you're looking quite sharp, sugar
you've got some teeth on that stare
you've got them tattered blue jeans on
you've done that thing with your hair
this bed could use a secret
and these pounding hearts could keep it
if you could i could
i swear

cause you turned me on
and i'd like to know if you were trying
and angel we are so gone

by tonight
the earth bursts open
we shed this clothing
you'll see my from the
angle that you missed
nothing exists but this

you're looking high strung sugar
why don't you sink a little bit
into the sea of sweat
our skin can spit
it was good to keep me guessing
cause you know i hate attention
but can we get down to it


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    Uh, all I know is this song is dead SEXY.

    JohnLennonGroupieon October 06, 2009   Link
  • +1
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    I don't know if the girl is a cocktease. Could be. But I feel like its a guy that really likes this chick and now he wants to cattlepod the oyster ditch with the lap rocket.

    drza2000on December 05, 2005   Link
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    maybe i'm a big softie, but i think this song is so much more beautiful than what you guys have been interpreting it as. i see it as a couple in love having sex for the first time, and it's all parts lust and love and amazement and all of that.

    mikion May 20, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    He is being lead on and he can't take it anymore. Simple.

    lilgoldieon December 07, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    this girl/person he's dealing with is being a cocktease

    KissTheXXAsphalton February 13, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    I think it's just about a girl he likes and he's basically asking her to have sex with him.

    wiseaimeeon April 08, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    haha oh my god drza.. nice reference to bloodhound gang. great song.

    wildflower29561on May 25, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    Close to miki, it's two people that have overlooked each other but finally realize they're in love. They end up having sex for the first time.

    ApocFrenzyon May 28, 2007   Link
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    are you kidding? every word oozes condescension. who calls another "sugar" sincerely that's not some waitress at wafflehouse in southern america? esp when he says that the skin "spits"; that's not the most delicate way he could describe sweating. If anything, it's depraved and slimy. I love how current popular songs deprave and demean women. This theme runs rampant these days.

    cleareron June 03, 2007   Link
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    The guy and girl deny their love for each other but ultimately realize their mutual attraction.

    handmethemicon September 13, 2007   Link

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