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You were not what I needed
Was not drunk, just defeated
So I stayed
And of course, I don't want you
I just want to hear what you would say
And on my way home
I screamed, "I get it!"
And the sky screamed right back
"So why'd you let it
do you this way?"
Don't write me lines
from your still box
All propped on wheels
Worn by exhaust
Clothes line, clothes line
For hearts who share
with the holes to my heart
Like the linen I wear
And all the popular girls they stare
At the hundred and odd
guns I bear
So what about me?
Me on top of you
All soft in your ear
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So what about me?
Me on top of you
All soft in your ears
Time tested radio tunes
Hey, hey man with the ramblin' machine
Steady in the place of your memory
On and on and on to space
Where they don't duck and roll at the crash of your name
I will grant you a cameo, Baby
With the sound of a stage and the sway of a lady
of a lady
So what about me?
Me on top of you
All soft in your ears
Time tested radio tunes
You are not what I needed
Was not drunk, just defeated
So I stayed
And of course I don't want you
I just want to hear what you would say
And on my way home
I screamed, "I get it!"
And the sky screamed back
"So why'd you let it
do you this way?"
So what about me?
Me on top of you
All soft in your ears
Time tested radio tunes
Time tested radio tunes
Time tested radio tunes
Was not drunk, just defeated
So I stayed
And of course, I don't want you
I just want to hear what you would say
I screamed, "I get it!"
And the sky screamed right back
"So why'd you let it
do you this way?"
from your still box
All propped on wheels
Worn by exhaust
For hearts who share
with the holes to my heart
Like the linen I wear
At the hundred and odd
guns I bear
Me on top of you
All soft in your ear
Time tested radio tunes
Me on top of you
All soft in your ears
Time tested radio tunes
Steady in the place of your memory
On and on and on to space
Where they don't duck and roll at the crash of your name
With the sound of a stage and the sway of a lady
of a lady
Me on top of you
All soft in your ears
Time tested radio tunes
Was not drunk, just defeated
So I stayed
And of course I don't want you
I just want to hear what you would say
I screamed, "I get it!"
And the sky screamed back
"So why'd you let it
do you this way?"
Me on top of you
All soft in your ears
Time tested radio tunes
Time tested radio tunes
Time tested radio tunes
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"Was not drawn just to feed it" I think it's actually "was not drunk, just defeated" but I could definitely be wrong.
And all the popular girls they stare At the hundred and up guns I bear
And all the popular girls they stare At the hundred and up guns I bear
and all the popular girls they stare at the hundred and odd pounds i bear ----- she tiny not in the NRA :)
and all the popular girls they stare at the hundred and odd pounds i bear ----- she tiny not in the NRA :)
At the hundred and up guns I bear
at the hundred and odd pounds i bear
she skinny not in the nra
You were not what I needed Was not drunk, just defeated So I stayed And of course, I don't want you I just want to hear what you would say
And on my way home I screamed, "I get it!" And the sky screamed right back "So why'd you let it do you this way?"
i think these lyrics are perfectly non specific those lines have meant different things to me depending on what is happening in my life or my head
lobsternooberg is right about the lyrics.
what a great song!!!
why would popular girls stare or care at her being 100+ lbs?
it's a song discussing a tough chick. she's a lady, but she still knows how to take care of herself. she gets hung up on a guy, but doesn't let it get to her. she gets caught up in her emotions, but at least she knows that's all it is.
PS. If you listen to her other music, you wouldn't think she'd be opposed to using gun lyrics.
In "Beat (Health, Life and Fire)" she says "And oh my / Gunpowder / In an emergency / I must battle without her she is surely killing me."
In "Hills," she sings "I stole his name off the old army flight suit / He wore in the war / when he thought he was fighting you."
Just 'cause she's little, it doesn't mean she's not tough. Hence what I said the song was about in the first place.
I do think she's saying "all of the popular girls will stare at the hundred and odd pounds I bear" I think she's talking about emotional baggage that makes her different than the happy-go-lucky "popular girls.