You found a sweater on the ocean floor
They're gonna find it if you didn't close the door
You and the smart ones sit outside of their sight
In a house on a street they wouldn't park on at night
Dad was a risk-taker, his was a shoe maker
You, "Greatest Hits 2006" little list-maker
Heard codes in the melody, you heeded the call
Oh, you were born with ten fingers and you're gonna use them all

Interesting colors, I discovered myself
If your art life is gritty, you'll be toasting my health
If an interest in culture should be lining the walls
When your birthright is interest, you could just accrue it all

Me and my cousins and you and your cousins
It's a line that's always running
Me and my cousins and you and your cousins
I can feel it coming

You could turn your back on the bitter world
You could turn your back on the bitter world
You could turn your back on the bitter world
You could turn your back on the bitter world

Me and my cousins and you and your cousins
It's a line that's always running
Me and my cousins and you and your cousins
I can feel it coming
Me and my cousins and you and your cousins
It's a line that's always running
Me and my cousins and you and your cousins
I can feel it coming


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Cousins Lyrics as written by Christopher William Tomson Christopher Joseph Baio

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    ok well most of you are getting close but i recon your slightly off. the song is about origins.

    You found a sweater on the ocean floor they're gonna find it if you didn't close the door you and the smart ones sit outside of their sight in a house on a street they couldn't park on at night

    sweaters are regaurded as a posh kind of clothing, and finding it then closing the door is denying your rich. smart ones, out of sight, the street they couldnt park on at night, they intentionally pretended they were poor to stay. i get poor because a good car will get broken into on a bad street. in summary this person denied a rich background for the sake of their profession.

    Dad was a risk-taker his was a shoemaker you, greatest hits 2006 little list-maker, heard codes in the melodies you heeded the call you were born with ten fingers and you're gonna use them all

    grampa worked a hard honest profession, dad put his ass on the line to get where he is, then their is you who makes pointless music lists for a living. i get the negative assumption from "little", meaning insignificant, and the fingers bit, which says is that your only talent, counting on the fingers you were given at birth (counting/listing)

    Interesting colors I discovered myself if your art life is gritty, you'll be toasting my health if an interest in culture should be lining the wall, when your birthright is interest you could just accrue it all

    this is about them and their music. they have used "gritty" in terms of courage not texture. basically our music is bold and heavily influenced by culture and diversity. the whole bit here is rather self explanitory. this

    as for the chorus i think 'learningtoharmonise' hit the nail on the head.

    so basically

    lyricaljoyon May 15, 2010   Link

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