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I made you a present, you'll never expect it
And when you unravel the secret will travel
It's hard to take risks with a pessimist
I hope that this shaking will help us awaken
Separated by skin 'til we let ourselves in
It's hard to take risks with a pessimist
It's hard to take risks
I hope one will burn me, I know you'll desert me
(This is the closest I've come to touching you the way I want)
The hope can be painful, I'll try to be faithful
(It's hard to take risks)
And when you unravel the secret will travel
It's hard to take risks with a pessimist
I hope that this shaking will help us awaken
Separated by skin 'til we let ourselves in
It's hard to take risks with a pessimist
It's hard to take risks
I hope one will burn me, I know you'll desert me
(This is the closest I've come to touching you the way I want)
The hope can be painful, I'll try to be faithful
(It's hard to take risks)
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This band has got one fucking talented drummer..
well if that's sexy to you, then i bet you get wood listening to coldplay....
but yeah, great song. definitely a little more to it than sex. Kind of holding onto a relationship with someone you want to be with, but isn't right for you? Holding onto the hope that they will change, perhaps a sunnier attitude? Only the guys that wrote it know for sure...sly dogs...
just a guess...
@LazyKiddo2525 "Kind of holding onto a relationship with someone you want to be with, but isn't right for you? Holding onto the hope that they will change, perhaps a sunnier attitude? "
@LazyKiddo2525 "Kind of holding onto a relationship with someone you want to be with, but isn't right for you? Holding onto the hope that they will change, perhaps a sunnier attitude? "
That's what it sounds like to me
That's what it sounds like to me
he's inlove with a difficult person she never make up their mind; they're both ambivalent. "its hard to take risks, with a pessimist", but it's worth it. even if in the end he gets burned. he always gives in, anyways. heknowsbetter. "I hope that this shaking will help us awaken" maybe this time we'll realize it's wrong, maybe this time we'll learn and use that knowledge for our own benefit. "I hope one will burn me, I know you’ll desert me" She'll change her mind about him, and he knows it, he likes her to the extent where he'd rather those few times of happiness even if it means there will be many times of depression. but he couldn't leave, even though he know better. "The hope can be painful, I’ll try to be faithful" self explanitory.
this song is good but its my real life experience. always relinquishing, never ends.
Yeah the drummer is like one of the best I've ever heard.
"Separated by skin ‘til we let ourselves in" I hear this song saying that humans remain foreign and distant from one another unless they choose to be intimate. However, that choice involves making oneself vulnerable. It requires having faith in the people you are letting in; trusting that they won't judge, hurt or scar you. When the lead singer comments, "it's hard to take risks with a pessimist," he is explaining that it is hard to achieve intimacy with his partner because she/(he, if gay) is too cynical to have complete faith in him. He may also be commenting on the fear he feels when trying to let her in. Knowing that she is a pessimist, he knows that she/he is quick to judge things negatively, including whatever parts of himself that he shows her/(him).
This song is absolutely perfectly beautiful. And sexually yummy.
Indeed it is.
Whoever hasn't heard this great album yet, stream it here:
http://barsukmusic.blaireau.net/menomena/
It has a very melancholy sound to it, but it's not sad or depressing or anything. I have nothing insightful to say, I just love this album.
oh, man.
i noticed that i had this album on the computer in my office, so i came home and decided to listen to it. it perfectly characterizes my current situation. the mood of the song and all! so beautiful!
now, if i put it on a mix for her, hopefully she won't take it too hard that she's a pessimist and it's hard for me to take risks.
sorry to turn this site into my own personal blog. :o
amazing song!