The Matador-Gretchen Peters

[ti:The Matador] [ar:Gretchen Peters] [al:Hello Cruel World] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Matador - Gretchen Peters [00:02.00] [00:03.31] [00:04.87] [00:14.14]I threw a rose to the matador [00:17.26]Not sure who I was cheering for [00:20.26]My aim was true my heart was full [00:23.63]I loved the fighter and the bull [00:29.70]I loved like only a woman can [00:33.45]A very complicated man [00:36.01]I bound his wounds I heard his cries [00:39.44]I gave him truth I told him lies [00:43.25] [00:58.40]His rage is made of many things [01:01.90]Faithless women wedding rings [01:04.91]Snakes and snails and alcohol [01:07.65]His daddy's fist thrown through the wall [01:13.40]Ah but he's beautiful when he's in the ring [01:17.34]The devil howls the angels sing [01:20.52]Sparks fly from his fingertips [01:23.53]And words like birds fly from his lips [01:27.40] [01:29.87]Some man is lyin' in the dirt [01:32.93]Some woman's crying that he's hurt [01:36.19]But he's not alive without the thrill [01:39.62]Without the dance without the kill [01:45.56]The lights go down the people roar [01:48.87]They're cheering on the matador [01:52.06]And this is how the story goes [01:55.44]I knew it when I threw the rose [01:59.24] [02:11.01]I come to each and every show; [02:14.26]The woman in the second row [02:17.20]I watch them in their ancient dance [02:21.44]And I know I never stood a chance [02:26.56]'Cause while other demons prance and clown [02:30.32]It's vanity that takes you down [02:33.13]I thought that I could be the one [02:36.83]But I'm just another hanger-on [02:40.65] [02:42.40]Some man is bleedin' in the dirt [02:44.75] [02:45.56]Some woman's crying that she's hurt [02:48.86]But who are we without the thrill [02:52.12]Without the dance without the kill [02:58.18]And he is bull and matador [03:01.64]And I'm the mother and the whore [03:04.70]And this is how the story goes [03:08.26]I knew it when I threw the rose [03:12.70] [03:14.55] [03:23.61]I threw a rose to the matador [03:26.55]Not sure who I was cheering for [03:29.74]My aim was true my heart was full [03:33.17]I loved the fighter and the bull [03:38.23]