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All the boys voices cracking
Oh, the moaning half-tones
Come summertime, we're all the same age here
All the tension and the terror
Thin limbed gorgeous green eyes smiling
And I'm going straight to Hell
All the possibility and promise just
Weighs on me so heavily
And I
Try, but I'm not convincing
Your lips, they pout and twist, and
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
You take in everything with
A certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing, please
Darling, all of these awkward
Jump start, stalling conversations
Mean much more to me than anything
And it comes down to me and you, and
Whether we're supposed to or not, we still will
We're so much better off, than them
All the possibility and promise just
Weighs on me so heavily
And I
Try, but I'm not convincing
Your lips, they pout and twist, and
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
You take in everything with
A certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing, please
A look, a laugh, a smile
A second passes by and I regret it
Words just aren't right
Sometimes I just can't explain
All the ways you devastate me
Always on my mind
I
Try, but I'm not convincing
Your lips, they pout and twist, and
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
You take in everything with
A certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing
I try, but I'm not convincing
Your lips, they pout and twist, and
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
You take in everything with
A certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing, please
Oh, the moaning half-tones
Come summertime, we're all the same age here
All the tension and the terror
Thin limbed gorgeous green eyes smiling
And I'm going straight to Hell
All the possibility and promise just
Weighs on me so heavily
And I
Try, but I'm not convincing
Your lips, they pout and twist, and
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
You take in everything with
A certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing, please
Darling, all of these awkward
Jump start, stalling conversations
Mean much more to me than anything
And it comes down to me and you, and
Whether we're supposed to or not, we still will
We're so much better off, than them
All the possibility and promise just
Weighs on me so heavily
And I
Try, but I'm not convincing
Your lips, they pout and twist, and
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
You take in everything with
A certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing, please
A look, a laugh, a smile
A second passes by and I regret it
Words just aren't right
Sometimes I just can't explain
All the ways you devastate me
Always on my mind
I
Try, but I'm not convincing
Your lips, they pout and twist, and
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
You take in everything with
A certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing
I try, but I'm not convincing
Your lips, they pout and twist, and
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
You take in everything with
A certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing, please
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do you ever wonder like... maybe it's about statutory rape or something.
"we're all the same age here..." "and i'm going straight to hell" "die trying just to keep myself from kissing you"
and i think "rocket_summer" got mixed up with "it's for the best..." because i don't know. haha.
anyway, i'm probably wrong, but it was just an idea i got when i was listening to the song. i'm not saying john is a rapist.. i'm saying maybe he was 18 and she was like.. 15 or something. and since that's illegal in most states, yes.