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Caterpillars Lyrics
There’s pixies tuggin at your hair....
There’s pixies tuggin at your hair....
Your hair....
Your picture in my hand
And I am at the mercy of your photograph
The halo above your head
has set ablaze the heavens my angel
It’s 3 A.M. and I am sneaking out your back door
A goodnight kiss and I am stumbling to my car
And I never thought I'd feel this safe again
in a million years
And lying next to you, and hoping that it's true
And with you I’m truly in my element, my element with you
And with you I’m truly in my element, my element with you
And I’m tossing and turning, the candlelight's burning
And this is all we need, and this is all we need
And I’m tossing and turning, the candlelight's burning
This is all we need, this is all we need tonight, yeah yeah
Tonight, yeah yeah
And I can almost taste the water
as it's running down my chin
And I can almost taste the water
as it's running down my chin
There’s pixies tuggin at your hair....
Your hair....
And I am at the mercy of your photograph
The halo above your head
has set ablaze the heavens my angel
It’s 3 A.M. and I am sneaking out your back door
A goodnight kiss and I am stumbling to my car
in a million years
And lying next to you, and hoping that it's true
And with you I’m truly in my element, my element with you
And with you I’m truly in my element, my element with you
And this is all we need, and this is all we need
And I’m tossing and turning, the candlelight's burning
This is all we need, this is all we need tonight, yeah yeah
Tonight, yeah yeah
as it's running down my chin
And I can almost taste the water
as it's running down my chin
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Submitted by
brandnew1208 On Apr 08, 2004
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First of all, the acoustic version was on the CD Go For The Jugular which was released in 02 before Sunsets and Car Crashes. The one on Sunsets is including a full band, but at the time Sunsets was recorded Nick was still the only "official" person in the band. One Fell Swoop was the first cd they recorded as an actual band, with Nick, Dan, Joe, and former bassist Scott. Now Landon is with them.
Anyways, this is a song about young love, how he is in love with her, and he hopes its true love and not just a fling. He feels that he is only truly himself when he is with her. And he feels that laying in bed with her is all he needs, she is the only necessity in life.
My guess on the water line that nobody really seems to have an answer for... Nick almost always has metaphors in his song, this probably is a metaphor...my guess is he is comparing love to water...water is tasteless (unless you count flavored water, but bear with me), so its impossible to taste water, right? Well, he feels that love is like water, impossible to taste...but he feels as if he is on the verge of being able to taste it as its standing there right before him. Make sense?
How can no one have posted on Caterpillars yet!? I personally like the acoustic version that was on the website before the cd was released. This one is good too. I dig the element line. Seriously, what girl wouldn't give the big o face for that one?
it's such a pretty song. i've only heard acoustic versions of all their songs...
this is my FAV spill canvas song. I love it to pieces, i've never heard the acoustic version but the normal version is amazing. ahh, love it!!!
isn't all their music like acoustic.. ?
and anyway, um, i don't know waht this song is about. but it's my favorite song by the spill canvas.. um, something about this guy is going out with a girl. and that's kind of all i figured out. i'd appreciate if someone posted what it was actually about, because so far every spill canvas song has a huge twist behind it, as to what it was really about.
isn't all their music like acoustic.. ?
and anyway, um, i don't know waht this song is about. but it's my favorite song by the spill canvas.. um, something about this guy is going out with a girl. and that's kind of all i figured out. i'd appreciate if someone posted what it was actually about, because so far every spill canvas song has a huge twist behind it, as to what it was really about.
haha at some of the comments on here.
this one's obvious. it's a love song, and a beautiful one at that.
"And I never thought I'd feel this safe again in a million years And lying next to you, and hoping that it's true"
i can relate. i love it so much.
And I never thought I'd feel this safe again in a million years And lying next to you, and hoping that it's true
thats not in the song, atleast not in the one im listening to, it just goes straight to and with you
And with you I’m truly in my element, my element with you
thats exactly how I feel when im with him. man i am in love with spill canvas
ONe of my favorites off the first cd. lets hear it for people who knew about the spill canvas before "one fell swoop" was even a thought.
woot woot.