Go, go, go, go, go, go
Push him away
No, no, no, no, no, no
Don't let him stay

He gets inside to stare at her
The seeping mouth, the mouth that knows
The secret you, always you
A smile to hide the fear away
Smear this man across the walls
Like strawberries and cream
It's the only way, it's the only way to be

It's the only way to be, yeah
Ow

Exactly the same clean room
Exactly the same clean bed
But I've stayed away too long this time
And I've got too big to fit this time


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Push Lyrics as written by Robert James Smith

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    I think it is about a couple separated by distance, and now that the man has returned home, the woman is pushing him away. He still knows the "secret her" that has not changed, but she has a fear because she no longer knows him. But she smiles and pretends to be okay. Then at the end he acknowledges he changed, as he "got too big" for his old life (while on tour in a rock band maybe....hmmm).

    voodoodollyon November 14, 2008   Link

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