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Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart Lyrics
No, its not what we meant to say
We don’t really love each other
What happens when the summer’s over?
How long before distance becomes a chore?
I'm approaching with great, great trepidation
I hope you’ll understand
Before you speak, think about what you're trying to say
Who else is there to blame for miscommunication?
You're getting caught up in the excitement
You're making promises you can’t keep
You need to leave all your options open
Too much momentum
This room feels like it's going to explode
Too many angles
Too many factors to cover
Waiting for signal
Just searching for a network
You have to fight to stay in control of the situation
Anxiety, anxiety you give me no mercy
Grind my teeth smooth and flat in my sleep
We took some pills to calm us down
Then we needed help to come back up
Just trying to stay in control of the situation
Too much momentum
This room feels like its going to explode
Too many angles
Too many factors to cover
Waiting for signal
Just searching for a network
You have to fight to stay in control of the situation
They fall apart so easily
Too much momentum
This room feels like its going to explode
Too many angles
Too many factors to cover
Waiting for signal
Just searching for a network
You have to fight to stay in control
You have to fight to stay in control
No, you don’t have to fight to stay in control of the situation
We don’t really love each other
What happens when the summer’s over?
How long before distance becomes a chore?
I'm approaching with great, great trepidation
I hope you’ll understand
Who else is there to blame for miscommunication?
You're getting caught up in the excitement
You're making promises you can’t keep
You need to leave all your options open
This room feels like it's going to explode
Too many angles
Too many factors to cover
Waiting for signal
Just searching for a network
You have to fight to stay in control of the situation
Grind my teeth smooth and flat in my sleep
We took some pills to calm us down
Then we needed help to come back up
Just trying to stay in control of the situation
This room feels like its going to explode
Too many angles
Too many factors to cover
Waiting for signal
Just searching for a network
You have to fight to stay in control of the situation
They fall apart so easily
This room feels like its going to explode
Too many angles
Too many factors to cover
Waiting for signal
Just searching for a network
You have to fight to stay in control
You have to fight to stay in control
No, you don’t have to fight to stay in control of the situation
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If you look at the title in comparison to the song, it is logical that these feelings are what are borne on the FM waves of the heart. Based on Tom's stance against radio rock (see: Piss and Vinegar), I feel that Tom is suggesting that this relationship he and Tegan's character have is really perfect. But radio rock has spurred a culture of dependency, who creates problems that don't exist. The FM waves of the heart are therefore the part that says "no, this can't be right, something needs to be wrong with me in order for me to be real" or some other contrived shit that radio bands sing about. It's hard to verbalize. But that's just what I get out of the title.
I like Nowah's interpretation... just to expand on it, I think it's a statement on our tendency to second-guess ourselves no matter what and how that can fuck up things that would have been fine otherwise, and then the last line says that maybe it's not something worth second-guessing and analyzing, and you don't have to be in this position of "control" over yourself.
Sad song is sad.
sounds like "backdoors to cover"
I love this song. Tegan's voice just makes it so much better. Perfect.
I love Tegan's presence in this song. She just makes it, completely, for me.
The title of this song comes from a line in the book "The Man With the Golden Arm" by Nelson Algren.
It's a pretty straightforward song. Relationships are hard and fucked up and sometimes you don't even know how you really feel
that would be great if tom gabel started a side project that made more melodic music like this song.
Ooh Tegan Quin ^_^ She makes this song perfect.
arms of lary -
you're a motherfucking idiot.