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you get back here
you do it slowly
do it calm, now
don't be so angry
i've got something
i've been chasing
every day since i started walking
it just sits there
in the distance
always flirts with the tips of my fingers
and you thought that
you could love it
til it touched you,
and now you just wanna stop it
well i'm sorry
it's not likely
it was here when you got here
and it'll be here when you're not here no more
then some days
i get lucky
i can focus
and things are less shakey
and i scrape you
off the pale moon
and i slip you
into soft shoes
and you tap dance
to a jazz band
on a cruise ship
off near an island
your hairs up
you wear a short dress
and a wide smile
your movements are careless
it's a day dream
i've been having
to make the clocks move
while i'm working
or a bad joke
i can't sit through
but i smile cause i feel like i have to
but if you'd look under the table
you'd see i'm playing with my knife
i'm slicing stripes into my kneecaps
and struggling just to come off polite
and we could be a snapshot
framed, and hung like a portrait
and what if that's true,
and i'm the only one who knows it?
and we could be a snapshot
framed, and hung like a portrait
and what if that's true,
and i'm the only one who knows it?
you do it slowly
do it calm, now
don't be so angry
i've been chasing
every day since i started walking
in the distance
always flirts with the tips of my fingers
you could love it
til it touched you,
and now you just wanna stop it
it's not likely
it was here when you got here
and it'll be here when you're not here no more
i get lucky
i can focus
and things are less shakey
off the pale moon
and i slip you
into soft shoes
to a jazz band
on a cruise ship
off near an island
you wear a short dress
and a wide smile
your movements are careless
i've been having
to make the clocks move
while i'm working
i can't sit through
but i smile cause i feel like i have to
you'd see i'm playing with my knife
i'm slicing stripes into my kneecaps
and struggling just to come off polite
framed, and hung like a portrait
and what if that's true,
and i'm the only one who knows it?
framed, and hung like a portrait
and what if that's true,
and i'm the only one who knows it?
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This song should be showered with comments in my opinion. I am consumed everytime i hear it by the overwhelmingly honest and beautiful lyrics.
This is by far my favorite Kevin Devine song. The lyrics "i've got something i've been chasing every day since i started walking" hit me so strong every time I hear them, and remind me never to give up dreaming.
some days, I get lucky, I can focus and things are less shaky.
this could be favorite-except that I can't ever pick. it's just another great one.
about coke and his addiction. very descriptive and full with imagery. a story told well and if youre a cokehead its something you can relate too i guess.
are you sure it's about drugs? it just reminds me of insecurities. i see it as more vague but I don't know drugs very well anyway.
"or a bad joke i can't sit through but i smile cause i feel like i have to"
shouldn't be "i can't see through"?
it could be taken both ways i think. it could refer to drugs or to insecurities. it fits both. so go with what you think. it doesnt really matter.
its not about drugs...retards...its about a girl and its pretty damn literal. and its beautiful
@derekjw203 Unless Kevin refers to the girl as "it", I think you're the retard...
@derekjw203 Unless Kevin refers to the girl as "it", I think you're the retard...