Amnesty Is Granted

Love's an hourglass
Goes out wide, comes in closer
Time ticks away, it drips away
Leaving empty, sanded shoulders
But who said that love would last forever
I'm growing tired of feeling like I do

All those simple little secrets
Have come between us
And they're pushing me away
And I feel comfort in the distance

And you said that love would last forever
I'm growing tired of feeling like I do
Oh yeah
And there's a time, there's a place
A change of heart, about face
It's about love, it's about forgiveness
It's about our destiny

Tell me now, tell me like it is
No one has to give
Amnesty is granted
And what's done is done for everyone
Come on baby I want to start again
Right now
Amnesty is granted

And I think a lot
Yeah, I've been thinking a lot
I've been thinking about you baby
Lord knows I've been thinking a lot

I've been thinking love should last forever
Been growing tired of feeling like I do
Oh yeah
A change of heart, about face
It's about love, it's about forgiveness
It's about our destiny, Oh

Tell me now, tell me like it is
'Cause no one has to give
Amnesty is granted

And what's done is done for everyone
Come on baby I want to start again
Right now
Amnesty is granted
Come on
Amnesty is granted
Oh baby, come on
Amnesty is granted
Yeah

 2  Redhead Comments

shotwell's picture

I have waited a long time to post this -- but it has been in the back of my mind for years: Would you ever considering cutting a new version of Amnesty is Granted, using a similar upbeat tempo to the one used by Meatloaf when he recorded it (and you sang backup)? I think both your M2M version and the one Meat put out are awesome, but for years I have yearned for you to do a new -- and better -- version of the Meatloaf arrangement of that song because I think it would be completely awesome.

Hope you'll consider this for a future album. I love the song, and would love to hear you sing it as a real rock song and not just as a ballad. It would kick ass!

shotwell's picture

I have waited a long time to post this -- but it has been in the back of my mind for years: Would you ever considering cutting a new version of Amnesty is Granted, using a similar upbeat tempo to the one used by Meatloaf when he recorded it (and you sang backup)? I think both your M2M version and the one Meat put out are awesome, but for years I have yearned for you to do a new -- and better -- version of the Meatloaf arrangement of that song because I think it would be completely awesome.

Hope you'll consider this for a future album. I love the song, and would love to hear you sing it as a real rock song and not just as a ballad. It would kick ass!