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Night falls and towns become circuit boards
We can beat the sun as long as we keep moving
From the air, stadium lights stand out like flares
And all I know is that you're sat here right next to me
We rarely see warning signs in the air we breathe
Right now I feel each and every fragment
This paper trail leads right back to you
You say you need me to step outside
You spent the evening unpacking books from boxes
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar in the long run
Said you knew that this would happen
Well this is something new but it turns out it was borrowed too
Why does every let down have to be so thin?
Rain explodes at the moment that the cab door closed
I feel the weight upon your kiss ambiguous
You have to leave, I appreciate that
But I hate when conversation slips out of our grasp
You spent the evening unpacking books from boxes
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar in the long run
Said you knew that this would happen
Two bodies in motion
This is a matter of fact
It wasn't built to last
Two bodies in motion
This is a matter of fact
It wasn't built to last
You spent the evening unpacking books from boxes
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar in the long run
Said you knew that this would happen
The pounding rain continued its bleak fall
And we decided just to write after all, after all
The pounding rain continued its bleak fall
And we decided just to write after all
We can beat the sun as long as we keep moving
From the air, stadium lights stand out like flares
And all I know is that you're sat here right next to me
We rarely see warning signs in the air we breathe
Right now I feel each and every fragment
You say you need me to step outside
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar in the long run
Said you knew that this would happen
Why does every let down have to be so thin?
Rain explodes at the moment that the cab door closed
I feel the weight upon your kiss ambiguous
But I hate when conversation slips out of our grasp
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar in the long run
Said you knew that this would happen
This is a matter of fact
It wasn't built to last
This is a matter of fact
It wasn't built to last
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar in the long run
Said you knew that this would happen
And we decided just to write after all, after all
And we decided just to write after all
Song Info
Submitted by
romanceisdead On Mar 05, 2007
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This song is beautiful. All about loving someone despite knowing they can't be yours, feeling that even if you only have them for minutes at a time, it's worth every painful consequence...
It's just the knowledge that when you love someone that already belongs to someone else, every second feels borrowed but sometimes you just throw the consequences out of the window because they're worth it.
Another MP song I'd dedicate a thousand times over to my closest friend.
I really love this song, the only Maximo Park song I've heard, to be honest. Its a really beautiful song. Heartbreaking.
A beautiful song. New album is fantastic. Great song about a loved one moving away, and you both recognise it's over because it's not feasable to carry on. But also underlying this song is a sense of loss of passion for someone. This is highlighted by the idea of sex JUST being an action for the couple. They don't know what to say to each other any more, leaving bleak rain falling outside...
I love this song, it's probably my favourite on the new album.
it's my favourite then second is probably Your Vrge
i believe this is the new single. It's being released in June. Cracking song!
Yea this is a neat song ...
Best Maxïmo Park song (with Our Velocity and The Unshockable)!! And I think sleepybadger is right..
oops.. forgot to say russian literature.. ^^" well.. i guess all mp songs are awesome..
OMG this is such a stunning and emotional song. It means so much to me. It's like the badger i drive past on the way to work. So helpless but theres nothing anyone can do for it.
Sleepybadger, are you really a girl. If so, i would like to help you realise a good cock. If you're a boy you should get out more.
Still ... i really do like this song so i had to look it up and make a comment.
Muchos
C