I got nothing
You got something
I feel out of place
Looking through your window
Into the delicate place
Reflections stating obvious mating holds

I'll own up to you if you own up to me
I'll picture for you if you picture for me

Have you got the answer
Have I yet won the part
Is this just your way of breaking my heart
Everyone denies it but they just want to be told

I'll hold if for you if you hold it for me
I'll picture for you if you picture for me
The delicate place
The questions it raise
The delicate place

I got nothing
You got something
I feel out of place
Looking through that window
Into the delicate place

I'll own up to you if you own up to me
I'll picture for you if you picture for me
The delicate place
The questions it raise
The delicate place yeah
The delicate place yeah
The delicate place yeah


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The Delicate Place Lyrics as written by Britt Daniel

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    General Comment

    I think 'looking through your window' means looking into your eyes. I see a boy and a girl looking into each other's eyes while walking by each other. They see into each other's hearts. There's mutual attraction, but neither of them will talk to each other.

    lovelikeoxygenon September 30, 2005   Link
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    General Comment

    I think the song's about a guy who asked a girl out and is still waiting for an answer and probably feels a bit out of the loop -- hence the 2 opening lines... and he's saying how he'd be there for her if she'd do the same for him. In the 2nd verse, I think he's saying he just wants to find out whether or not she wants to go out with him 'cos either way, he just wants to know something...

    Hannah101on February 10, 2006   Link
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    General Comment

    this song is all about sex. it's metaphorical. and totally sexual. very sexy. makes me wanna get close to the person who wrote it.........i wonder if mr. daniel knows how sexy he is.

    terri kayeon August 09, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    also, this song builds up like an orgasm would & hits a climax, then slows back down. no one else sees this? sex, climaxes.

    terri kayeon October 04, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    i always heard it as "maiden holes"

    Lucanioon November 14, 2007   Link
  • 0
    My Opinion

    Terri Kaye this is your mother and demand that you stop acting like a pervert before I spank you!

    *sway*on July 17, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I always heard it as "obvious and naked" holes

    ExoM7on July 22, 2010   Link

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