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Damien Rice – Accidental Babies Lyrics 10 years ago
What you guys say can really be true, but ever since i know this song i've allways thought that this was the meaning:

(This is the firt time i do this, so don't be to hard on me.)

I have allways thought that it was about a relationship that has ended. They where a perfect happy (but secret) couple:
(Well I held you like a lover
Happy hands, your elbow in the appropriate place
And we ignored our others
Happy plans for that delicate look upon your face
Our bodies moved and hardened
Hurting parts of your garden
With no room for a pardon
In a place where no one knows what we have done
We use cushions to cover happy glands
In the mild issue of our disgrace
Our minds pressed and guarded
While our flesh disregarded
The lack of space for the lighthearted
In the boon that beats our drum)

But at the end of their relationship he has hurt her bad and she left him:
(Well I know I make you cry
And I know sometimes you wanna die
But do you really feel alive without me?)

she has another lover now, but he wants to know if he makes her as happy as he did:
(Do you come
Together ever with him?
And is he dark enough?
Enough to see your light?
And do you brush your teeth before you kiss?
Do you miss my smell?
And is he bold enough to take you on?
Do you feel like you belong?
And does he drive you wild?
Or just mildly free?
What about me?)

And even though he wants her to be happy (either with him or with the other guy) he still hopes she comes back and believes that she still loves him too:
(But do you really feel alive without me?
If so, be free
If not, leave him for me
Before one of us has accidental babies
For we are in love)

I think the accidental babies are about the fact that he is scared that she will get pregnant with the new guy and that she will be bonded with him for the rest of her life, or that he will find somebody else before she comes back.


english is not my native language. so i apologize for my grammar. :-)

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