The Ataris

As We Speak

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"As We Speak"

It's nice to meet
someone with a future as fucked up as mine.
So, I'm unpredictable,
Is this some fucking sign of the times?
I take pride
in what I do, and I do it well.
Call me easy-going
but at least I have a fininshed story to tell.
Cause' tomorrow I just might be
another face on T.V.
being arrested for telephone fraud
or beating someone to death with my guitar!
But I know I will go far, I know I will go...
far enough to tell you that I love you
But I know I'm stupid
just because I run right back to you
I got your letters yesterday
but I don't have a thing to say,
so I'll nail em' to my wall
and just pretend they'll go away!
I don't wanna love you,
but it's something that I love to do.
So I'll say this one last thing and then I'm...
gone away for good...
Was I misunderstood?
I guess that it's too late to save you now!

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oofus On Apr 01, 2001

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2001-04-01 21:05:39

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by aniota

24y ago

short but sweet ataris song. classic older stuff by them

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by louisrolfe

24y ago

Yeah this sock truly rocks =)

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by louisrolfe

24y ago

Yeah this song truly rocks =)

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by disturbedchild

24y ago

this site is about song meanings... let's talk about song meanings

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by HippieLoser

24y ago

this site is about people sharing music and their opinions on it. meanings and their views. so people should write what they damn well please as long as it has something to do with the song, etc.

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by oofus

23y ago

thanks for the spam, do it one more time and you will be banned. that is a promise!

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by rockstrNdisguise

21y ago

yay for hippieloser, i agree completely. And disturbedchild, maybe if you had been just a tiny bit NICER about it like 'hey, what do you guys think this song actually mean though?" because whatever you just totally went about it in the wrong way.. :-P

i love the ataris

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by Keziah Mae

18y ago

Yeah, but what's it about? I really don't understand this song :/ love it thoughhh

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