We take sour sips from life's lush lips
And we shake, shake, shake the hips in relationships
Stomp out this disaster town
You'll put your eyes to the sun and say, "I know
You're only blinding to keep back what the clouds are hiding."

And we might have started singing just a little soon
We're throwing stones at a glass moon

Whoa oh, we're so miserable and stunning
Whoa oh, love songs for the genuinely cunning, whoa-oh

We keep the beat with your blistered feet
We bullet the words at the mockingbirds singing
Slept through the weekend and dreaming
Of sinking with the melody of the cliffs of eternity
Got postcards from my former selves saying, "How you been?"

We might have said goodbyes just a little soon
(Stomp out this disaster town)
Robbing lips, kissing banks under this moon

Whoa oh, we're so miserable and stunning
Whoa oh, love songs for the genuinely cunning
Whoa oh, we're so miserable and stunning
Whoa oh, love songs for the genuinely cunning, whoa-oh

It was ice cream headaches and sweet avalanche
When the pearls in our shells got up to dance
You call me a bad tipper of the cradle
Tired yawns for fawns on hunter's lawns
We're the has-beens of husbands
Sharpening the knives of young wives
Take two years and call me when you're better
Take teardrops of mine, find yourself wetter

Whoa oh oh, we're so miserable and stunning
Whoa oh, love songs for the genuinely cunning
Whoa oh, we're so miserable and stunning
Whoa oh, love songs for the genuinely cunning


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The Carpal Tunnel of Love Lyrics as written by Joseph Mark Trohman Andrew John Hurley

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    Whoa, We're so miserable and stunning, Whoa, love songs are so genuinly cunning.

    thats what you have.

    i beleive that its

    Whoa, We're so miserable and stunning, Woah, Far from the genuine Becomming.

    im not sure but what you have just seems slightly wrong.

    maybe im wrong.

    oh and then there is the whole

    Stop by this disaster town You'll put your eyes to the sun and say "I know" You're only blinding to keep back what the clouds are hiding

    the words are right but I know You're only blinding to keep back what the clouds are hiding

    should all be in quotes. meaning that the the town has a lot of problems. [[town family relationship. whatever]] but they put up a facade to seem alright and to most people it might seem normal but if you actually go to or talk with or whatever than you will realise that there are problems. put your eyes to the sun and say "i know youre only blinding to keep back what the clouds are hiding"

    ya get me?

    so the quotation marks are wrong making it have a different affect on people.

    thats really it. i will stop ranting now. ^_^

    L4LuvNotLoseron December 01, 2006   Link

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