Hey pretty, what's on your mind
Nothing here, an endless night
I'm fed up and sick, tired of me
My thin boy voice ruins everything
Oh sweetheart, don't say such things
We don't know who's listening
Don't talk, don't smile
Just silently walk on by

My Emily says "Oh ladd
What has she done
To my darling innocent boy,
My favorite late night someone"
I wish you were here to kiss me
And scream "Damnit ladd I need you back"
Emily rolls over in bed and says
"It is really so bad?"

Hey pretty are you secretly sad?
Questions I dare not ask
I'm fed up and sick, tired of this
Such simple things I miss
Oh sweetheart don't say such things
We don't know who's listening
The only thing that can fill this gap
Is the one who doesn't want me back

My Emily says "Oh ladd
How long can this last"
As long as it takes to get that attention
So safe at last
I wish you were here to hold me
And scream "Damnit ladd I need you back"
Emily rolls over in bed and says
"You don't want that"

So here's my advice to you
This should've turned out different
But it didn't, so get over it
But don't you find it reassuring
That one consolation growing
My darling boy, it won't snow where she is going.


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Conversations With Emily Lyrics as written by Justin Valenti Gabriel James Looker

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    ...incredible

    hobos_ruleon June 29, 2004   Link
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    hey, my name is emily..

    hoydenon September 30, 2004   Link
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    my god you cant listen to this song without feeling empty. im totally caught up in it. i think the convorsations with emily are about the heartbreak for another girl. emily giving him words of comfort.

    "My Emily says 'Oh Ladd what has she done, To my darling, innocent boy, My favourite late night someone"

    im in awe

    heavyd7253on October 08, 2004   Link
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    I think in he song Ladd was with a girl who treated him badly all the while Emily truly loved and cared about him and shes trying to make him feel better.

    moon in mourningon November 26, 2004   Link
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    The only thing that can fill this gap Is the one who doesn't want me back.

    Gotta love that line.

    tommyhaychon January 02, 2005   Link
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    It nearly parallels a relationship with a good friend of mine.

    If you were to call her emily, you'd have to ignore that we've never been together, but shes a care-giver nonetheless, and i can hear her repeating some of the same reassuring things emily says

    The line that hit me most, was when i REALLY listened to the end, it sent chills up my spine

    But don't you find it reassuring That one consolation growing My darling boy, It won't snow, where she is going.

    SimplyZon February 03, 2005   Link
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    I don't understand the part where he says "It won't snow where she's going" What's that supposed to mean?

    Lets_startover332on October 09, 2005   Link
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    "It won't snow where she's going" is a reference to hell. Where it doesn't snow, and where bitches who break Ladd's heart go. Haha, that's my favorite line in the song.

    iamallamaalsoon February 14, 2006   Link
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    Lets_startover, it means that this cunt Emily is going to Hell for whatever he did to him.

    antennason October 04, 2006   Link
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    No, antennas, I don't think that what it's saying.

    I think Emily was this girl who loved Ladd unconditionally, and he never really saw it. She always reassured him and said things to make him feel better, and when this other girl broke up with him, she wasn't any diffrent.

    Your_Hand_In_Mineon March 16, 2007   Link

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