Difference between revisions of "The Collector"

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Album:With Teeth

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About

'The Collector' is the third track on the 2005 release With Teeth. It features odd time signatures in the verses before going into a 4/4-4/4-6/4 pattern in the chorus.

Song Credits

Live Drums: Dave Grohl

Appearances

Halos

With Teeth

Versions

The Collector

This is the only known version at the present moment.

Live

"The Collector" has been played live on the Live: With Teeth tour.

Lyrics

    I pick things up
    I am a collector
    And things, well things
    They tend to accumulate
    I have this net
    It drags behind me
    And it picks up feelings
    For me to feed upon
    
    There are times, plenty of times
    I wish I could let it go
    But they start to breathe
    And they start to grow inside me
    There are times, plenty of times
    I wish I could let it go
    But they start to make me think
    Things I don’t want to know
    
    I’m trying to fit it all inside
    I’m trying to open my mouth wide
    I’m trying not to choke and
    Swallow it all
    Swallow it all
    Swallow it all
    Swallow it all
    
    I am the plague
    I am the swarm
    All your hurt sticks on me
    And I keep it warm
    They make me stay
    They won’t let me leave
    There are so God damned many of them
    It gets hard to breathe
    
    I’m trying to fit it all inside
    I’m trying to open my mouth wide
    I’m trying not to choke inside
    I am a good boy and
    Will swallow it all
    Swallow it all
    Swallow it all
    Swallow it all
    
    Every last one
    Every last one
    Every last one
    Every last one
    
    Are you listening?
    Yes I am building
    Something bigger than the world
    Something terrible
    With all of this