The sway and swell
Fill you with her motion
Red gold across my arms
The vicious strokes I painted

A river fills your heart
I'm sorry if I let you down
I know just how you feel tonight
This is never what you wanted
I've been searching for myself
In other people's eyes

The mirror is telling half-truths
These stolen words finally feel like mine
Swollen and sweating, off-time
I can see it in your eyes

An ocean floods my heart
I'm sorry that I let you down
You know just how I feel tonight
This is everything I wanted
You've been searching for yourself
In other people's eyes

The revisionist never gets it perfect
Never gets you perfect
The revisionist never gets it perfect
Never gets you perfect
The time is never ripe
The words are never right
The time is never ripe
The words are never right


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    first off, every has to realize that the lawrence arms always has a little metaphor underneath everything. but i think this what it means.

    it tells how this guy is feeling either really lonely or sad or both [cuz of a girl] and is sick of everything and cuts his wrists. and then the girl finds out and finally starts to care now and its too much for her at once. the verse "the mirror is tellin half truths..." its him looking into the mirror even he looks alright he really isnt. "these stolen words feel like mine" i think it comes from the old line 'I could die for you' and thats what happened. then he realizes that this was a big maistake and hits him at once and he starts apologizing to her. and he tells the girl how he knows what shes feeling. i dont qute get the line then "you've been searching for yourself in other people's eyes" i think maybe shes too scared too be herself and so she just acts like her friends. the finally bit i think is finally the guy goes to a counsler and no matter how much they try to help him he cant tell them how he feels.

    a really deep song from the kings of chicago

    confusion89on February 15, 2005   Link

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