When she walks
She swings her arms
Instead of her hips
When she talks she moves her mouth
Instead of her lips
And I've waited for her for so long
I've waited for her for so long
I've wondered if I could hang on
I wonder if I could hang on
Yeah, let me go she said
Let me go she said
Let me go and I will want you more
Let me go, let me go
Let me go and I will want you
When she wants, she wants the sun
Instead of the moon
When she sees, she sees the stars
Inside of her room
And I've waited for her for so long
I have waited for her for so long
I've wondered if I could hang on
I wonder if I could hang on
Let me go, she said
Let me go, she said
Let me go, and I will want you more
Let me go, she said, let me go
Let me go, and I will want you
Let me go, she said
Let me go, she said
Let me go, she said, let me go
Let me go, she said
Let me go, let me go
Let me go
Let me go let me go
Let me go, let, let me go
Let me go, let me go
Let me go, let me go
She swings her arms
Instead of her hips
When she talks she moves her mouth
Instead of her lips
And I've waited for her for so long
I've waited for her for so long
I've wondered if I could hang on
I wonder if I could hang on
Yeah, let me go she said
Let me go she said
Let me go and I will want you more
Let me go, let me go
Let me go and I will want you
When she wants, she wants the sun
Instead of the moon
When she sees, she sees the stars
Inside of her room
And I've waited for her for so long
I have waited for her for so long
I've wondered if I could hang on
I wonder if I could hang on
Let me go, she said
Let me go, she said
Let me go, and I will want you more
Let me go, she said, let me go
Let me go, and I will want you
Let me go, she said
Let me go, she said
Let me go, she said, let me go
Let me go, she said
Let me go, let me go
Let me go
Let me go let me go
Let me go, let, let me go
Let me go, let me go
Let me go, let me go
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If you think about it, little girls often swing their arms when they walk -- imagine a kid when she's not old enough yet to care about boys. Also, "the stars inside of her room" reminds me of those little glow in the dark plastic stars lots of kids (including me) stick to their ceilings. Also, "she wants the sun instead of the moon" -- while many adult women may long for the night, again probably a sexual reference, kids always want it to be daytime, for various reasons. They want to play, they're scared of the dark, they have to much energy to go to sleep, etc. "I've waited for her for so long" could express the idea that this guy has been wanting to be a father for a very long time.
And, the "let me go" I think is an idea expressed by lots of young people... they just want their parents to let them go. This father has waited so long for a daughter that he wondered if he could hang on, but his daughter doesn't understand that -- she just wants him to let her go so she can experience life.
Gotta love this song.
sorry to be super sarcastic on you. Love this song and you <3
Because, you know, he kind of repeats himself a lot. Repetition is awesome.
This girl is the only one for him because she comes across as a real woman, it doesn't seem to be purely based on lust. He notices her arms and mouth instead of just her hips and lips.
The guy feels like he needs to pursue her more because she is so special to him, but the girl needs her space.
oh and what's the guy saying in the backround in the middle of the song? it sounds like spanish or something, but i can't understand it (duh-i dont speak spanish).
She fits the same kind of description -- an no-bullshit woman.
Think about it: "when she walks, she swings her arms, instead of her hips". An obvious reference to the use of a wheelchair When she walks, she doesn't use her legs at all; she uses her arms.
And then, "When she talks she moves her mouth, instead of her lips." A speech handicap, stemming either from mental retardation or brain injury, either of which could account for her restriction to a wheelchair.
And then, of course, there is the line "when she sees, she sees the stars inside of her room". This could be either a reference to blindness, or to the psychiatric medicines that cause her to get a little loopy.
The thing, though, is that she's a little weirded out about it. He tries to grab her, but "'Let me go', she said" repeatedly.
There is such a sick desperation in the song towards this girl; he's moving too fast, and she thinks that his attraction is because of her handicap. Which it may be
No, im pretty sure this song is about John McCrea's obsession with the retarded or brain-injured guy who wrote this post.
And for the record, all of you who try to overthink CAKE songs- Get a life. All he does is babble about inane shit and i bet he's laughing at all of you right now. I know i am.