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run down a spiral drain
keep mouth clamped tight, and it isn't right
three words keep running round my mind
but my tongue is hard to find
i need to let it go, because i know
dark secrets burn their vessel
tearing out to grab a mouthful
chunk of heart destroyed by quiet
yell it out before it kills you now
let it all out
i want you...
they got around real well
now they only hurt, it's a liar's quirk
this time i gotta say it straight
i mean to do some good
i'm calling out your name, while the chance remains
my secret's come undone
my heart revealed my cause
i'm lying naked at your feet
don't crush the heart that bleeds
take me at my word, it may sound absurd but
i want you...
I think this song is about being too scared to confess your love for someone before it’s too late and they move on. The lines “before it kills you now let it all out” show to just go for it. “I used to let rumors do my work” means that the person never actually confessed he just let the word spread into that person found out. But this time they wanna say it straight to their face
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i agree. i would MARRY a guy who did that. haha. but seriously, i do love this song. plus it's early jawbreaker. all the better.
Its amazing how the rawness in Blake's voice sells a line like "I Want You". Its sorta poppy and trite in places, not really as much a lyrical gem as a lot of their later work, but it works very nicely; plus, while the lyrics aren't brilliant by Jawbreaker standards, they're better than 98% of modern music. Musically, this works largely on the strength of the bass line and the aforementioned rusty edges.
Telling a girl you want her? give her a mix tape with this song on it. This is quite the romantic song with intense lyrics. I love it
i love this song...i have made many a mixtape for guys...never worked...but hey it might b ur lucky day...this is definetly one of my favorite jawbreaker songs
This is definitely one of my favorites from jawbreaker, very staight forward upbeat song. Of course you gotta love every song on unfun. Definitely one of the first albums that got me into punk many years ago.
How is there not more takes on this song? It is unreal.
ah.. that feeling you get when someone knows you like them. the worst and the best feeling.
i just want to listen to it over and over and over and over and over again.