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Can't play pretty tunes my hair is always messy
And I can't walk in a straight line
My path is always always gritty
And I like to play piano but it's often out of tune
And there are lots of broken fingers
In the dark parts of my room
Please don't touch
Please don't stop and stare
Yes I thank you for your kindness
But there's sadness in the air
Please don't touch
Coz it makes me jitter
And although I lost my mind sir
I think you lost yours quicker
Please don't touch
Love me tender love me true
Show your colours black and blue
Make another cupper on the sofa eating marmalade
Hate to pry now it's forgotten
Feeling strange and looking rotten
Fighting like a soldier over skinny jeans and pick'n' mix
Fickle like a fruit machine
Playing with the cruise ship queen
Taking all his apples
And then going to play hide and seek
If you feel me please don't brake me
Please don't let that rat man take me
Cou he thinks I'm weird
Well what's a girl to do
Please don't touch
Please don't stop and stare
Yes I thank you for your kindness
But there's sadness in the air
Please don't touch
Coz it makes me jitter
And although I lost my mind sir
I think you lost yours quicker
Please don't touch
Don't stop
Stop and stare
Yes I thank you for your kindness
But there's sadness in the air
Please don't touch
And I can't walk in a straight line
My path is always always gritty
And I like to play piano but it's often out of tune
And there are lots of broken fingers
In the dark parts of my room
Please don't stop and stare
Yes I thank you for your kindness
But there's sadness in the air
Please don't touch
Coz it makes me jitter
And although I lost my mind sir
I think you lost yours quicker
Please don't touch
Show your colours black and blue
Make another cupper on the sofa eating marmalade
Hate to pry now it's forgotten
Feeling strange and looking rotten
Fighting like a soldier over skinny jeans and pick'n' mix
Playing with the cruise ship queen
Taking all his apples
And then going to play hide and seek
If you feel me please don't brake me
Please don't let that rat man take me
Cou he thinks I'm weird
Well what's a girl to do
Please don't stop and stare
Yes I thank you for your kindness
But there's sadness in the air
Please don't touch
Coz it makes me jitter
And although I lost my mind sir
I think you lost yours quicker
Please don't touch
Don't stop
Stop and stare
Yes I thank you for your kindness
But there's sadness in the air
Please don't touch
Song Info
Submitted by
ryka On Apr 20, 2009
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This is a fantastic song, but I'm not sure what exactly it could be about. The chorus seems to hint that somebody close to her died, but the rest of the song doesn't offer much up in the way of supporting details. Maybe it's just to create an atmosphere of her life and stuff, which I really like.
Looooove her voice.
loove this song<3
I think the song may be about her mental instability and how it affects the people she interacts with. Polly Scattergood's written songs about similar topics before, so it's not a stretch.
Yeh its more about being uncomfortable, plenty of people like that. Please don't touch..... says a lot. 'Feeling strange and looking rotten'... please don't touch. 'Fickle like a fruit machine', ' it makes me jitter'
Yeh its more about being uncomfortable, plenty of people like that. Please don't touch..... says a lot. 'Feeling strange and looking rotten'... please don't touch. 'Fickle like a fruit machine', ' it makes me jitter'
Quite an open song about her trust issues and for females in general. makes sense. Sadness in the air, i think means this is not the time sometimes women just get too much attention.
Quite an open song about her trust issues and for females in general. makes sense. Sadness in the air, i think means this is not the time sometimes women just get too much attention.