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Our last kiss
held no hint,
just smoke and a little touch of mint
and now you're walking out the door

No broken china on the floor by the couch
No hollow tipped attack to put you on the out
You're simply leaving me
and not dressed to be alone
a blind fool should see this coming on

Roll out your magic ride
for the next man
put on a pretty face you'll always win

I see you up on Broadway
arm and arm with some bright young man
You'd be walking in a different direction
and I would wish you well if I had the chance

Roll out your magic ride
for the next man
put on a pretty face you'll always win

I dial you in on the telephone
and listen to the ring beat
put on my coat and walk out that door
and walk down a different street
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Cover art for Broken China lyrics by Minus the Bear

good song.. i don't like it as much as 'into the mirror'..

one correction i could find..

'and now you're walking out the door'.. instead of 'and we were walking out the door'. also.. 'we brought forth see this coming on..' instead of 'we brought forth see this coming at all.'

to sum the song up.. i believe it's about someone leaving him for bigger and better things and he's trying to let that go.. but holds on to it still. they're traveling in different directions in life but they might still end up at the same place.

Cover art for Broken China lyrics by Minus the Bear

Yeah i Definitely liek Into the Mirror better but it still has that Good MTB sound

Cover art for Broken China lyrics by Minus the Bear

love it

Cover art for Broken China lyrics by Minus the Bear

this song is great. love the slow drum beat at the end, really ends the song well.

Cover art for Broken China lyrics by Minus the Bear

I believe the first part is "just smoke and a little touch of mint" instead of "just smoked a little touching me" and "no hollow tipped attack" instead of "no hollow tic to tac". The first line is describing how her kiss tasted and how it gave him no clue that she was leaving him and the "hollow tipped attack" is most likely referencing the unfair digs that couples say to each other when they are having a fight.

could also be a reference to hollow tipped bullets, which you can use as a metaphor.

I think it might be "no hollow tit for tat"

Cover art for Broken China lyrics by Minus the Bear

yeah i agree with "just smoke and a little touch of mint" and "no hollow tipped attack"

i think he says something along the lines of "a bright fool could see this coming on" instead of "we brought forth see this coming on." i know bright fool doesnt make sense but its what i hear.

bright fool makes sense in the same vain as, even an idiot would realize this or it doesn't take a rocket scientist.

Cover art for Broken China lyrics by Minus the Bear

Minus The Bear fails to disappoint once again...this song has that unique sound you only hear from MTB...and i cant wait for the release date

Cover art for Broken China lyrics by Minus the Bear

hell yeah man, this has that awesome bite that Minus The Bear amazingly pulls off without any negative effect to the overall sound of alt/experimental/math rock.

i can not wait for the rest of the album's songs. i think it was a good pair to release.

as for the song, to sum up my interpretation, it's about a man realizing his ex was no good at all and actually seeing [the truth of] what happened to him in a different perspective this time around and he can finally be content with how things turned out. [the line about being rested]

 
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