You knock on her door
She don't recognise your voice no more
So she got on an aeroplane
Na na na na na so long after
Strip down from the fever
Laid down in a hotel bed
Wouldn't take no phone calls at all
Didn't want no more voices in her head

And that's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel honey now
That's the way that you feel

In the blue part of the evening
Sometimes it's hard
She thinks she hears you coming
But she's stuck against the wall
Oh she wants, she wants oh
So she do what she do
But now when she looks at you
She covers one eye coz she can see into your mind
She no longer wants to

And that's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel honey now
That's the way that you feel


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    I think that maybe this song is the story of a girl in post-breakup or is trying to escape someone, who leaves on an airplane and is now in a hotel. She doesn't answer the phone because she's tired of people calling her and seeing if she's okay, or doesn't answer the phone when "he" calls. And she knew "him" so well she could practically read his mind, so now she doesn't want that connection anymore and closes an eye to take away the power of two eyes that could look into his mind and understand it. And I think that the end is a combination of what all of you commented - the crying and laughing. Crying because she is sad that she went through this, and is stressed out from her breakup, but laughing because she realizes how much of a fool she was to go out with him, laughing because it is over and she doesn't have to deal with him anymore. Does that make sense?

    passingsunlighton September 17, 2011   Link

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