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One Little Slip Lyrics
It was a recipe for disaster
A four-course meal of "no, sirree"
It seemed that "happily ever after"
Was happy everyone was after me
It was a cup of good intentions
A tablespoon of one big mess
A dash of overreactions
I assume you know the rest
One little slip
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
I guess I prob'ly took the wrong direction
Well, I admit I might've missed a sign or two
I ran a light past your affection
At Humiliation Avenue
I took a right turn at confusion
A left when I should've gone straight on through
I ran ahead with my assumptions
Well, we all know what that can do
One little slip
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
I get the feeling in this town
I’ll never live 'til I live down the one mistake that seems to follow me around
But they’ll forget about the sky
When they all realize the sky's about to try to learn to fly or hit the ground
A cup of good intentions
A tablespoon of one big mess
A dash of overreactions
I assume you know the rest
One little slip
One little slip
It was a humble little stumble
With a big un-graceful...
One little slip
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
A four-course meal of "no, sirree"
It seemed that "happily ever after"
Was happy everyone was after me
It was a cup of good intentions
A tablespoon of one big mess
A dash of overreactions
I assume you know the rest
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
Well, I admit I might've missed a sign or two
I ran a light past your affection
At Humiliation Avenue
I took a right turn at confusion
A left when I should've gone straight on through
I ran ahead with my assumptions
Well, we all know what that can do
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
I’ll never live 'til I live down the one mistake that seems to follow me around
But they’ll forget about the sky
When they all realize the sky's about to try to learn to fly or hit the ground
A tablespoon of one big mess
A dash of overreactions
I assume you know the rest
One little slip
It was a humble little stumble
With a big un-graceful...
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
Song Info
Submitted by
eamon On Dec 24, 2005
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LOL. chicken little! anyway i LOVE this song tho sometimes i imagine chicken little running away from the aliens. lovelove.=)
Cool song - to me it's very clear (might be biased, though...probably is!) - it's about someone who while being in a relationship either kissed or did something else with someone other than their partner. He probably knew this person, as a friend or summat, and then comes the "it was a fusion of confusion and a few confounding things" where it just shows how they screwed up! They got into the "big mess." Can also see that in "I'll never live till I live down the one MISTAKE that follows me around." Doesn't seem like an affair, though - just "ONE little slip." Yep - that's what I reckon it means!
Chicken Little... xDDD
I think it's about a really oblivious guy. He liked this girl and the girl liked him, but he totally fucked things up. He's just realizing his mistake now in this song.
Why's it got to be about a relationship? Isn't it possible that its about the same kind of situation Chicken Little was in? "I get the felling in this town/I'll never live till I live down/The one mistake that seems to follow me around" Like, when I hear this awsome song, I don't think "He fucked up with his girlfriend". I think: "man, he fucked up big time" especially the "They'll forget about the SKY" bit. sorry, but not every song is about one's love life. That said, this is a totally awsome song. I'm an incredibly late comer to the BNL scene. I heard this song on Chicken Little, thought "these guys rock", and looked up the band, got more of their music, and now i absolutely love them! and it's all cos of this song!
But they?ll forget about the sky When they all realize the sky's about to try to learn to fly or hit the ground
I think the second "the sky's" is "this guys" (as in 'this guy is'). Kind of a play on words - 'the sky' and 'this guy' sound the same when you say/sing them. And it also plays into the theme of the movie.