Shall we dance?
Or maybe just limp around?
These feet are cold and beat
And strangers to the ground

The sound of the kick is arousing.
The couples are sweet in their love
Tonight we'll stagger up from the basement
Or fall to our deaths from above

You've got those moves and those eyes
I've got these shakes and bad breath
Ew...

I've never tried that
I've never tried that
I've never tried that
But I know I don't like it

Or maybe I do I'm just too weak to fight it
Maybe I do I'm just too weak to fight it
Maybe I do I'm just too weak to fight it
Where are you? Where are you?
I hate to let em see me crying

I'm gonna zip on my party suit and show y'all something
There ain't no such thing as strumpin'
for nothing
You can fly with us or hang on to the
walls
But the devil's takin' names when the last curtain falls

I got a deep sick worry and I don't know why
Where are you? Where are you? What are you doing tonight?
Laughing and crying are almost the same
They just show everyone how much attention you're paying

I've never tried that
I've never tried that
I've never tried that
But I know I don't like it

Or maybe I do I'm just too weak to fight it
Maybe I do I'm just too weak to fight it
Maybe I do I'm just too weak to fight it
Where are you? Where are you?
I hate to let em see me crying

So dry them eyes
Everyone else went back inside
Laughing and crying are almost the same
They just show everyone how much attention you're paying

So dry them eyes
Everyone else went back inside


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    Guys, Brendan sighing (Ew) on Hesitation Station is much better than this (It's not even really a sigh on this song) and Pensacola.

    Listen to it. It's much more audible when you use headphones as compared to speakers BTW.

    It's right after the very first "What a great, what a great, what a great way" (SIGH).

    Now THAT'S amazing.

    Anyways, as to the meaning of the song (which is what the comment box is here for, which alot of people have seemed to forgotten), I think in it's most obvious way it's about disliking something you really don't even know about. "don't knock it if you've never tried it" kinda thing. Most likely, Breden is being sarcastic. Probably someone he knows is like this and he wrote it about them.

    It also sense a lot of sexual innuendo it seems. "shall we dance" "The couples are sweet in their love" "You've got those moves and those eyes I've got these shakes and bad breath" and also (put very plainly by Breden) the party suit reference.

    I'm bout to get off work gotta go.

    Amazing song. really good. Freakin love the video. If only I could get it on my iPod...

    aaronsuspecton March 21, 2006   Link

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