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Cellophane Boy Lyrics
And I'm not the judge,
or the referee,
and I can't accept,
'cause I am uptight,
and the smokescreen
to my eyes are burning,
my concern is,
I just might give you a life.
And I can't relate
to the hypnotist,
and I can't get close,
'cause of plastic wrap,
and I want to have kids,
but their father's up inside the clouds,
the distance between's
on my mind.
Up until now, things have been fine,
temporarily,
you're cute,
but the circumstance has changed.
Your substitution method crutch,
your whole protection from your pain,
This presentation of my ploy,
is to change my cellophane boy.
Oh, this is not the seventies,
let your future fly with me.
Up until now, things have been fine,
temporarily,
you're cute,
but the circumstance has changed.
Your substitution method crutch,
your whole protection from your pain,
This presentation of my ploy,
is to change my cellophane boy,
and I want your habit to be me,
your harbor and your refugee.
or the referee,
and I can't accept,
'cause I am uptight,
and the smokescreen
to my eyes are burning,
my concern is,
I just might give you a life.
to the hypnotist,
and I can't get close,
'cause of plastic wrap,
and I want to have kids,
but their father's up inside the clouds,
the distance between's
on my mind.
temporarily,
you're cute,
but the circumstance has changed.
Your substitution method crutch,
your whole protection from your pain,
is to change my cellophane boy.
let your future fly with me.
temporarily,
you're cute,
but the circumstance has changed.
Your substitution method crutch,
your whole protection from your pain,
is to change my cellophane boy,
and I want your habit to be me,
your harbor and your refugee.
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Wow I can't beleive anyone has said anything about this song! This is one of my favorite No Doubt songs! Well I think its a bit of an older song from the style, so I'm guessing its about Tony and was writen durring the last part of their relationship. SHe is sort of frustrated because she wants to get married and start a family and he doesn't want to. She thinks his trying to protect himself from something (her? The world?) and she wants him to get out of his bubble and be with her!
@sentimentalf0ol Anythingwritten in the return of Saturn era is mist likely about her current ex Gavin. Actually almost all the songs are about him. She poured her heart out and it’s so clear!
@sentimentalf0ol Anythingwritten in the return of Saturn era is mist likely about her current ex Gavin. Actually almost all the songs are about him. She poured her heart out and it’s so clear!
i love this song but no one really knows about it
yep okay another b side from return of saturn, gee whiz, there's so many, ehh? yeah this song is okay but it's always just exciting to find b sides that you've never heard cause you're like YES! a new song! yarr
k, it is about gavin and how she was fed up with his pot addiction
funny because now she sings about what could be pot
Its about Gavin smoking pot and doing like other drugs...and they've reached a point in their relationship where it's like she wants to get married and have kids, but is he someone she can depend on to be there...
I think it's partly about Gavin's drug use and also partly about how she wants to have kids and he doesn't. I don't know if that's actually true, that's just the impression I get after hearing this song and Simple Kind Of Life. The line "Sometimes I wish for a mistake" in Simple Kind Of Life just makes it seem like she's the only one who wants to start a family. I dunno, I'm probably way off.
Ahh, I love this song. Like everyone else said, it's about Gavin and how she wants to settle down and have a family with him but at the time it doesn't seem like it'll happen.
This is an amazing song...I'm happy people are No Doubt finatics as much as I am...
"And I'm not the Judge or the referee And I can't accept, cause I am uptight And the smokes getting into my eyes are burning My concern is I just might give you a life"
I don't know how pot affects you because i've never smoked it, but if you give all that up then I could give you a real life in the form of a child.
"And I can't relate to the hypnotist And I can't get close , cause the plastic wrap And I want to have kids, but their father's up inside the clouds The distance between is on my mind"
I can't relate to what you're entranced with (pot) but I want to have kids with you. But we can't because you're always high and seem like you're so far away that I can't talk to you.
"Up Until now things have been fine, temporarily You're cute, but the circumstance has changed Your substitution method, crutch Your whole protection from your pain This presentation of my ploy Is to change my cellophane boy"
When we were just casually dating it was fine, but now I want to start a proper family. What I want to do now is to change you into a father.
"Oh, it's not the 70's Let your future fly with me"
People smoked pot in the 70's, it's not cool anymore, why don't you get high on life with me instead and we can make a future together.
"And I want your habit to be me Your harbor and your refugee"
I want your obsession and number one priority to be me.
this song can't be about gavin, it was written before gavin