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If I had a hatchet
It would be yours to have
'Cause your decapitating habits feel a little bit orgasmic
If I gave you a hatchet
It would be yours to have
I kind of like the feeling when you stab me in the back
Every time I see you
Look me in the eye
I look straight back
'Cause a part of me will die
If I had a hatchet
It would be yours to have
No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back

If I had a pistol
It would be yours to have
You could shoot me in the head blow a hole in my back
If I gave you a pistol
I wouldn't need it back
You could aim between my eyes and I'd still be yours to have
Every time I see you
I've got the urge to cry
I'm holding back the tears
'Cause I know the reason why
If I had a pistol
It would be yours to have
No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
To you

If I had an army
It would be yours to reign
People think I'm crazy but the pain is worth the pain
If I gave you an army
It would be your command
Kick me to the ground break both my hands
Every time your hurt me
I want you even more
I'll never win the battle and I'll never win the war
If I had an army
It would be yours to have
No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
To you

Every time I see you
Look me in the eye
I look straight back
'Cause a part of me will die
If I had a hatchet
It would be yours to have
No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
To you

Every time I see you
Look me in the eye
I look straight back
'Cause a part of me will die
If I had a hatchet
It would be yours to have
No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
To you

Bound to you
Bound to you
Bound to you
I'm bound to you





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  1. r.... ....

    If I had a hatchet it would be yours to have
    'Cause your decapitating habits feel a little bit orgasmic
    If I gave you a hatchet it would be yours to have
    I kind of like the feeling when you stab me in the back
    Every time I see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    If I had a pistol
    It would be yours to have
    You could shoot me in the head blow a whole in my back
    If I gave you a pistol I wouldn't need it back
    You could aim between my eyes and I'd still be yours to have
    Every time I see you
    I've got the urge to cry
    I'm holding back the tears
    'Cause I know the reason why
    If I had a pistol
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you
    If I had an army
    It would be yours to reign
    People think I'm crazy but the pain is worth the pain
    If I gave you an army
    It would be your command
    Kick me in the ground break both my hands
    Every time you hurt me
    I want you even more
    I'll never win the battle and I'll never win the war
    If I had an army
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you
    Every time I see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you
    Bound to you
    Bound to you
    Bound to you
    I'm bound to you

  2. a.... b....

    Друзья, Я в Лондоне сегодня вечером... Готовлю ужин на всех....вы в курсе что это такое- всем угодить...

  3. D.... L....

    Lyrics:

    If I had a hatchet it would be yours to have
    'Cause your decapitating habits feel a little bit orgasmic
    If I gave you a hatchet it would be yours to have
    I kind of like the feeling when you stab me in the back
    Every time I see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back

    If I had a pistol
    It would be yours to have
    You could shoot me in the head blow a hole in my back
    If I gave you a pistol I wouldn't need it back
    You could aim between my eyes and I'd still be yours to have
    Every time I see you
    I've got the urge to cry
    I'm holding back the tears
    'Cause I know the reason why
    If I had a pistol
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    If I had an army
    It would be yours to reign
    People think I'm crazy but the pain is worth the pain
    If I gave you an army
    It would be your command
    Kick me in the ground break both my hands
    Every time you hurt me
    I want you even more
    I'll never win the battle and I'll never win the war
    If I had an army
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    Every time I see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    Bound to you
    Bound to you
    Bound to you
    I'm bound to you

  4. R.... S....

    I wish she would be bound to me this much.

    R.... S....

    It would be a self imposed disgrace in your eyes. Are you ready.

    R.... S....

    I'd give anything, sacrifice everything.

  5. b.... k....

    If I had a hatchet it would be yours to have
    'Cause your decapitating habits feel a little bit orgasmic
    If I gave you a hatchet it would be yours to have
    I kind of like the feeling when you stab me in the back
    Every time I see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    If I had a pistol
    It would be yours to have
    You could shoot me in the head blow a whole in my back
    If I gave you a pistol I wouldn't need it back
    You could aim between my eyes and I'd still be yours to have
    Every time I see you
    I've got the urge to cry
    I'm holding back the tears
    'Cause I know the reason why
    If I had a pistol
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you
    If I had an army
    It would be yours to reign
    People think I'm crazy but the pain is worth the pain
    If I gave you an army
    It would be your command
    Kick me in the ground break both my hands
    Every time you hurt me
    I want you even more
    I'll never win the battle and I'll never win the war
    If I had an army
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you
    Every time I see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you
    Bound to you
    Bound to you
    Bound to you
    I'm bound to you

  6. V.... ....

    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    'Cause your decapitating habits feel a little bit orgasmic
    If I gave you a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    I kind of like the feeling when you stab me in the back
    Every time i see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back

    If I had a pistol
    It would be yours to have
    You could shoot me in the head blow a hole in my back
    If I gave you a pistol
    I wouldn't need it back
    You could aim between my eyes and I'd still be yours to have
    Every time I see you
    I've got the urge to cry
    I'm holding back the tears
    'Cause I know the reason why
    If I had a pistol
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    If I had an army
    It would be yours to reign
    People think I'm crazy but the pain is worth the pain
    If I gave you an army
    It would be your command
    Kick me to the ground break both my bands
    Every time your hurt me
    I want you even more
    I'll never win the battle and I'll never win the war
    If I had an army
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    Every time I see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    Every time i see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    Bound to you
    Bound to you
    Bound to you
    I'm bound to you

  7. A.... F....

    Olalalalala .........I can't even handle this <3 <3 <3

  8. R.... D....

    Wow... love it.. intense

  9. o.... ....

    Harley?

  10. W.... A....

    Story of my relationship. God bless Im already out of it.

  11. S.... B....

    0:38 reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99qJGrPNLs 0:13 - the video that introduced me to this band

  12. m.... r....

    zdalne sterowanie Myszką.

  13. m.... r....

    2x Akineton.

  14. m.... r....

    pastylki południowe 2x Asentra.

  15. m.... r....

    My Entrance.

  16. m.... r....

    Archive---Hatchet---(Official Video)

  17. J.... D....

    Please come to México

  18. I.... ....

    The guitar riff in the chorus of this song gives me goosebumps literally every time...

  19. N.... S....

    Who's here 2018?

  20. m.... a....

    this is fucked up. i pray more women get stronger cuz i left my husband who ..lets just say didn't want me around this mortal plane anymore.. and i said never fucking again. now i don't take shit from any man.

  21. O.... O....

    It said "taken" there, is the girl fine? It said "single taken from..." She better be all right! What's her name? I don't want to be searching all the internet for her name.

  22. N.... G....

    "Cuz your decapitated cabage is a little bit orgasmic"

  23. B.... W....

    May need that hatchet for a long overdue date.

  24. A.... S....

    This songs good and all, but go check out Chaos by Archive. Pretty moody and ambient and it had like 10 views...

  25. G.... D....

    Couldn't this be about parenthood?

  26. G.... S....

    This is art people - please do not take stuff so literally .. or do ;))

  27. m.... b....

    Geez what a tb. Listened to this when I was going through some stuff ab 4 years ago.

  28. D.... C....

    Amazing vocals

  29. E.... G....

    I came for the contract I Stay for the tunes

  30. f.... _....

    It's mesmerizing how much emotions can be contained in a single song. Seriously, this song is why I don't need any recreational drugs. It's like taking all of them. At the same time.

  31. b.... ....

    How did I never before heard this song? This is great! She has a great voice.

  32. a.... m....

    this'd actually be rather sweet slowed down a bit.

  33. J.... V....

    "Bound to you..."...Yep...

  34. G.... M....

    it is a privilege to be able to make art out of such pain and not become subject to it

  35. b.... ....

    .....funny I had to explain to a friend, who showed me this song, that its about a woman trapped in a toxic and abusive relationship. And this isnt even something id normally listen to

    b.... ....

    Not necessary woman, and not necessary toxic and abusive... There is a bot more nuance to the lyrics than you are reading into it.

  36. S.... C....

    The amazing ghost nose ring.

  37. p.... ....

    sweet jizys 40 years old i just can say i am lovin it

  38. S.... O....

    Killin Stalkin needs this song.

  39. U.... ....

    "Finding it though, that's not the hard part. It's letting go."

  40. �.... �....

    Топчик

  41. K.... E....

    Haşat!

  42. N.... �....

    if you have a girl problems i fe... oh wrong song

  43. T.... ....

    this song is like Harley Quinn's theme

  44. E.... T....

    anyone noticed dilated pupils in her eyes?

    E.... T....

    You're right. Maybe a small hint that this kind of love is narcotic, prevents her from logical and rational behavior, like drugs do? Or she's just high, idk.

  45. K.... ....

    This is Love

  46. J.... ....

    Loving someone unconditionally can mess you up. It messed me up. This song tickles my feelings.

    J.... ....

    I loved one person unconditionally half of my live,and it destroyed me,only wreck remained

  47. A.... L....

    anthem for co dependents everywhere?

  48. S.... A....

    exquisite...

  49. D.... S....

    I love this girl

  50. T.... ....

    If you get a chance, have a listen to the music on my page. Thanks :)

  51. A.... M....

    I kinda feel like those candles were unnecessarily. The face and monitor screen would do it all right.

  52. M.... D....

    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    'Cause your decapitating habits feel a little bit orgasmic
    If I gave you a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    I kind of like the feeling when you stab me in the back
    Every time I see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back

    If I had a pistol
    It would be yours to have
    You could shoot me in the head blow a hole in my back
    If I gave you a pistol
    I wouldn't need it back
    You could aim between my eyes and I'd still be yours to have
    Every time I see you
    I've got the urge to cry
    I'm holding back the tears
    'Cause I know the reason why
    If I had a pistol
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    If I had an army
    It would be yours to reign
    People think I'm crazy but the pain is worth the pain
    If I gave you an army
    It would be your command
    Kick me to the ground break both my hands
    Every time your hurt me
    I want you even more
    I'll never win the battle and I'll never win the war
    If I had an army
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    Every time I see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    Every time I see you
    Look me in the eye
    I look straight back
    'Cause a part of me will die
    If I had a hatchet
    It would be yours to have
    No amount of pain would ever stop me coming back
    To you

    Bound to you
    Bound to you
    Bound to you
    I'm bound to you

    M.... D....

    Maria Diaz merci pour les paroles

    M.... D....

    Pas du tout. C'était mon plaisir. :)

    M.... D....

    I think how much time you spent on this.

  53. S.... A....

    Базара

  54. S.... ....

    Well. This was not the right song to get me into the clubbing mood.

  55. s.... ....

    Wait I thought archives singer was male ? Are there 2 ?

    s.... ....

    Archive is more of a collective than a band. Lots of people being on one track, but not another. Pollard Berrier (sp?), the male voice you'd associate with Archive does about half the tracks on any give album. Female vocals vary, Holly Martin in this case.

    s.... ....

    MuckingAb0ut thank you

  56. T.... P....

    And suddenly: goosebumps.

  57. T.... ....

    This is a great song, but I don't understand the whole clicking jaw thing female singers do, which is highly unattractive (like at 1:14). The girl's attractive, but the jaw thing... not so much.

    T.... ....

    ThatPixel While it does look weird I agree, I think if i would have to guess it would be a way of getting the right note by quickly moving the jaw to the right position. I'm not a singer so I don't know

    T.... ....

    Bassmint you are correct

  58. U.... ....

    I really wish people understood that emotional abuse is equally real as verbal and physical.

    U.... ....

    I really wish people understood that emotional abuse is equally as treatable as physical trauma. Bandage & a splint = problem solved.

    U.... ....

    I ought advertise this, my self. . But I got high

    U.... ....

    People do understand, kinda funny that your comment has 133 likes don't ya think? But ya people don't understand "emotional abuse" yeah ok, people.. Don't understand.. Except for you, right?

    U.... ....

    @A_Neck_Beard_Kurt _Russell lol

    U.... ....

    What about cock and balls abuse

  59. Z.... K....

    As a teacher I want to say "If I had a hammer" is more pedagogical. but it less has referred to all my life.
    Maybe "If I had a hammer" is more pedagogical for our society, "Hatcher" is more pedagogical for a kid.

  60. Z.... K....

    Holly Martin looks into my eye. Yours too?

  61. D.... R....

    Worst lyrics i've heard in a long time. Trying too hard.

  62. C.... 1....

    If I had still the power to find love for you in me I would come and purify.

  63. P.... L....

    ACid Eyes Sweet

  64. N.... ....

    This is sad. This is a song about lots of women, who cannot leave their asshole's husbands or boyfriends.

    N.... ....

    It's a two way street men can be victims of emotional abuse too.

    N.... ....

    it goes beyond that, it goes back to the innate need to release and pain is just one of the means to do that. it doesn't come down to gender, just human beings trying to make sense out of the experience of life and pain can provide that, because it feels real. it's not speculative or abstract. it's solid.

    N.... ....

    It isn't specifically about women. And you're aware that men make up nearly 50% of abuse cases in some countries, right? And those statistics might even be higher, except we have a huge stigma about male rape (it's still considered funny by the general media; where the reverse is horrifying to people). Women who actually abuse men are much more likely to get away with it. There's plenty of male abuse victims who are imprisoned as abusers due to abusive partners.

    I knew a guy. I worked with him. Great guy, a bit passive, though. You could tell it translated to abuse at home: he'd come in with choke bruises on his neck, burns on his arms, everything. One day, he confided to me that it was his girlfriend. But he didn't want to leave his kids with her, and because he had been arrested while drunk one time, he knew he'd never be able to win it in court. Ontop of it, he didn't pursue charging her on abuse because of how it'd affect peoples perception of him. Male abuse victims are usually laughed at you. "You let that bitch slap you around?" One day, she beat him black and blue because he was late from work. Then she called the police and told them that he abused her because he had pushed her away: he got sent to jail for the night.

    I've had another friend who was hanging out with a girl for 2 weeks, get on great. They were fucking like rabits, and then one day she called the cops on him for basically no reason, just to scare the shit out of him. And I know it was for no reason because I was with them the entire day leading up to it: we did laundry together, we went out and ate. You'd never say anything was wrong until we got back to his place and the cops were waiting outside for us. (They were there for him specifically). She called the cops while she was in the bathroom at the place we stopped for breakfast. There was literally no reason for her to do this. She did it because he got off during sex while she was blowing him. It was fucking crazy.

    There are plenty of crazy fucking abusive women out there. My one friend was bisexual, (leaned mostly towards women). She swore off women after 8 years of dating them because every relationship she was in was psychologically, or physically abusive.

    Abuse isn't a one way street. And you've got to keep in mind that in our current society, women can actually get away with abusing their partners a lot easier than men can. I'm not saying women are worse for it then men, but this notion that only men are abusers is a complete fantasy. Women are just as abusive as men, but in our society, men are looked at as weak if they're raped, or if it happens to them. People laugh, no one takes it seriously.

    Probably 60% of my friends or family who are in relationships with women (men, at least) are being abused, controlled, etc. etc. It's not rare. At all.

    Hell, I myself can identify with this. I dated a girl who didn't like me to hang out with certain friends. She'd make new guy friends, hang out with them a bunch for awhile, and decide she liked them a lot. She dumped me twice so she could hook up with other guys with a "clear conscience". She'd shut me down when I tried to talk to her about certain things, but expected 100% of my attention any time she wanted it, or she'd be petulant.

    I had another friend (female) who was attracted to me. This was within the last 3 years. I told her I liked her as a friend, but would not date her. We went to parties and everything all the time, but after awhile I noticed she was spiking my drinks. She was loading my drinks with like 3 parts liqour 1 part coke. I'd be so drunk I'd black out, and wake up next to her. I'd be hung over and she'd be fine. It took me a long time to finally before I really came to the understanding that I had been raped repeatedly by someone who had used alcohol to specifically achieve that result. And this is something that people only believe happens to women. We live in a society where a man who gets drunk, and has sex with a woman, who is also drunk, is a rapist. The woman has no accountability.

    N.... ....

    Eat a dick, women don't have a monopoly on abusive partners. Also, did you actually listen to the song? The lyrics are painting a very different picture than just an abusive relationship. I know the nuance is lost on most people, clearly, but humans are way way more complex than that simplistic abuser/victim shit. Her partner* doesn't seem to be preventing her from leaving at all. She willingly gives herself over to the pain and abuse, she seeks it out, craves it even.

    *The song never specifies a sex for the person she is "bound" to.. you fucking sexist.

  65. m.... ....

    I have been listening to this all day long. Amazing song!

  66. p.... C....

    Crescendos are SOOOO efficient !

  67. j.... r....

    From 0:47 her voice reminds me of beyonceys and than it's gone in 1:09 or sth

  68. T.... ....

    Man you guys are so fucking creepy with your comment.

    T.... ....

    +TheNightAngel Creepy attracts creepy... Look at her! It's a psycho song!... Tho I kind of love it :3

  69. M.... v....

    this is seriously a song that gets under the skin and inside

  70. K.... K....

    So crazy :D

  71. l.... ....

    Archive siete formidabili, fantastici, sensazionali!Siete stati una bellissima scoperta!<3 Love;* ;)

  72. m.... s....

    So deep and beautiful, yet so fucked up..

  73. G.... o....

    How didn't I hear that bass groove before :S I got the feeling it's destroying my soul, so powerful...

  74. M.... S....

    Sounds like a co-dependency while in an abusive relationship.

    M.... S....

    @RurikLoderr Why are you trying so hard to avoid the obvious issue of the song? It makes you sound like an apologist for domestic abusers. I've known so many women who are just like the woman in the song. Many married and had kids with their abusers and have been physically and psychologically beaten during the entire marriage. The song expresses the emotional truth of these women without explaining the "why" of it. That's it.

    M.... S....

    @Gene Pozniak No one is an apologist for domestic abusers, don't be an ass. Offering another interpretation doesn't invalidate any of the others. That this song could be interpreted in another way doesn't make the tragedy of domestic abuse any less tragic.

    M.... S....

    @RurikLoderr When I wrote that, I was thinking, "Is he going to focus on 'makes you *sound like* an apologist' " and take it as it was meant, in the sense of *mistaken for* or is he going to be all oversensitive and assume that I'm actually calling him an apologist?" At worst, in rule-of-thumb psychology, the fact that you did the latter *likely* means that you feel like I hit too close to home. At best, you're aware at some level that you were indeed overthinking something that was pretty obvious and just generally don't like being called out.
    The more you know*=*=*=*=> ;-)

    M.... S....

    @Gene Pozniak I didn't say you called me an apologist, reread what I wrote. What I said is that no one actually is an apologist for domestic abuse. In other words, you've made some assumptions you shouldn't be making and it makes you sound like an ass. My point still stands, offering an alternative interpretation to the more obvious one doesn't actually distract from the obvious interpretation.

    Also, pretty sure that overthinking thing.. that's a bit of projection. You've overthought my interpretation, my intent, and my reactions thus far. You've even wrapped it all up in some nice pseudo-intellectual psych 101 bullshit. Why does the alternative I presented bother you so much, I wonder?

    M.... S....

    @RurikLoderr Donald Trump is an apologist for domestic and sexual abuse. Besides him the abusers themselves, their families and friends are all apologists for the behavior of the abuser they're close to. I've seen and heard them time and again. There are two in my own family. So I know for a fact the meaning of the song is obvious. And psychology IS the answer to most human problems if people like you would stop being anti-science when it comes to psych. And notice that I haven't called YOU childish names. Your alternative bothers me because it's such a classic exercise in reality/discomfort avoidance.

  75. D.... K....

    i love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  76. E.... M....

    How beautiful she is!

  77. F.... ....

    Who is this vocalist?

    F.... ....

    @FatalFist Holly Martin

  78. M.... F....

    I love this song...

  79. C.... B....

    Love this song, one of my all time favourite Archive tracks.

  80. M.... S....

    Listening to this with and without headphones are two completely different experiences. :)

  81. ~.... ....

    This is soooo creppy...and sexy in the same time...THIS IS THE PERFECTION!

  82. R.... T....

    she is sexy as all hell

    R.... T....

    +Rafael Torres
    Forget that. Her voice is beautiful. She is gorgeous though. Still, I can appreciate her voice much more than her appearance.

    R.... T....

    @An Advocate For Manga i dont know she just has that look that just does it for me for some reason.

    R.... T....

    @Rafael Torres I feel ya.

  83. @.... ....

    amazing......!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  84. H.... M....

    Beautiful eye

  85. G.... R....

    I love this woman.

  86. R.... M....

    What a bunch of fucking talented musicians!

  87. K.... x....

    brilliant

  88. M.... ....

    I forgot yet how great is this song:)

  89. P.... T....

    Thought this group had a male singer, from hearing Bullets

    P.... T....

    Actually in this band, there are 3 male singers (but one of them is gone) a "rapper" (who's gone too) and two female  singers (3 if you count one who's on on only one album). Some Members've changed along the years. 

  90. I.... L....

    On se vaan tiukka biisi.

  91. N.... M....

    lol the woman in this song sounds like a masochistic lunatic.

  92. S.... M....

    Is it me, or the song is about heroin addiciton? Anyway - it is great!