It Takes - Heiruspecs

14 crates of records with my name on 'em

That’s a lot of music when I’m not dealing with my car

Staring at the crates makes me thirsty

They smell like dust I haven’t listened to one thus far

Get drink take a sip, grab a crate get a grip

Drag it across the floor like bam bam, it’s heavy

Pick one without looking, put the needle down

Spin it back to the beginning, I’m ready

It said please pay attention the words that I say

Helped to guide me through

I really really hope that they don’t slide by

I pass them on to you

Don’t let 'em slide by

Don’t let 'em slide by

Don’t let 'em slide by

Don’t let 'em slide

It was a mood setter, drums screamed get free

Float like a butterfly sting like a bee

I never really felt a record talking to me

Even when I met a DJ who could cut something lovely

The boost of energy, the feel of confidence

How could I be living life so tense

Eased off the controls

Put down the reins

The only way I could describe it was the opposite of pain

As I listened the words were not there any more

It was just those drums and a little keyboard

I’m staring at the needle then the crate on the floor

And all I could do was mouth more

Make a little love

Talk a little louder

Slow it on down

Stand on the brakes

Listen up closely

Do the right thing

I do my own thing

It takes what it takes

Now there was a … I don’t remember

But there was a part of the song that did break down

I don’t mean a beat break but the song did cry

I thought I had died, I thought I had drowned

Now I detached myself out of fear

Thinking lets get out of here

Another persons sorrow is not mine to bear

I look at the sleeve

The tears well up in my eyes because my name is printed right there

The record’s still spinning, the voices came back

I stare at the cover like a mirror, I’m looking back

I was relaxed this is so intense

I flip over the sleeve and I read the comments

It said «I dedicate this record to my brother Andy

With the hope that one day, you can better understand me

Until that day here is this one song

I know that you can learn from it, others will take it wrong»

Then the break down was over and I held the sleeve tight

And I am not gonna say I didn’t cry

I never wrote this song, no how’s or why’s

But I guess I couldn’t say that it told a single lie

The last little lyric, in the last little part

Was a fire on my heart, a flash of a part

I live life like a diesel all pressure no spark

So I throw myself out there as a shot in the dark

Make a little love

Talk a little louder

Slow it on down

Stand on the brakes

Listen up closely

Do the right thing

I do my own thing

It takes what it takes

Please pay attention the words that I say

Helped to guide me through

I really really hope that they don’t slide by

I pass them on to you

Don’t let 'em slide by

Don’t let 'em slide by

Don’t let 'em slide by

Don’t let 'em slide