather. It was released immediately following the announcement of the formation of the band at the grand opening of the headquarters of Jack White's label Third Man Records.

The song is the first single from The Dead Weather's forthcoming debut album Horehound which is scheduled for a June 2009 release. Both songs on the single are available to stream for free on the band's official website (see External Links).

Contents

Track Listing

  1. "Hang You From The Heavens" (Mosshart/Fertita) - 3:39
  2. "Are Friends Electric?" (Gary Numan cover) - 4:26

Personnel

See The Dead Weather.

Lyrics

"Hang You From The Heavens"

I never know how to treat you -- you say I love you, but it ain't true.
I'm walking away now -- one step forward and back two.
I'd like to grab you by the hair, and hang you up from the heavens.

I don't know how to let you go or if I should keep you.
I don't know how to let you know -- hey, I really do got a reason.
I'd like to grab you by the hair and drag you to the devil.

I never know why I push you -- just to, just to confuse you.
I make the hole just to see how, see through me how I push you.
I'd like to grab you by the hair and hang you up from the heavens.
I'd like to grab you by the hair and sell you off to the devil.

I never know in what mood you'll be -- be mine, be kind, or be cruel to me?
I'm walking away now -- one step forward and back three.

I never know what I'm gonna do -- I say I'm leaving but it ain't true.
I got a lot I could do to you -- hey, nothing you can do to stop this.
I wanna grab you by the hair and hang you up from the heavens.

"Are Friends Electric?"

It's cold outside and the paint's peeling off of my walls.
There's a man outside in a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette.
Now the light fades out, and I wonder what I'm doing in a room like this.
There's a knock on the door, and just for a second, I thought I remembered you.

So now I'm alone, now I can think for myself about little deals and issues and things that I just don't understand.
Like a white lie that night, or a sly touch at times -- I don't think it mean anything to you.

So I open the door -- it's the friend that I'd left in the hallway.
Oh, please sit down -- a candlelit shadow on a wall near the bed.
You know I hate to ask, but are 'friends' electric?
Only mine's broke down, and now I've no-one to love.

So I found out your reasons for the phone calls and smiles, and it hurts and I'm lonely, and I should never have tried.
And I missed you tonight... so it's time to leave. You see, it meant everything to me.

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