[[INTRO: FUNKY ELECTRONIC RUBBERY INSTRUMENTAL]] [[VERSE 1]] Can I call you “sweetness” tonight? I’m feeling ever so fragile and brittle. Don’t be afraid of what I’m saying. The truth doesn’t have to be bitter. [[[PRE-VERSE 2]] Tenderness. I cannot return it. Tenderness. I cannot return it. [[VERSE 2]] Loving you has never been easy, But didn’t I know that going in? Truth is, when I’m next to you The forgetting starts sinking in. [[PRE-CHORUS]] Your sweet tenderness Is breaking me down Your sweet tenderness Is breaking me down [[CHORUS]] I cannot return your tenderness My walls are planted in the ground But your tenderness is break, break, break, breaking me Into pieces of fury and sound Fury and sound Fury and sound (fury and sound) [[VERSE 3]] I’m like a cricket in the corner Calling for your soul to keep We all know what crickets get When they won’t let you sleep (But right now) (Right now) (Right now) (right now in this moment) [[PRE-CHORUS]] Your sweet tenderness Is breaking me down Your sweet tenderness Is breaking me down [[CHORUS]] Oh, I can’t resist your tenderness Crossing ev’ry canyon I lay down Tenderness break, break, break, breaking me Into pieces of fury and sound Fury and sound Fury and sound (fury and sound) [[PRE-BRIDGE FUNKY ELECTRONIC RUBBERY INSTRUMENTAL]] [[BRIDGE]] This might be the closest thing to a love song you’ll ever get. (The closest thing, the closest thing, the closest thing) I just wanna thank you for your sweet, sweet tenderness. I just wanna thank you I just wanna thank you For your sweet, sweet, sweet tenderness [[PRE-CHORUS]] Your sweet tenderness Is breaking me down Your sweet tenderness Is breaking me down [[CHORUS]] Oh, I can’t resist your tenderness Bridging ev’ry river I sweep down Tenderness break, break, break, breaking me Into pieces of fury and sound Fury and sound Fury and sound (fury and sound) [[OUTRO]] Sweet Sweet The very sweetest Oh, your sweet, sweet tenderness (the very sweetest) is breaking me down breaking me down breaking me down breaking me down Lovely little pieces Lovely little pieces Made of fury and of sound. Sound and fury Sound and fury Fury and sound
