When I was eight
I was sure I was growing nerves
Like steel in my palm
Make a map of what you see
Direct pain effectively

I was eight
I was sure I was growing pains
Like lead in my feet
SOS to my mother
Take the hinges off the door
SOS to my mother
Take the hinges off the door

Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh

Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
In your gut
In your

SOS
SOS
Then I was four plus a ten
I was swinging fists
Like nails in a board

Pull your hands inside of you
Six years 'til I'll be through
I was four plus a ten
I was swinging back
Like a race to be sure

SOS to my mother (SOS)
Take the hinges off the door
SOS to my mother (SOS)
Take the hinges off the door

Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh

Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut (SOS)
Like O, like H
In your gut (SOS)
In your gut (SOS)
In your gut (SOS)
In your


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Like O, Like H Lyrics as written by Tegan Rain Quin Sara Keirsten Quin

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  • +1
    General Comment

    I think Sara wrote this song about wanting to figure out what was going on in her about being gay. Wanting her mom to get straight to the point once Sara told her she was gay, because her mother had problems with that at first.

    Or also a want sara has of people needing to get to the point and not to beat around the bush.

    Daemonicuson June 26, 2007   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    I think it's mostly about the anxiety Sara had as she was growing up. Like someone mentioned earlier, she did an interview where she said that when she was young, she always thought she was sick.

    overall I think the lyrics Sara writes are kind of dark and cryptic, I like her style. Tegan's lyrics tend to be more explicit and let the listener know exactly what she's going through, when Sara likes to make sort of a riddle out of it. It's funny how much the twins actually differ.

    letmeBeaon January 11, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    such a good song, really.

    goolebirdon May 30, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I think this about the singer warning her mother to help her as a child and teenager because she's going to develop issues that she won't be able to handle on her own. It's the gut feeling.

    It's ironic that the chorus line is "sugar spell it out" as in "Just say what you mean" since the song is so cryptic

    ImpliedLoveon June 11, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    "Spell it out" - the mothers difficulty in understanding her - since teenage emotions are so difficult to explain. Often seemingly angst-ridden over nothing?

    miss_motoon June 19, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    if you watched the chapter 3 -the con you would know that sugar spell it out was what sara wanted to name the album so this song would've been the title track probably. i love this song it's so cool sara could make a decent rapper :P please don't bash me for saying that!

    Oh oh sugar spell it out like Like O like H in your gut

    vegetable_carroton June 28, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Os and Hs in the gut make me think stomach acid. probably meaning like the gut feeling, like ImpliedLove said.

    Franzmoon July 27, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I think this song is just basically about the confusion one goes through while growing up, and how she was kind of looking to her mom for advice or guidance on how to handle it.

    e moneyon August 03, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    i agree with implied love, i think it's about her struggle with her sexuality. she realized it when she was really young (six), and maybe came out when she was twenty? "i was four plus a ten....six years til i'll be through"

    it's this inner turmoil of wanting to be honest with her parent, but not being able to tell them..i think. ha.

    ren_is_deadon August 20, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    *eight not six. oops

    ren_is_deadon August 20, 2007   Link

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