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When I was eight I was sure I was growing nerves
Like steel in my palm
Make a map of what you see
Direct pain effectively
I was eight, I was sure I was growing pains
Like lead in my feet
S.O.S. to my mother, take the hinges off the door
S.O.S. to my mother, take the hinges off the door
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like oh
Like O, like H, in your gut
Like O, like H, in your gut
Like O, like H, in your gut
In your
In your
S.O.S.
S.O.S.
When I was four plus a ten I was swinging fists
Like nails in a board
Pull your hands inside of you
Six years until I'll be through
I was four plus ten, I was swinging fists
Like a race to be sure
S.O.S. to my mother, take the hinges off the door
S.O.S. to my mother, take the hinges off the door
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like oh
Like O, like H, in your gut
Like O, like H, in your gut
Like O, like H, in your gut
In your
In your
S.O.S.
S.O.S.
In your gut
S.O.S.
In your gut
In your
Like steel in my palm
Make a map of what you see
Direct pain effectively
I was eight, I was sure I was growing pains
Like lead in my feet
S.O.S. to my mother, take the hinges off the door
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like oh
Like O, like H, in your gut
Like O, like H, in your gut
Like O, like H, in your gut
In your
In your
S.O.S.
Like nails in a board
Pull your hands inside of you
Six years until I'll be through
I was four plus ten, I was swinging fists
Like a race to be sure
S.O.S. to my mother, take the hinges off the door
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like oh
Like O, like H, in your gut
Like O, like H, in your gut
Like O, like H, in your gut
In your
In your
S.O.S.
In your gut
S.O.S.
In your gut
In your
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I think Sara wrote this song about wanting to figure out what was going on in her about being gay. Wanting her mom to get straight to the point once Sara told her she was gay, because her mother had problems with that at first.
Or also a want sara has of people needing to get to the point and not to beat around the bush.
I think it's mostly about the anxiety Sara had as she was growing up. Like someone mentioned earlier, she did an interview where she said that when she was young, she always thought she was sick.
overall I think the lyrics Sara writes are kind of dark and cryptic, I like her style. Tegan's lyrics tend to be more explicit and let the listener know exactly what she's going through, when Sara likes to make sort of a riddle out of it. It's funny how much the twins actually differ.
such a good song, really.
I think this about the singer warning her mother to help her as a child and teenager because she's going to develop issues that she won't be able to handle on her own. It's the gut feeling.
It's ironic that the chorus line is "sugar spell it out" as in "Just say what you mean" since the song is so cryptic
A friend of mine when to a Tegan & Sara concert and she told me that before Sara played this song she said it was about her experimentation with drugs and how her mother didn't know about it but Sara knew she was getting out of control, so that explains the "SOS to my mother take the hinges off the door" line; like she wanted her mother to help her and see what she was doing. "Make a map of what you see direct pain effectively" is her taking out pain in drugs,. I love this song, It's so mysterious a nd...
A friend of mine when to a Tegan & Sara concert and she told me that before Sara played this song she said it was about her experimentation with drugs and how her mother didn't know about it but Sara knew she was getting out of control, so that explains the "SOS to my mother take the hinges off the door" line; like she wanted her mother to help her and see what she was doing. "Make a map of what you see direct pain effectively" is her taking out pain in drugs,. I love this song, It's so mysterious a nd I think it can be interpreted in many different ways.
"Spell it out" - the mothers difficulty in understanding her - since teenage emotions are so difficult to explain. Often seemingly angst-ridden over nothing?
if you watched the chapter 3 -the con you would know that sugar spell it out was what sara wanted to name the album so this song would've been the title track probably. i love this song it's so cool sara could make a decent rapper :P please don't bash me for saying that!
Oh oh sugar spell it out like Like O like H in your gut
Os and Hs in the gut make me think stomach acid. probably meaning like the gut feeling, like ImpliedLove said.
I think this song is just basically about the confusion one goes through while growing up, and how she was kind of looking to her mom for advice or guidance on how to handle it.
i agree with implied love, i think it's about her struggle with her sexuality. she realized it when she was really young (six), and maybe came out when she was twenty? "i was four plus a ten....six years til i'll be through"
it's this inner turmoil of wanting to be honest with her parent, but not being able to tell them..i think. ha.
i think you're wrong. i think that the "six years til i'll be through" is about her turning 20 and no longer being a teenager.
i think you're wrong. i think that the "six years til i'll be through" is about her turning 20 and no longer being a teenager.
*eight not six. oops