I guess we met a couple a bona-fide angels
But they all seemed kinda fat and fatigued
And now we're trying to match their mouths to the screens
Match their heads to their dreams

Everybody's searching out the softest seat
All dialed up for the funeral feast
Everyone's stabbing at the biggest piece
Clever kids kissing on a [unknown] retreat

Now I'm not really sure we were lovers
Or if it was just some kind of car crash
And now we're trying to find a DNA match
To match their heads to their hats

Everybody's reaching for the sharpest knife
Legs wide open on the opening night
Everybody's bathing in the laser lights
Clever kids screwing with some [unknown] bites

Sunday morning, sidewalks flattered
Feverish in stylish tatters
Damn, this used to seem like [unknown]
I remember when it mattered

Can't get over what's transpired
Left home virgins, came back vampires
Built it out like back-scratched choirs
Really dead or really tired

Everybody's coming on their navy sheets
Everybody's coming on their navy sheets
Everybody wants to suck on something sweet
Everybody's coming on their navy sheets

Everybody's coming on their navy sheets
Everybody's coming on their navy sheets


Lyrics submitted by shrodes

Navy Sheets Lyrics as written by J Kubler C Finn

Lyrics © RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC

Lyrics powered by LyricFind

Navy Sheets song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

9 Comments

sort form View by:
  • +1
    General Comment

    I hear: "All dolled up ..." "clever kids kissing on a bleak retreat" "Damn, this used to seem like grammar"?

    chairmanroflmaoon June 10, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    i think the (?) is : "clever kids screwing with some feel-good bites"

    coopvon June 12, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Yep, that sounds good to me, coopv's lyric didn't sound quite right to me.

    shrodeson June 30, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    is this song as sexual as it seems?

    justjewy18on January 27, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Lyrics correction: "we're either dead or really tired" rather than "really dead or really tired" and "trying to match their mouths to their screams," not "screens" "everybody's stabbing at the biggest piece" not "everyone's stabbing at the biggest piece" and "Sunday morning, sidewalks splattered," not flattered, which would make sense, given his penchant for mentioning blood or fights every few songs. And partying. So the sidewalks are likely splattered with blood AND vomit from Saturday night's "massiveness." Sorry, one more: "didn't this used to STING like grammar," instead of "damn, this used to seem like grammar."

    sherpa141on May 21, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Yeah, I don't know if it's just my dirty mind or what, but this song seems incredibly sexual.

    SitAndSpinon July 21, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    should it be "belt it out like back-scratched choirs" instead of "built it out..."?

    makes more sense. since it's a choir and everything. just sayin'

    holdsteadyon November 06, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    "Belt it out like back-scratched choirs" is right, it's a reference to "Same Kooks" off Boys and Girls in America:

    "The scratches on my back had formed into a choir and belted out a chorus"

    GOD, I love this band.

    sallyneedleron September 30, 2011   Link
  • -1
    General Comment

    ha, i actually think its "clever kids screwing with some new device"

    ElfyNibs33on June 24, 2008   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
Holiday
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday". I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Album art
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Album art
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version. Great version of a great song,
Album art
When We Were Young
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Album art
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.