I've been waiting on the side, suggest I open wide
No incentive to hide, happy coursing through my veins
Don't even know my name
When I'm up, you're coming down
When I'm up, you're coming down
Inside of me, some sight to see
Some sight to feel our earthy bed
When we're wrapped in polythene, what's that supposed to mean
Paper flowers bring me luck, no birds in sight to fear
Stick sticks in you my dear
When I'm up, you're coming down
When I'm up, you're coming down
Some say I'm vague and I'd easily fade
Foolish parade of fantasy
Drink in your eyes, drink in your sighs
Grass in my thighs, my aching legs
When we're wrapped in polythene, what's that supposed to mean
Paper flowers bring me luck, no birds in sight to fear
Stick sticks in you my dear
When I'm up, you're coming down
When I'm up, you're coming down
No incentive to hide, happy coursing through my veins
Don't even know my name
When I'm up, you're coming down
When I'm up, you're coming down
Some sight to feel our earthy bed
Paper flowers bring me luck, no birds in sight to fear
Stick sticks in you my dear
When I'm up, you're coming down
When I'm up, you're coming down
Foolish parade of fantasy
Drink in your eyes, drink in your sighs
Grass in my thighs, my aching legs
Paper flowers bring me luck, no birds in sight to fear
Stick sticks in you my dear
When I'm up, you're coming down
When I'm up, you're coming down
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I always thought it was about having sex outside. On a playground, no less (I thought it was "I've been waiting on the slide").
"I've been waiting on the side" it's slide, not side "I've been waiting on the slide"
I remember reading an interveiw with LUSH in which miki claimed that this song was "about having sex at 9 in the morning while high on X..." Sounds about right...
Maybe the sexiest alt-rock song ever.
I think it IS about having sex outside in a playground. Or at least in a park, near the playground, where she's waited for her boy to make his move.
25 years ago for a woman to be this bold about her sexuality, singing about "suggest I open wide," "when I'm up you're coming down" (lifting her hips as he's thrusting), "inside of me," and finally "my aching legs" (after having very active sex). Also, if they were on X, the drug retards orgasm, so it might have gone on for quite a long time.
Heady stuff. Even living in San Francisco and playing in the underground music scene, I wasn't used to women being that matter-of-fact.
And then when I went to see them, Emma was this tiny English librarian-looking girl! And they rocked so hard.
I came away from that show swearing that I was going to start my own shoegaze/dream pop band, and I did. One of the most creatively fulfilling times of my life.
^ Oh, I would LOVE to find that interview...
"Some say I'm vague And I'd easily fade Foolish parade of fantasy"
the greatest lines everrr
One of the greatest songs EVER!!! Hypnotic and alive. Bought this CD @ 20 years ago and still listen to it.
One of the greatest songs EVER!!! Hypnotic and alive. Bought this CD @ 20 years ago and still listen to it.
Sex and drugs and rock and roll
What's not to love
"crossing my thighs my aching legs"