I could hear you coming so I hid by the couch.
You were talking so loudly, I don't know what about.
But you were drunker than high school, self-conscious and sweet.
I never ever felt so cool disguised in your sheets.

But I'm a constant headache, a tooth out of line.
They try to make you regret it, you tell them, no not this time.
I'm just a constant headache, a dead friend's advice.
You'll hang me up, unfinished with the better part of me no longer mine.

And then you finally found me, pretending to sleep.
You said such nice things about me, I felt guilty and cheap.
You took two steps to the kitchen, just stared at the sink.
I couldn't hold back a smile, I still wish I could have seen
You having sex in the morning, your love was foreign to me.
It made me think maybe human's not such a bad thing to be.
But I just laid there in protest, entirely fucked.
It's such a stubborn reminder one perfect night's not enough.


It's just a constant headache, a tooth out of line.
They try to make you regret it, you tell them, no not this time.
It's just a constant headache, a dead friend's advice.
You'll hang me up, unfinished with the better part of me no longer mine.


Lyrics submitted by WeAreScientists, edited by nopeno1455, toonarmy53, kurtsseahorse

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    My Interpretation

    This song is obviously about sex and a young relationship about serious love that at one point may have been good at one point, but is now corrupt and neither partners are happy, however they still continue with their spiraling relationship.

    AlternativeCaRmaon March 30, 2013   Link

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