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Woke up with fingers crossed
In a boy's bed with your pants off.
After polite declines of coffee and toast,
walked home on Mission in last night's clothes.
Past the Phone Booth and the Beauty Bar,
the broken windows of your neighbors' cars.
Through the backdoor to a message from Sis,
asking, "Who was your New Year's kiss?"
Took the afternoon to piece it all,
plus a half a dozen phone calls.
Crashed a party with Larissa and Chris
in pursuit of a New Year's kiss.
Not the way that you'd imagined it.
On a balcony with champagne lips.
But in a pantry against the pancake mix,
you had your New Year's kiss.
In a boy's bed with your pants off.
After polite declines of coffee and toast,
walked home on Mission in last night's clothes.
the broken windows of your neighbors' cars.
Through the backdoor to a message from Sis,
asking, "Who was your New Year's kiss?"
plus a half a dozen phone calls.
Crashed a party with Larissa and Chris
in pursuit of a New Year's kiss.
On a balcony with champagne lips.
But in a pantry against the pancake mix,
you had your New Year's kiss.
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proposals On Feb 12, 2006
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more than just about a new years kiss... this girl lost her virginity at a party to a boy she didnt know (hence the impersonal use of the word 'boy' rather than a name) and didnt even remember it. what she had imagined as being fun and romantic (on a balcony with champagne lips), ended up being tacky and awkward.
i don´t think, it is girl, that lost her virginity! ;-) you know!
obviously about drunk meaningless sex, and the loss of a girls virginity.
why do you think this song is about a girl losing her virginity?
its about a girl that goes out looking for a kiss on new years.. gets drunk.. and sleeps with someone she doesnt know.. never says anything about her losing her virginity. (it actually never even says that she had sex.. just because her pants were off doesnt mean she had sex.) but i believe it is implied.
halebopp knows what's up. it's about a BOY who did these things that broke his heart. he's gay - i'm pretty sure.
Either way, I think this song focuses around a teenagers life, whether it be a boy or girl, and the confusion set around one's own identity. It's true that when we're young, we try to identify ourselves socially to sort of mold ourselves psychologically. The narrator knows this subconsciously, but can't make out what it all means; the confused reference to sex, crashing a party for social acceptance, and the awkward new year's kiss all point out to a confused teens trying to find him/herself. A very realistic song that makes you thankful you survived your teenage years :-p.
my take is that it is a girl who is the subject. "Woke up with fingers crossed" makes me think of an unprotected sexual encounter with the typical teenage reaction to hope that nothing goes wrong.
i think it's also about the way new year symbolises the hope of a new beginning and new possibilities. the crashing of the party, is the lure of the unknown and the hope that she'll meet someone there that will fulfil her dreams. of course, it didn't work out that way so she just made do with a random guy.
I get the impression it's about a girl who's slept with a boy.
So that's why I think the story is about a girl.
Mero,
Mero,
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Your "proof" is rather sexist.
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Your "proof" is rather sexist.
thewahwah, A guy could also be worried about an unprotected sexual encounter.
thewahwah, A guy could also be worried about an unprotected sexual encounter.
I think it could honestly be about either a boy or a girl. I think it is silly to try and stretch things to make it fit one way or the other.
I think it could honestly be about either a boy or a girl. I think it is silly to try and stretch things to make it fit one way or the other.
I'd listen to this song and sometimes think back to these comments. Whether the 'protagonist' in this song is a boy or a girl. After downloading the MP3 of this song from CTFTPA's website (a version from 2008) the cover art drawn by Owen is two guys kissing. But before i saw this i also pictured him as a male in my mind. I suppose it doesn't matter - and in a way it's better that he was genderless. Just thought i'd share incase anyone else out there had wondered this for years like me.
I'd listen to this song and sometimes think back to these comments. Whether the 'protagonist' in this song is a boy or a girl. After downloading the MP3 of this song from CTFTPA's website (a version from 2008) the cover art drawn by Owen is two guys kissing. But before i saw this i also pictured him as a male in my mind. I suppose it doesn't matter - and in a way it's better that he was genderless. Just thought i'd share incase anyone else out there had wondered this for years like me.
I love it when you recognize places in songs. I spent 3 months in San Francisco this year and walked past the Phone Booth and the Beauty Bar on Mission a dozen times and now the song's atmosphere is even stronger. Anyway. I have to second thewahwah's idea about the song's protagonist crossing her fingers, hoping she didn't get pregnant.
I don\'t think it\'s "walked home itching in last night\'s clothes." \n\nI hear "walked home ON MISSION," i.e. on the street that the bars are (were?) located.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Street