| Crystal Castles – Crimewave Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I don't think anyone knows the actual lyrics to this song. I hear: Eyes lit I pawn short breaths a fawns dark eye lids but lifes breath like the sun against my head. My sister hears: eyes lit i found short breaths i found dark lids but nice breasts the soft skin in rough hands |
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| Tegan and Sara – The Con Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is about how Tegan Quin fell in love with a straight girl. ' “And,” she adds, “I was trying to date this girl who wasn’t available.” The object of Tegan’s affection wasn’t interested in dating women, but, as The Con’s scathing title track details, that didn’t deter Tegan from pursuing her anyway. As the two women formed a friendship, Tegan’s pitch became more desperate, more aggressive. “We were talking hours and hours a day and sending hundreds and hundreds of texts and e-mails, and spending all this money on trips, and there would be times where I would pull away and just ask her, ‘Why? Why are you still calling me? Why is this still continuing?’” Tegan recalls. “I felt like I was conning her. There was some magic in me that was making this person question everything and continue this dance with me. “During this whole ordeal I was very confident and outgoing, but in my alone time I was crying on the floor every day–and I enjoyed it,” Tegan adds. “I enjoyed every second of my misery. The deeper and the darker it went, the more pleasant it felt.” On “The Con,” Tegan brandishes her tears as a weapon, a means to elicit guilt and, subsequently, affection from her love interest. “Nobody likes me,” she sings as if working out her next move, “maybe if I cry…”' |
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