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Tiptoe Through The True Bits Lyrics
You asked if you could see me, before I went to Spain
You didn’t give a reason, didn’t know what you would say
But I was hoping that my breath on your face,
would blow every last thing into place
The bed-spread decked in suns and moons and symbols of the star-signs,
how you read how mine applied to how I would be sex-wise
And in my arms you disappeared and I seemed twice the size,
slept and woke with lips together, sleeping felt like lies
Girl, I helped you with your demons,
but your ghosts are now haunting me too
That French bitch, an ex-boyfriend
threatening to tie his neck to the roof
But if we tiptoe through the true bits
We might make it to the other side
What doesn’t kill you, leaves you wounded
But I will nurse you better alright
I’ve been waking on your side of the bed
As the sun’s been rising in the west
I’ve been waking on your side of the bed
As the sun’s been rising in the west
If your skin feels softer, I’ve no argument to make,
the weight of such apologies caused stronger men to ache
If his kisses draw the bad out, I can’t have a complaint
as they hit your tongue like sedatives while I lay wide awake
You can feel a tremor in a single word,
it rattles down your spinal chord
And you can catch a raincloud in an hourglass,
but it will turn into a storm
Knee deep in flowers we’ll stray,
You keep the showers away
Girl, I helped you with your demons,
but your ghosts are now haunting me too
That French bitch, an ex-boyfriend
threatening to tie his neck to the roof
But if we tiptoe through the true bits
We might make it to the other side
What doesn’t kill you, leaves you wounded
But I will nurse you better alright
I’ve been waking on your side of the bed
As the sun’s been rising in the west
I’ve been waking on your side of the bed
As the sun’s been rising in the west
You didn’t give a reason, didn’t know what you would say
But I was hoping that my breath on your face,
would blow every last thing into place
how you read how mine applied to how I would be sex-wise
And in my arms you disappeared and I seemed twice the size,
slept and woke with lips together, sleeping felt like lies
but your ghosts are now haunting me too
That French bitch, an ex-boyfriend
threatening to tie his neck to the roof
We might make it to the other side
What doesn’t kill you, leaves you wounded
But I will nurse you better alright
As the sun’s been rising in the west
I’ve been waking on your side of the bed
As the sun’s been rising in the west
the weight of such apologies caused stronger men to ache
If his kisses draw the bad out, I can’t have a complaint
as they hit your tongue like sedatives while I lay wide awake
it rattles down your spinal chord
And you can catch a raincloud in an hourglass,
but it will turn into a storm
Knee deep in flowers we’ll stray,
You keep the showers away
but your ghosts are now haunting me too
That French bitch, an ex-boyfriend
threatening to tie his neck to the roof
We might make it to the other side
What doesn’t kill you, leaves you wounded
But I will nurse you better alright
As the sun’s been rising in the west
I’ve been waking on your side of the bed
As the sun’s been rising in the west
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"And you can catch a raincloud in an hourglass, but it will turn into a storm"
Oh god, do I know that feeling. You can take a problem and leave it to lie around for a while but it will grow and get worse and end up consuming you entirely. I think it's one of my favourite lyrics of all time, and great advice, it almost sounds like a proverb
It's about a relationship he doesn't know had fallen to pieces until she sees him to say that she's breaking up with him. Suddenly everything falls into place and he starts thinking about the things that maybe were wrong but he didn't think too much at the time about. She's messed up and he does all he can to salvage the relationship, even try and make amends for her past relationships but eventually she brings him down so much. 'I've been waking on your side of the bed as the sun's been rising in the west' shows how the whole thing had turned his life upside down and nothing feels right anymore (obviously the sun usually rises in the east). She's been seeing someone else who she obviously trusts a lot and he loves her so much that he understands it makes her feel better to see this other man. The chorus is a plea to get back together and try to patch over and forget everything that's happened even though it was all her doing and she's obviously not that bothered herself.