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 head
Everything spins, everything spins, everything spins on my head
Everything spins, everything spins, everything spins on my head
On my compact disc
Everything spins, everything spins from my head '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 grave
Everything locks, everything locks , everything locks to my grave
Everything locks, everything locks, everything locks to my grave and my broken limbs
Everything locks, everything locks to my grave and the life I live

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 I'm in to take within your hands (ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh)
A world we both take through no contact lens (ah oh ooh, ooh, ooh)


Lyrics submitted by 60_miles_an_hour, edited by tsiphon, mbw314

Motion Sickness Lyrics as written by Brian Degraw Alexis Benjamin Taylor

Lyrics © WARP MUSIC LIMITED, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • +1
    General Comment

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

    60_miles_an_houron June 13, 2012   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning

    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.

    tsiphonon October 13, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

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

    deftlyon January 11, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

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

    lk1don June 23, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

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

    atamataon September 03, 2012   Link
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    I think maybe it\'s "Everything locks to my grid"

    krftrkon December 05, 2021   Link

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