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I broke into your house last night
And left a note at your bedside
I'm far too shy to speak to you at school
You leave me numb and I'm not sure why

I find it easier to sit and stare
Than push my lens up towards you right there
My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes
As blue as oceans and as pure as skies

I struggle for the words and then give up
My head's up with the birds and the seagulls
A little piece of mind that I know better
Than the plain disgrace of all my letters

But after that the floodgates opened up
And I fell in love with everyone I saw
Please take your time I'm not in any rush
And it's in everything I ever write

It's not as if I need the extra weight
Confused enough by life so thanks a lot
Only written words for company
Just raise the roof this once and follow me.

I struggle for the words and then give up
My head's up with the birds and the seagulls
A little piece of mind that I know better
Than the plain disgrace of all my letters

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twenty5hourdays On Apr 17, 2004

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by Mopnugget

22y ago

i could be wrong. but all the lyrics say "my head's up with the birds on the t-hut" whichhhhh sounds a little weird to me. i think it's "my head's up with the birds when i see her"

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by snowpatrollover

18y ago

I broke into your house last night And left a note at your bed-side -this is just him saying what lengths he'd go to for this\girl Im far too shy to speak to you at school You leave me numb and im not sure why-me, being in this situation makes so much sense.,when she looks at you you just freeze and there's nothing special about the girl, just for you

I find it easier to sit and stare Than push my limbs out to you right there -he's shy so he feels more comfortable admiring from a distance then actually doing anything. Oh, how true. JONATHAN, I HOPE YOU ARE READING THIS! My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes As blue as oceans and as pure as skies -and well, this is just sweet.

I struggle for the words, and then give up My head's up with the birds in the t-hut -he thinks what he's going to say over and over until saying ah, hell! then the t-hut bit is like he's actually talking about the girls that he might be able to score with in the t-hut birds being girls (just a thought) A little piece of mind that I know better Than the plain disgrace of all my letters -this is soo good. everytime he sends a letter he just falls deeper and deeper into the imagination she likes him

But after that the floodgates opened up And i fell in love with everyone i saw -and then, he probably sees that she's not so specal and the world opens to him and every girl that talks to him, he finds he is in love with Please take your time im not in any rush And its in everything i ever write -and now, he's taking things one at a time, just breezing through life Its not as if i need the extra weight confused enough by life, so thanks a lot -i love this bit. Thanks a lot, is like 'cheers' for increasing the weight of my shoulders. like his voice is breaking AND that girl wont go out with him. Lonely written words for company Just raise the roof this once and follow me -and now he likes the first girl again, saying that he misses her and pleads for her to consider him, step out of the comfort zone man.

weird i know. but this song is so good.

I broke into your house last night
And left a note at your bed-side
-this is just him saying what lengths he'd go to for this\girl
Im far too shy to speak to you at school
You leave me numb and im not sure why-me, being in this situation makes so much sense.,when she looks at you you just freeze and there's nothing special about the girl, just for you

I find it easier to sit and stare
Than push my limbs out to you right there
-he's shy so he feels more comfortable admiring from a distance then actually doing anything. Oh, how true. JONATHAN, I HOPE YOU ARE READING THIS!
My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes
As blue as oceans and as pure as skies
-and well, this is just sweet.

I struggle for the words, and then give up
My head's up with the birds in the t-hut
-he thinks what he's going to say over and over until saying ah, hell! then the t-hut bit is like he's actually talking about the girls that he might be able to score with in the t-hut birds being girls (just a thought)
A little piece of mind that I know better
Than the plain disgrace of all my letters
-this is soo good. everytime he sends a letter he just falls deeper and deeper into the imagination she likes him

But after that the floodgates opened up
And i fell in love with everyone i saw
-and then, he probably sees that she's not so specal and the world opens to him and every girl that talks to him, he finds he is in love with
Please take your time im not in any rush
And its in everything i ever write
-and now, he's taking things one at a time, just breezing through life
Its not as if i need the extra weight
confused enough by life, so thanks a lot
-i love this bit. Thanks a lot, is like 'cheers' for increasing the weight of my shoulders. like his voice is breaking AND that girl wont go out with him.
Lonely written words for company
Just raise the roof this once and follow me
-and now he likes the first girl again, saying that he misses her and pleads for her to consider him, step out of the comfort zone man.

weird i know. but this song is so good.

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