Washin' + Wonderin'

Stroke 9

This just in, where to begin
Grin and bear it, it's bare and grim
Adoration, titillation, I'm the victim now
Because she's figured me out
She lights my candle, she has a handle on me
It's going well but I'm scared as hell
That she'll figure me out
She thinks it's sacred to be naked
But I don't care, cause she's had me there
You see she's figured me out
And I want to shout at the top of my lungs now
But oh my god, if she hears me she'll come running in
These are my hands, these are my faults
These are my plans
There are my nasty little thoughts
I wrote 'em down for you to contemplate
At a later date

Well the word is out, what's it all about
Doubtless shady, no shadow of doubt
In moderation, this sensation would be fabulous
But she's figured me out
She's in my shower for an hour
She's just washin' and wonderin'
And trying to figure me out

And I want to shout at the top of my lungs now
But oh my god, if she hears me she'll come running in
These are my hands, these are my faults
These are my plans and these are my nasty little thoughts
I wrote 'em down for you to contemplate

It's a little bit of something that I feel
Oh man, I just can't deal
And other than this distance that has covered me
Can't you see that you have smothered me

Well, you're out there, just stay out there
Just when I was on to something else
That's when she figures me out


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    this is the best stroke9 song!
    estoguyon April 29, 2002   Link
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    stroke 9 is awesome, a little while back i met the guys and they are just the sweetest people. Luke is very very very sweet, and i was lucky enough to steal a kiss from him. ;), i think stroke 9 should get more recognition, they just rock
    xgrrbabion June 05, 2002   Link
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    I agree this song is a great song from the guys, this is like the ultimate "get happy" song...put this on and you cant not enjoy yourself....this whole CD is a great CD to put in the CD player and just go cruisin' kind of disappointing that most of the comments are only on the "radio songs"...seems like most of the people only know stroke 9 from the songs they hear on the radio...some fair-weather fans?! (no offense) as for the rest...keep on strokin' (hehe)
    Traumattizingon June 30, 2002   Link
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    i can't figure this song out. help?
    RebelPancakeon August 30, 2002   Link
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    i see it as a guy falling in love in a way he never expected. "She lights my candle, she has a handle on me It's going well but I'm scared as hell/That she'll figure me out" it's him coming to the reality that he's let his defense down. kind of a morning after prospective, where he finds out that "In moderation, this sensation would be fabulous But she's figured me out" and he's overcome, and sort of panicking that he's been "committed"
    stickysideinon September 11, 2002   Link
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    my friend got told by a guy that this song reminded him of her. funny story, but she plays it like crazy, so it just sorta stuck. i like it now, though not because i'm a fan of the band. actually i had never heard of them before my friend played it. heh.
    misskittyon April 15, 2003   Link
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    funny story. my friend got told by a guy that this song reminded him of her. i had never heard of the band before then, but she played it so much, that it kinda stuck. now i like it. heh.
    ariekittenon April 15, 2003   Link
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    wow, guys. maybe I'm just like a crazily die-hard s9 fan or something, but that's not what the song is about. well i guess you could see it that way... but this is it. This song is about masturbation. He was pleasing himself, and his girlfriend walked in and caught him in the act. Now she's in his shower thinking about it, and he's waiting outside, and theres really thick tension in the air. He's trying to figure out what to say, so he writes a song for her to contemplate at a later date, to get her to understand.
    withouttheanneon February 06, 2005   Link
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    oops, just got word that Luke says its "about someone having the upper hand in a relationship". Oh well. i think its a combination of all of the above
    withouttheanneon February 06, 2005   Link
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    late to comment i know but this song is pretty mcuh about i dunno a pshychiatrist visit and how they always are one your back...i heard this song on the MITHM soundtrack so i took it that way from the beggining....though it totally doesnt fit but just look at it that way hha
    punkkid6312on March 14, 2006   Link

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