its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
You kissed me on the forehead
Now this kiss is giving me a concussion
We were love at first sight
Now this crush is crushing
I retraced your steps
Through the city of romance lazily
I took to the desert with your harshest words
And they saved me
I'll bail you out again
I've got the readies
I'm not a child
I know we're not going steady
Your pain's gigantic
But it's not as big as your ego
I promise not to abandon you
Please let me go
I've harbored worried feelings like
They were worth protecting
You say I'm too kind and sentimental
Like you could catch affection
Oh in your eyes there's a sadness
Enough to kill the both of us
Are those eyes overrated?
They make me want to give up on love
I'll brace myself for the loneliness
Say hello to feelings that I detest
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
Now this kiss is giving me a concussion
We were love at first sight
Now this crush is crushing
I retraced your steps
Through the city of romance lazily
I took to the desert with your harshest words
And they saved me
I'll bail you out again
I've got the readies
I'm not a child
I know we're not going steady
Your pain's gigantic
But it's not as big as your ego
I promise not to abandon you
Please let me go
I've harbored worried feelings like
They were worth protecting
You say I'm too kind and sentimental
Like you could catch affection
Oh in your eyes there's a sadness
Enough to kill the both of us
Are those eyes overrated?
They make me want to give up on love
I'll brace myself for the loneliness
Say hello to feelings that I detest
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
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I am certain that there are mistakes here, but I listened and re-listened and still couldn't figure several parts out. The parts I'm least confident of have the (?)s.
Please leave any corrections you have! This post was really just meant as a starting point for people with better ears than mine.
I'm not a child I know we're not going steady<br /> your pain's gigantic but it's not as big as your ego<br /> I promise not to abandon you. Please let me go<br /> <br /> [and also...]<br /> <br /> Now I've been hurting your feelings yeah they're worth protecting<br /> those say I'm too kind and sentimental like you could catch affection<br /> in your eyes there's a sadness enough to kill the both of us<br /> are those eyes overrated they make me want to give up on love<br /> and I'll brace myself for the holiness say hello to feelings that I detest<br /> <br /> [maybe, like you I'm not sure. Come on folks lets all help each other out here!]<br />
I always thought it was "Now this crush, it's crashing"<br /> <br /> Upon listening to it again and again, I'm pretty sure that it's "this" instead of "it's," but I'm not as sure about "crashing vs. crushing." I think I might just think that "crashing" is the line because it makes more sense to me that way.<br /> <br /> Also, I think would rearrange the stanzas a bit.
I'm pretty sure it's "Now this crush, it's crushing"
"i took to the desert but my heart just whines and deceive me"<br /> <br /> i hear:<br /> <br /> "i took to the desert with your harshest words and (something i can't decipher)"<br /> <br /> also the next verse is so hard to hear, but i think it's something like this:<br /> <br /> i'll (something) you out again<br /> i go there at ease<br /> i'm not a child <br /> i know we're not going steady<br />
They say I'm too kind and sentimental<br /> Like you could COUNT affection
I'll brace myself for the loneliness<br /> Say hello to feelings that I detest