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Traded your bucket and bruises for a bag of bones
And a wardrobe of excuses
You live too hard, you look too good
And you're in my backyard,
just like everybody said you would be.
Greased by imposters
Plastic at the crust
orbiting lighter
You'd gone too far if you could,
And you're in my backyard,
just like everybody said you would be.
So let's get wired, I feel weak
You make it look so easy, come on, come on freak.
You're a liar, I'm a thief
And this will get you through the day
we'll get on marvelously
It gets so crowded in an empty place
Two eyeballs for every face
Three bodies hanging up a transient soul
Six hands in the same hole
It gets so crowded in an empty place
Two eyes for every face
Three weary bodies hanging up one soul
Six hands in the same hole
Everybody said you would be
Greased by imposters
Plastic at the crust
And I'm orbiting lighter
You live too hard, you look too good
And you're in my backyard,
just like everybody said you would be
So let's get wired, I feel weak
You make it look so easy come on, come on
Let's get wired, I feel weak
You make it look so easy come on,come on freak
Let's get wired
Very nice work there James, done some very nice work
Just keep it brief, we'll get on marvelously
It's not even going to work I don't think
Just play it anyway
Beautiful boy what can I do? I told you, I told you
beatiful boy I know I never do what I want to...
I want to
And a wardrobe of excuses
You live too hard, you look too good
And you're in my backyard,
just like everybody said you would be.
Greased by imposters
Plastic at the crust
orbiting lighter
You'd gone too far if you could,
And you're in my backyard,
just like everybody said you would be.
You make it look so easy, come on, come on freak.
You're a liar, I'm a thief
And this will get you through the day
we'll get on marvelously
Two eyeballs for every face
Three bodies hanging up a transient soul
Six hands in the same hole
It gets so crowded in an empty place
Two eyes for every face
Three weary bodies hanging up one soul
Six hands in the same hole
Everybody said you would be
Plastic at the crust
And I'm orbiting lighter
You live too hard, you look too good
And you're in my backyard,
just like everybody said you would be
You make it look so easy come on, come on
Let's get wired, I feel weak
You make it look so easy come on,come on freak
Let's get wired
Just keep it brief, we'll get on marvelously
Just play it anyway
beatiful boy I know I never do what I want to...
I want to
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Submitted by
blinxbcr On Apr 30, 2006
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i always just thought it was emily singing both parts, cause her voice does go pretty deep, and if you listen really closely to eau du toillet when she sings "oh jesus sweet jesus, isn't this enough?" she sings in that same deep tone.
The last two lines sound more like: "Very nice work there, James. Done some very nice work. Just keep it brief, we'll get on marvellously."
Almost certain the last line is We'll get on marvellously, and I think she says it earlier in the song too.
Instead of And this will get you If your baby gets down off, I'm listening
it should be And this will get you through the day We'll get on marvellously.
I LOVE when she says "It gets so crowded in an empty place"
Shouldn't it be corporate ladder not 'orbiting ladder' whatever the heck that means? I interpret this song as 2 people having an affair but Emily is singing the song from the person outside of the relationships perspective.
-Bee Hork
the ending is the best part!
"beautiful boy, what can i do? i told you, i told you beautiful boy, i know i never do what i want to
i want to..."
it's recorded so poorly and is so short... but one of my favourite songs. well Freak isn't bad either. it's intro is so much more upbeat than the song is. it seems like the narrator (emily) is a little mean to this poor kid who's after her. the meaning of all the lyrics is pretty vague (especially the part no one can decipher)
but Beautiful Boy is something i'd want sung to me.
agreed. beautiful boy is almost my favourite emily piece, and it's almost not even there ...
agreed. beautiful boy is almost my favourite emily piece, and it's almost not even there ...
The (...) part should be "orbiting lighter."
the ending is really pretty.
There's a male singing in the background at times, who is that?
i was wondering that too!
Listening to all Emily Haines/Metric music it seems to me that Emily does all of her own back up singing. There is an occasional effort by Jimmy Shaw but not in this song. I think it's all Emily :) By the way, I think Emily is a lyrical and musical genius.