Shake It Out - Acoustic Songtext
von Florence + the Machine

Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play

Every demon wants his pound of flesh
I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues drawn
It′s always darkest before the dawn

And I've been a fool, and I′ve been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around

All of his questions, such a mournful sound
Tonight, I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
′Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It′s always darkest before the dawn


Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out (oh-woah)
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out (oh-woah)
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake it off, oh-woah

And I am done with my graceless heart
So, tonight I′m gonna cut it out and then restart
'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It′s always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out (oh-woah)
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out (oh-woah)
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake it off, oh-woah

And it′s hard to dance with a devil on your back
And given half the chance, would I take any of it back?
It's a fine romance, but it's left me so undone
It′s always darkest before the dawn

And I′m damned if I do, and I'm damned if I don′t
So, here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I′m ready to suffer, and I'm ready to hope
It′s a shot in the dark, aimed right at my throat


'Cause looking for heaven, found a devil in me
Looking for heaven, found a devil in me
But what the hell?
I'm gonna let it happen to me, yeah

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out (oh-woah)
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out (oh, what the hell?)
And it′s hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake it off, oh-woah

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out (oh-woah)
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out (oh-woah)
And it′s hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake it off, oh-woah

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out (oh-woah)
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out (oh-woah)
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh-woah