This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
I love it how she breathes booze in the mornin'
And it's so sexy how she can't remember last night
I made the fatal mistake of letting her drink again
But who the hell am I to tell her how to live her life?
And if you could put dumb in a shotgla**
I'm just another lush who's had one too many in me
And we please don't have enough
I see you stand there, settle for anything, anything's better than lettin' her,
Think she can do better than me
She'll come around eventually
'Cause baby girl's a queen
But the queen's just a pawn with a bunch of fancy moves
And she's made me a fiend
I'm goin' through withdrawals but I got nothin' to lose
Oh no, (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey!)
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Bravo (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey hey hey!)
I find it funny she can never find her car keys
Immediately after telling me she can't take it
She makes the cutest faces when she screams obscenities
And slurs her words because she's never not inebriated
And the front-page headline ready
Let the girl go, you know you can do better
It's bad, when the fact that you can't have her
Is the reason you sweat her,
Don't let her take advantage of you
Like the other dudes let her
You better cut your losses now, buddy
'Cause baby girl's a queen
But the queen's just a pawn with a bunch of fancy moves
And she's made me a fiend
I'm goin' through withdrawals but I got nothin' to lose
Oh no, (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey!)
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Bravo (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey!)
(Hey hey hey!)
Drown yourself,
It's not worth keeping me
Just put it down right now,
And bow out gracefully
Drown yourself,
('Cause baby girl's a queen)
It's not worth keeping me
(The queen's just a pawn with a bunch of fancy moves)
Just put it down right now,
(And she's made me a fiend)
And bow out gracefully
(I'm goin' through withdrawals but I got nothin' to lose)
Oh no, (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey!)
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Bravo (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey!)
(Hey hey hey!)
And it's so sexy how she can't remember last night
I made the fatal mistake of letting her drink again
But who the hell am I to tell her how to live her life?
And if you could put dumb in a shotgla**
I'm just another lush who's had one too many in me
And we please don't have enough
I see you stand there, settle for anything, anything's better than lettin' her,
Think she can do better than me
She'll come around eventually
'Cause baby girl's a queen
But the queen's just a pawn with a bunch of fancy moves
And she's made me a fiend
I'm goin' through withdrawals but I got nothin' to lose
Oh no, (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey!)
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Bravo (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey hey hey!)
I find it funny she can never find her car keys
Immediately after telling me she can't take it
She makes the cutest faces when she screams obscenities
And slurs her words because she's never not inebriated
And the front-page headline ready
Let the girl go, you know you can do better
It's bad, when the fact that you can't have her
Is the reason you sweat her,
Don't let her take advantage of you
Like the other dudes let her
You better cut your losses now, buddy
'Cause baby girl's a queen
But the queen's just a pawn with a bunch of fancy moves
And she's made me a fiend
I'm goin' through withdrawals but I got nothin' to lose
Oh no, (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey!)
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Bravo (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey!)
(Hey hey hey!)
Drown yourself,
It's not worth keeping me
Just put it down right now,
And bow out gracefully
Drown yourself,
('Cause baby girl's a queen)
It's not worth keeping me
(The queen's just a pawn with a bunch of fancy moves)
Just put it down right now,
(And she's made me a fiend)
And bow out gracefully
(I'm goin' through withdrawals but I got nothin' to lose)
Oh no, (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey!)
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Bravo (hey!)
She's at the bottom of that bottle (hey! hey!)
She's only one more swallow (hey!)
From being oh so hollow (hey!)
(Hey hey hey!)
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1st Period: The Queen and I Lyrics as written by Disashi Lumumba-kasongo David Katz
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yay! i was too lazy to go ahead and up the lyrics up!
I believe it's "Cuz baby girls a Queen. And a queen is just a pawn with a bunch of fancy moves."
i agree with 360dregrees. Plus i think its "I'm just another lush who's had one too many in me" instead of "Someone never like us she's had one too many" and then "...lettin' her Think she could do better than me" I think there are some other parts but it's just too hard to make it out clearly. but that's what I know for now.
"When bow-wow gracefully"
i think the phrase goes "then bow out gracefully"
and "she's never not inebrieated"
i love this song. the new album will be greaat, and yep the song's about a girl that likes to drink a lot. and i love the part " baby girl's a queen and a queen is just a pawn with a bunch of fancy moves."
i don't think that "dumb" is the right word for "dumb in a shotglass" but i can't make out exactly what it is...but if it is dumb, i don't get it.
They got the words wrong, it's definately "The Queen is just a pawn with a bunch of fancy moves" I know this for a fact, I was at Warped tour and Disashi was teaching that part of the song to on of the guys thats touring with them
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ahh sorry i'll correct the lyrics now