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Motion Sickness

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Remember when people thought the world was round, the world was round?
Remember when people thought the world was round, the world was round?
Everything spins, everything spins on my hip
Everything spins
Everything spins, everything spins on my hip
Everything spins
Everything spins, everything spins on my hip
On my compact disc
Everything spins, everything spins from my hip
'til my motion sickness

Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh

Remember when we both first felt the world is sound, the world is sound?
Remember when we both first heard the wall of sound, the wall of sound?
Everything locks, everything locks to my grip
Everything locks
Everything locks, everything locks to my grip
Everything locks
Everything locks, everything locks to my grip and my broken lid
Everything locks, everything locks to my grip, under my eyelid

Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh

I am only turning out to you (ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh)
I am only felt and seen by you (ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh)
A world of entertainment in your hands (ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh)
A world at arms length, no contact lens (ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh)

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60_miles_an_hour On Jun 13, 2012

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Remember when people thought the world was round, the world was round?
Remember when people thought the world was round, the world was round?
Everything spins, everything spins on my hip
Everything spins
Everything spins, everything spins on my hip
Everything spins 
Everything spins, everything spins on my hip
On my compact disc
Everything spins, everything spins from my hip 
'til my motion sickness

Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh

Remember when we both first felt the world is sound, the world is sound?
Remember when we both first heard the wall of sound, the wall of sound?
Everything locks, everything locks to my grip
Everything locks 
Everything locks, everything locks to my grip
Everything locks 
Everything locks, everything locks to my grip and my broken lid
Everything locks, everything locks to my grip, under my eyelid

Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh

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mbw314

2013-05-16 05:15:16

tsiphon

2012-10-13 03:28:21

tsiphon

2012-10-13 03:28:13

60_miles_an_hour

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2012-06-13 00:15:34

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by 60_miles_an_hour MOD

14y ago

Such a gorgeous song, I get so lost in the music :3

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by tsiphon

13y ago

Pitchfork: And on "Motion Sickness", you literally sing about listening to music: "Everything spins on my hip, on my compact disc."

AT: With that one, [Gang Gang Dance's] Brian DeGraw wrote on his blog, "Remember when people thought the world was round," and I made my lyrics follow on from that line of thought. I was thinking about things that mean something to me that probably mean nothing to anyone else in this day and age. For instance, I like listening to music on a Discman, where the CD spins, and the fact that it's weird to listen to something on a Discman when most people have an iPod, even though those have an internal hard drive that's spinning, too.

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by deftly

13y ago

Personally I think this song is generally about experiencing life and joy with someone you love.

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by lk1d

14y ago

I'm hearing 'everything spins from my hip' and 'broken lid'... must have had a Discman. Meh. MiniDiscs were better... didn't skip.

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by atamata

13y ago

Best song off this album, a brilliant opener too :)

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by krftrk

4y ago

I think maybe it\'s "Everything locks to my grid"

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