Salty leave, salty leave

Tell me the one about the friend you knew
And the last good night that we toasted too

Salty leave
Stay for me, stay for me

We drank wine in the matinee
And the spotlight showed what it chased away

Stay for me

She saw my comb over, her hourglass body
She has problems with drinking milk
And being school tardy
She'll loan you her toothbrush
She'll bar tend your party

Kill me, kill me

I called and called, but I can't get through
Said he's on his own, but his own is you

Kill me

She saw my comb over, her hourglass body
She has problems with drinking milk
And being school tardy
She'll loan you her toothbrush
She'll bar tend your party

She saw my comb over, her hourglass body
She has problems with drinking milk
And being school tardy
She'll loan you her toothbrush
She'll bar tend your party

(hm hm hm hm hm hm hm hm hm)


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    I don't think this song is about sex. I think that it's just about the girl that left him and he keeps remembering everything they went through together. Milk is because he remembers her problems with drinking milk, and that's normal, when you break up you keep recalling those small things that the other person had that you particular remember most. Like, I had this girlfriend that lived near a river and that river had a terrible smell and after we broke up, I kept remembering her whenever I felt a bad smell (that's really fucked up, I know, but still, love works with association most of the times). He keeps listing stuff that makes him remember the girl: Her hourglass body Her problem with Milk How she used to bartend her friend's parties, How she used to loan him her toothbrush, Their drinks, their matinees, everything...

    And by the "Kill me" and "Said his on his own, but his own is you", you can see that it really hurts to be away from her and that all the memories are only torturing him

    lucasemgon July 19, 2013   Link

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