The Proposition Lyrics - Reed Lou

You can't have the flower without the root 

You can't have the fire without the soot 

Even a stripper needs her red tasseled suit 

And we were meant to be 

In every war the North needs the south 

And everyone knows all assholes have a mouth 

Without mystery what would writers talk about 

And we were meant to be 

An apple needs pits the way melons need seed 

Your foot needs your arm and your arm needs your knee 

And one of these days I know you will need me 

We were meant to be 

You're mother's an ogre your father's a scamp 

You won't see my parents honored on any stamp 

But just like a bulb screws into a lamp 

We were meant to be 

The way the AIDS needs a vaccine 

Somewhere a vaccine needs AIDS 

The way a victim needs life 

A life needs to be saved 

And out of all of this 

Will come a better way 

We were meant to be 

So you can go to Europe , Los Angeles or Mars 

You can stand on a building throwing cinder blocks on cars 

You can practice deep voodoo 

But like me you'll see 

We were meant to be 

We were meant to be