Pick me up, hose me down
I'm sorry boys about the dirty night clowns
The Earth does break the things that we make
Like a model planes and cuppy cakes

I can't clear the leaves from here
They're too far under the brush this year
I can't clear the leaves from here
They're too far under the brush this year

Let them be buried, buried alive
In their suits, in their ties
Trees to shade the moves that they made
In their suits, in their ties
Let them be buried, buried alive
In their suits, in their ties
You're safe here, now you're in the clear
Now we'll eat soup and apple pies

I can't clear the leaves from here
They're too far under the brush this year
I can't clear the leaves from here
They're too far under the brush this year

I will never be
Dirt-free

Up the stairs come find me
Come sneak up behind me
I'll be sleeping soundly
Like a baby

I can't clear the leaves from here
They're too far under the brush this year


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    hate to break it to you, but this song is about a man/some men who used to dress up as clowns and sneak into kid's bedrooms late at night and sexually abuse them.

    the song is referring to the men and how they should be "buried alive" for the "moves they make"

    the line "i will never be dirt-free" refers to the victims of the attacks and how its a scarring experience.

    the verse about "up the stairs come find me" is particularly disturbing.

    the only part i dont understand is the chorus about the leaves.

    wikileakson February 13, 2011   Link

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