Back of Love

Echo & the Bunnymen

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Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk band, formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas joined as the band's drummer, and their debut album, Crocodiles, met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 20. Their second album, Heaven Up Here (1981), again found favour with the critics and reached number 10 in the UK Album chart. The band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the mid-1980s, as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with "The Cutter", and the attendant album, Porcupine (1983), reached number 2 in the UK. Their next release, Ocean Rain (1984), continued the band's UK chart success, a… more »


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1983
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I'm on the chopping block 
Chopping off my stopping thought 
Self doubt and selfism 
Were the cheapest things I ever bought 
When you say it's love 
D'you mean the back of love 
When you say it's love 
D'you mean the back of love? 

We're taking advantage of 
Breaking the back of love 
We're taking advantage of 
Breaking the back of love 

Easier said than done you said 
But it's more difficult to say 
With eyes bigger than our bellies 
We want to but we can't look away 
What were you thinking of 
When you dreamt that up? 
What were you thinking of 
When you dreamt that up? 

Taking advantage of 
Breaking the back of love 

When you're surrounded 
by a simple chain of events 
(Behind my eyes, behind my eyes)
(Your eyes don't lie)
Eventually you'll shack those shackles off 
(Dreams above those eyes)
(Those eyes)

We can't tell our left from right 
But we know we love extremes 
Getting to grips with the ups and downs 
Because there's nothing in between 
When you say that's love 
D'you mean the back of love 
When you say that's love 
D'you mean the back of love? 

Taking advantage of 
Breaking the back of love 

What were you thinking of 
When you dreamt that up? 

We're taking advantage of 
We're breaking the back of love 
Breaking the back of love

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Written by: PETER LOUIS VINCENT DE FREITAS, LESLIE THOMAS PATTINSON, WILLIAM ALFRED SERGEANT, IAN STEPHEN MCCULLOCH

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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