Polly Scattergood

Untitled 27

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I miss you x9

Where are you x3

I’m lost x4

Where are you x4

I’m lost x4

Suicidal tendencies,
Drink creativity
Autopilot
Love the music

Sick
Sleep [x10 fade]
I love you x8

I don’t want to disappoint you, oh
Because you hold me, oh
Before I fall
You’re my unconditional love
You’re my eyes and you’re my sunny days
But when my pen hit the paper
And try to mould and sculpt and shape her
And make her lovely
It wasn’t good enough
It wasn’t good enough
But when I can hear the paper
And try to mould and sculpt and shape her
And I try to love it
But it still hurts to touch
It still hurts to touch

And it hurts to touch
And it hurts to touch
And it hurts to touch
And it hurts
To touch

And it hurts to be here
I don’t want to be here
And it hurts to be here
Tonight x2

And it hurts to be here (suicidal tendencies)
I don’t want to be here (drink creative or deep)
Goodnight,
My love

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littlecreepygirl On Aug 04, 2009

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2009-08-04 10:06:22

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by drmn

16y ago

drain creativity

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by SammiiJane

17y ago

You've got some parts wrong. I'm addicted to this song, it's beautiful.

I miss you x9

Where are you x3

I'm lost x4

Where are you x4

I'm lost x4

Suicidal tendencies, Dream creaitivity Autopilot Numb the music

Sick Sleep [x10 fade] I love you x8

I don't want to disappoint you, oh Because you hold me up Before I fall You're my unconditional love You're my eyes and you're my sunny days But when my pen hit the paper And try to mould and sculpt and shape her And make her lovely It wasn't good enough It wasn't good enough

But when my pen hit the paper And try to mould and sculpt and shape her And I try to numb it But it still hurts to touch It still hurts to touch

And it hurts to touch And it hurts to touch And it hurts to touch And it hurts To touch

And it hurts to be here I don't want to be here And it hurts to be here Tonight

And it hurts to be here (suicidal tendencies) I don't want to be here (dream creativity) And it hurts to be here Tonight

And it hurts to be here (suicidal tendencies) I don't want to be here (dream creativity) My love

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by Adder

15y ago

I'm not whether this is trying to show someone struggling to express something they feel (probably unrequited love).

Since it appears on the album before Poem Song I nearly feel that it's about the struggle to create something to express how you feel, but "It wasn't good enough". And it changes into a way to either forget or to deal with the pain of what has to be separation.

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by bnarx

15y ago

I love this song.

It is quite obviously about wanting to die. An overt expression of a deathwish, even if it's a temporal or a conditional one. No doubt about that in my mind.

The title could be alluding to the typical musicians death at 27, but that's only speculation.

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by bnarx 15y ago

Yeah, it's a suicide song. Plain and simple.

There are many great ones: "Fade to black" by Metalica "Soup" by Blind Melon is an awesome song. There are many more.

Too me this is an absolute masterpiece. She proclaims to not be creative. It sounds too me like she would rather not be writing it at all, at the time, and writes the song in spite of her own unwillingness. "When my pen hit the paper". Like she's a stranger to herself and she's simply given up and is just trying to write something inane, but...

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