when we meet again
my bones will ache
my muscles shake
my blood will rush
my face will flush

when we meet again
your eyes will drop
my heart will stop
the time will show
your hair has grown
we are alone, now

cho-
oh, i want you some
but oh,
the things you've done
oh, you love me some
but oh
you son of a gun

when we meet again
the past will flash
it's all rehashed
our ship has sailed
train derailed
engine failed us

my skin can sense
the evidence
of our tenseness
our pheromones
all alone
could make us moan
but we won't let them

when we meet again
we'll pick a fight
you know i bite hard
do your friends know
you're not in rome
we'll smash our phones
and disappear
in two directions
alone


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    I'm surprised no one has commented on this yet! Great song. I think its a girl meet boy story, she meets a boy she really likes and makes her feel happy and nervous, but later on in the end they get mad at each other and end up breaking it off. Sad, if the song is about what i think it means.

    kristay700on August 16, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning

    This is about the anxiety a girl has over seeing her ex again after a breakup. The lyrics suggest that the breakup was a while ago (the time has shown, your hair has grown) and also that there are still residual feelings in the air but the guy had done something irreversible and unforgivable (oh, i love you some, but oh, the things you've done). In the end, both parties will "disappear in to directions" and go their own ways after this meet-up.

    notoveryouon September 17, 2012   Link

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