you said my parents should have named me lullaby
cause i'm good at putting you to sleep
you said you wouldn't call me boring
but you don't think i'm very interesting
i am batting my eyelashes
but you can't hear it over the phone
i am trivial and you are vulgar
we can't get past cream and sugar
bored with coffee conversation
and mistakes we keep on making
we passed pigeons cooing on the side walk and
i asked you what you thought they said
i'm almost positive you didn't care
but you replied with "i'm not sure what they meant"
i am batting my eyelashes
but you can't hear it over the phone
verbally i can't keep my hands to myself
cause i'm good at putting you to sleep
you said you wouldn't call me boring
but you don't think i'm very interesting
but you can't hear it over the phone
we can't get past cream and sugar
bored with coffee conversation
and mistakes we keep on making
i asked you what you thought they said
i'm almost positive you didn't care
but you replied with "i'm not sure what they meant"
but you can't hear it over the phone
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To me, the song seems to be about a relationship where there is a certain spark, but which fails to take off when the singer tries to move beyond infatuation. Anyway, it's a good example of lyrics doing a lot with small gestures. The second verse about the pigeons is brilliant!