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He can't forget you
You're quite a find
In my mind I see how he gets you
To close your eyes
Kiss the skies
You race down the stairs in the morning
A kiss in half promise, half warning
Why would you bother to hang around?
Even for some time, now
There will be others to frown upon
If it turns you on
But he's got the worst taste in music
If I didn't know this I'd lose it
But he's got the worst taste in music
If I didn't know this I'd lose it
You're quite a find
In my mind I see how he gets you
To close your eyes
Kiss the skies
A kiss in half promise, half warning
Even for some time, now
There will be others to frown upon
If it turns you on
If I didn't know this I'd lose it
If I didn't know this I'd lose it
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I think this song is about jealousy. The narrator of the song is in a relationship with a girl who is seeing her ex boyfriend. "He can't forget you, you're quite a find" speaks about how her ex boyfriend wants her back, and even though the narrator knows that the girl does not want her ex boyfriend back, he feels jealous and can't help thinking about the two of them together. "In my mind I see how he gets you to close your eyes"
"A kiss is half promise, half warning" I think this is about how the girl tries to reassure him that she does not want her ex back, as in, she is giving him a kiss to promise him nothing is going to happen but also to warn him not to become jealous.
The narrator is asking himself why his girlfriend is seeing her ex, "Why would you bother to hang around?" Because to him, she could hang out with any other guy "There will be others to frown upon, if it turns you on", but the fact that she is seeing her ex is killing him. The narrator feels inferior to her ex boyfriend and is afraid that she might go back to him, but to console himself he is thinking of the little things that makes him feel better "But he's got the worst taste in music If I didn't know this I'd lose it".
"But he's got the worst taste in music If I didn't know this I'd lose it "
That's literally one of the saddest things I've ever heard in all of music. It's about how someone he loves, maybe even lost and used to be with, is with a guy who is absolutely perfect in every way, and they make a terrific couple and the only fault he can manage to find in this guy is that he likes terrible music. The narrator clings to this one flaw because the idea of her being happy and with this perfect being in place of him is just devastating.
I hate her
No comments : o? Beautiful song thou
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I felt the same about a boy. Sometimes we belive that a person is really made for us and we don't understand why he/she's choosing someone else. Especially if the other person has a terrible taste in music or in everything.
One correction: "A kiss is half promise, half warning". I love The Radio Dept. I can't wait to see them live next month.
it's about the only thing that keeps you sane. i'm in this situation right now. she's got the worst taste in music, and if i didn't know that i'd lose it.
I don't get these lines:
There will be others to frown upon If it turns you on
Can anyone help?
it basically means, if it makes you feel any better - there are plenty of fish in the sea.
it basically means, if it makes you feel any better - there are plenty of fish in the sea.
I agree with mad about the boy. There is also an undertone of bitterness, as a follow up to the question why she bothers hanging around. Maybe she wants to do what they used to do together; frowning upon others? Well, there are plenty of others to frown upon.
I agree with mad about the boy. There is also an undertone of bitterness, as a follow up to the question why she bothers hanging around. Maybe she wants to do what they used to do together; frowning upon others? Well, there are plenty of others to frown upon.
This is a really lovely song. I've been looking for their album for awhile now but it isn't available in most stores.