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I'm Amazed Lyrics
... and fuck them at school
All I know is that
There were rumors he was into field hockey players
There were rumors
So I applied basically
He was gone the next day
I went out for the team
It's like, he was gone, they just like
It was like so hush hush
They were so, quiet about it
And then the next thing you know
The day before that I was wed
She went upstairs and she cut her hair away
I'm amazed [Repeat x3]
And when I was a little boy
A ball of string my parents took from me
I'm amazed [Repeat x3]
Before I died, I took my Honda
And packed it up, up, up to Arizona (honey)
I'm amazed , I'm amazed, I'm amazed [Repeat x4]
All I know is that
There were rumors he was into field hockey players
There were rumors
So I applied basically
He was gone the next day
I went out for the team
It's like, he was gone, they just like
It was like so hush hush
They were so, quiet about it
And then the next thing you know
She went upstairs and she cut her hair away
And when I was a little boy
A ball of string my parents took from me
Before I died, I took my Honda
And packed it up, up, up to Arizona (honey)
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I think many people are losing the basic meaning of the song by reading into it too much.
Francis sings basically about a trio of events that he never think he'd do or witness. Hence why he screams in the chorus "I'm Amazed", as in "I can't believe: my wife shot her own head on the day I married her/I played with a ball of string (seriously, other than cats, who does?)/ I'd leave the place I live, and drive my Honda (that small car) and head for Arizona."
Heck, the intro may seem unrelated, but it's actually consistent with the song itself, Kim talks about her teacher who got fired after getting caught harrassing the hockey players and the school was really quiet about it. And that's what amazed her: the whole BS attitude of the school board, more than the act itself which by itself it's rather "amazing." - Kickass riff, BTW, great song to rock out to.
The little spoken interlude isn't a part of the song. It has been recorded and performed live before and after Surfer Rosa, and never had anything to do with the field hockey banter.
I doubt the above lyrics are correct anyway; they happen to rhyme throughout the song. For instance:
And when I was a little boy A ball of string my favorite toy (I'm amazed)
The day before that I was wed She went upstairs and shot her head (I'm amazed)
Also, before Albini got his hands on it, it had this extra section, with the lyrics "all broke hearts will all mend, all broke hearts will all mend"
As for its meaning . . . maybe something to do with trying to mend severed ties?
neat.
this song is pretty fun but i don't know what they're talking about.
I though it was about discovering a friend is gay - the hockey players, running away, the girl cutting her hair short just before the wedding, but who knows? As for the string and the Honda, the same.
even so, i still don't get it. bah.
Riffic screwed up the intro. "So I applied basically." "I went out for the team" Both those lines are from the perspective of whoever she's talking about.
The lyrics are very clear in both the Purple Tape and in Surfer Rosa that it's
The day before that I was wed She went upstairs, and shot her head away
Well when I was a little boy A ball of string was my favorite toy
And the spoken prelude isn't even on the Purple Tape, so it's deffinitely not part of the song.
I wish I knew what this song meant...
I don't know what they're talking about, but hot damn it's catchy.
skitr is right, most everyone gets those words wrong, "So I applied basically, I went out for the team" - definitely speaking in the voice of whomever Kim is talking about, or maybe speaking for Kim, jokingly, just like YOU FUCKIN DIE. When she found out he was into field hockey players SHE went out for the team. Jokingly.