In a ballerina dress she danced round the room
And she made a mess so we cleaned it up
And the cops came around and said
"Time to shut it down.
Time to pull the plug.
Pull the cars around.
It's time to quiet down."

Pulled the cars around and
Pretty soon we're in hospital gowns
Andnow we're in love and now we're so in love
And we're probably dying

We're in love and now we're so in love
And it's probably time for me to ruin everything

We're a perfect match
Yeah but matches make fire
And the fire burns all the houses down
With the people just sleeping inside

Yeah and so set the trap
Maybe take it back
Maybe better off as friends
Maybe start again
Maybe bitter ends in hospital gowns
And now we're in love and now we're so in love
And we're probably dying

We're in love and now we're so in love
And it's probably time for me to ruin everything

And all the lines in the pictures you drew for me
Started to rhyme with the songs you would sing to me
Sleep never comes to a boy who volcanoes beneath
Please move slowly cause pain never suited me

In love and so in love in love and so in love
We're in love and now we're so in love and we're probably dying
We're in love and now we're so in love
And it's probably time for me to ruin everything


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    When i hear this song i think of a couple that is really in love, but one of them is sick and will most likely die. They have to tell their lover that they are dying which will "ruin everything" they have. Their relationship is dying because one of them is dying. I know it's sad but that's what i think about when i hear this song.

    juliaaaon October 10, 2007   Link
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    i think it just has to do with the fact that its too good to be true. that something has always happened before in previous relationships, and they blamed him. so now, its goin great, its wierd. and hes just waiting for the misfortune to happen.

    brilefeon January 29, 2008   Link

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