Crack my head open on your kitchen floor
To prove to you that I have brains
Meanwhile tin men are led by little girls
Down golden roads that lead to nowhere

Fine time to fake a seizure
To feel your mouth on mine, you're saving me

Whatever happened to that silly dream you had?
I want to make it real
I'd love to rub your back
Like a plane crash that never hits the ground

I fall in love with you
I'm nose over tail for you
Your voice like the sound of sirens to a house on fire
You're saving me


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Nose Over Tail Lyrics as written by Derek R. Grant Daniel Michael Andriano

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    this is one of my fav alk3 songs. perfect. "fell your mouth on mine your saving me" exactly how i fell when *SHE* kisses me. on another note, whenever i hear that line i think of that movie The Sandlot. where that little kid jumps off the diving board into the deep end even though he doesnt know how to swim. and the lifegaurd hes in love with saves him and while shes giving him mouth to mouth he slips her the tounge (ballsy move if you ask me) and in the end they get married. i dunno i guess that line just sounds like that. haha
    wavescrashedblueon July 19, 2002   Link
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    Lovely song. I wish i had written this to a girl, it has some of the best lines in it that i have ever heard, like both parts before each "You're saving me"... Trio rules my world. Peace grease
    TheFullEffect82on January 06, 2002   Link
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    this song is SUCH a good song. i love the tin men metaphor - even though i might be one of those little girls, it's so true for most. love it.
    Bella00on March 14, 2002   Link
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    awwwwww
    starry_eyedon May 22, 2002   Link
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    wonderous, as alkaline always manages to be
    HippieLoseron May 30, 2002   Link
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    This song is one of the best I have ever heard. It explains everything felt by a teenage guy when he falls in love with a girl. That Matt Skiba, I tell ya... he is one smooth bitch.
    alkalin3trioon June 03, 2002   Link
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    FINE TIME TO FAKE A SEIZURE...i tell ya!...doing anything to get the attention of someone you fall for...
    kilda!on July 01, 2002   Link
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    so great.....
    ihopeimstllstandingon July 05, 2002   Link
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    i love how you can listen to a song and it helps you realize what you are thinking and feeling, thanks A3
    phobos258on July 05, 2002   Link
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    My favorite line.... cracked my head open on your kitchen floor to prove to you that i have brains... love that line!
    jonnyboycaon July 12, 2002   Link

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