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If Not For My Glasses Lyrics
A postcard of apple cores on spit strained wooded floors
I spent an evening getting practice looking bored
And there's a leaf on the sill but it won't be there tomorrow
Just some memory that I made it never really goes the way I planned it to
I'll tell it like you want all parts appeal and none that don't
I love your face the way it moves your murky mouth your eyelid brooms
And I'm feeling that cobweb apprehension
You're taking pictures of me as I fall down the stairs
And it seems so awful if not for my glasses and hair
You say I'm your white cast kid, I was born for your cares
Why you gotta label me now, why, why now?
So I opened up the door I know now what you're for
But still not who you are
So who, who, tell me who
And then you leaned into me and whispered rather softly
"Your feet don't fit the branch"
It never really goes the way I planned it to
I'll tell it like you want all parts appeal and none that won't
Like worthless words that you spit out, the foaming garbage of your mouth
I'm always listening; I go rummaging through a dumpster of speech
You're taking pictures of me as I fall down the stairs
It seems so awful but this never happened who cares
I'm your T.V. taught child; I'm your sweetest affair
When the alarm clock goes off you will disappear
But I loved your face the way it moved your murky mouth your eyelid brooms
I spent an evening getting practice looking bored
And there's a leaf on the sill but it won't be there tomorrow
Just some memory that I made it never really goes the way I planned it to
I'll tell it like you want all parts appeal and none that don't
I love your face the way it moves your murky mouth your eyelid brooms
And I'm feeling that cobweb apprehension
You're taking pictures of me as I fall down the stairs
And it seems so awful if not for my glasses and hair
You say I'm your white cast kid, I was born for your cares
Why you gotta label me now, why, why now?
So I opened up the door I know now what you're for
But still not who you are
So who, who, tell me who
And then you leaned into me and whispered rather softly
"Your feet don't fit the branch"
It never really goes the way I planned it to
I'll tell it like you want all parts appeal and none that won't
Like worthless words that you spit out, the foaming garbage of your mouth
I'm always listening; I go rummaging through a dumpster of speech
You're taking pictures of me as I fall down the stairs
It seems so awful but this never happened who cares
I'm your T.V. taught child; I'm your sweetest affair
When the alarm clock goes off you will disappear
But I loved your face the way it moved your murky mouth your eyelid brooms
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"I'll tell it like you want all parts appeal and none that don't I love your face the way it moves your murky mouth your eyelid brooms"
"Why you gotta label me now, why, why now?"
"Like worthless words that you spit out, the foaming garbage of your mouth I'm always listening; I go rummaging through a dumpster of speech"
clearly, this song is gnar as fuck.
@thedeadwalk138 i mean youre not wrong but theres a lot more to it than that
@thedeadwalk138 i mean youre not wrong but theres a lot more to it than that
@thedeadwalk138 i mean youre not wrong but theres a lot more to it than that
@thedeadwalk138 i mean youre not wrong but theres a lot more to it than that
I think this song is about being enamored with someone before actually getting to know them well, and when you finally see them for who they really are, you no longer like what you see. At the end the singer goes back and reflects on how much they once cared.
@DizzieLizzie i think its more like my comment. Jesus christ 2009?!`just seeing that. sorry for dragging you into this eleven years later, lol. well, if you see this, i don't think you're wrong, but i do think that there's more to it than that.
@DizzieLizzie i think its more like my comment. Jesus christ 2009?!`just seeing that. sorry for dragging you into this eleven years later, lol. well, if you see this, i don't think you're wrong, but i do think that there's more to it than that.
I think that it's about an abusive parent, but 'you're taking pictures of my as I fall down the stairs'? That's hinting to my interpretation. 'Your TV taught child, your sweetest affair' tv taught child is like the parent didnt' bother, so they just watched tv and that's where they got socialised and learned everything. sweetest affair means they were probably just flirting with parenthood and werent ready for a kid, and the kid wasn't wanted, or like the dad had a mistress and it was an affair but she got pregnant and his partner found out, and that's why he's so angry with the kid, because he 'wrecked everything' (when obviously it was the dad's own fault). 'your feet don't fit the branch' is the dad saying that the kid wouldn't be able to liev without him, as in hes not fit to be an adult, even though the dad is obviously a shit dad and and an incompetent adult, and a horrible person. ' it never really goes the way I planned it to I'll tell it like you want all parts appeal and none that don't' as in the story is that you dont hurt me and that none of this happened. 'seems awful but this never happened who cares' as in abuse is awful but nobody really cares because no one knows-- it didn't happen. 'you say i was your white cast kid, born for your cares' more hints and outright saying it. Basically screams abusive parental relationship. this makes me cry.
i love this song,, i think this line... You're taking pictures of me as I fall down the stairs And it seems so awful if not for my glasses and hair means that people are watching him stubble through life but its ok because he has his glasses and hair,, he looks good