Savage Garden

Songwriter: Chris Lord-Alge Charles Fisher

Producer: Charles Fisher

[Verse 1]
We stumble in a tangled web
Decaying friendships almost dead
And hide behind a mask of lies
We twist and turn and we avoid
All the hope of salvage now devoid
I see the truth inside your eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
So take all this noise to your brain
Send it back again
I'll bear the cost, shed my skin, call you up and then
I'll say the words out loud

[Chorus]
You can resurrect a thousand words to deceive me more and more
A thousand words will give the reason why I don't need you anymore

[Verse 2]
Time manipulates your heart
Preconceptions torn apart
Begin to doubt my state of mind
But I won't go down on what I said
I won't retract, convictions read
I may perplex but I'm not blind

[Pre-Chorus]
So take all this noise to your brain
Send it back again
I'll bear the cost, shed my skin, call you up, and then
I'll say the words out loud

[Chorus]
You can resurrect a thousand words to deceive me more and more
A thousand words will give the reason why I don't need you anymore

[Bridge]
I'll say the words out loud
I'll say a thousand words or more
Manipulation. Fabrication. Conversation. Annihilation
I'll say a thousand words or more
Damnation, frustration, elevation, procreation
I'll say a thousand words or more

[Outro]
You can resurrect a thousand words to deceive me more and more
A thousand words will give the reason why I don't need you anymore

Savage Garden is Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones—the Australian pop duo who rose to mainstream prominence in the late ‘90s with their hits “Truly Madly Deeply” and “To the Moon and Back.”

They are named for a concept in Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Chronicles” books, of which Darren was a fan. Lestat calls beauty a savage garden, and Marius later turns the phrase back on him to describe “the mind of man”.

They split in 2001, as Daniel did not enjoy the spotlight, and Darren went on to some success as a solo act.

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