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The impact, the aftershave, the European cigarettes
The taxi, the alcohol that lingers on your breath
The lipstick, the street lamp, the woolen overcoat
The front desk, you tell yourself it isn't over yet
Second best, oh, second best
I can learn to live with this
Plus I really need a rest
After all what's wrong with second best?
What's wrong with second best?
The motel, the distances, cave into kisses cold and wet
Familiar exchanges, like needle pulling thread
The empty movements that once were so inspired
Desperate attempts to fan the flame without the fire
The mattress creeks beneath
The symphony of misery and cum
Still we lie jerking back and forth
And blurring into one
Second best, oh, second best
I can learn to live with this
Plus I really need a rest
After all what's wrong with second best?
What's wrong with second best?
The taxi, the alcohol that lingers on your breath
The lipstick, the street lamp, the woolen overcoat
The front desk, you tell yourself it isn't over yet
I can learn to live with this
Plus I really need a rest
After all what's wrong with second best?
What's wrong with second best?
Familiar exchanges, like needle pulling thread
The empty movements that once were so inspired
Desperate attempts to fan the flame without the fire
The mattress creeks beneath
The symphony of misery and cum
Still we lie jerking back and forth
And blurring into one
I can learn to live with this
Plus I really need a rest
After all what's wrong with second best?
What's wrong with second best?
Song Info
Submitted by
dan. On May 01, 2002
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"It's about humping." (heard it from the man himself)
I think this song is about the wife who has realized that her husband has been cheating on her and she hasn't told him yet that she knows.. so they're still going through the motions of marriage (including sex). She's trying to tell herself that she can fake her way through the marriage, she can be second best to the girl that is stealing her husbands affection.
I'm pretty sure this song is just about meaningless sex. There's no indication at all that it's about a married couple, or anyone cheating on his/her partner.
I believe it's just about a lonely man ("aftershave," "cigarettes," "alcohol") picking up a prostitute ("lipstick," "streetlamp," "woolen overcoat") and going to a motel ("the front desk").
"Second best" refers to meaningless sex; it's second to love. The speaker is lonely and looking for a connection, and love would obviously be the best form of that connection, but he's settling for sex, which is second best.
The second verse just describes how empty sex can be without love.
There's no indication at all, except for the context of the entire album this song is on.
There's no indication at all, except for the context of the entire album this song is on.
I loke wour interpretation, fits the song
I loke wour interpretation, fits the song
yes don't you love it when he gets all crass (the dryest tone ever).
lol
this is sick!
what a great cd. i'm glad i could help some people out with providing the lyrics
if by sick you mean cool, "holysweet," then i agree. if you mean sick as in offensive, i also agree - the fact that there are people who have relationships like this one is repulsive. but that someone wrote a great song about it is not.
mrsilly i think i love you. anywho, "dan." i'd be gladder if you had checked the lyrics sheet in your cd before you put them on this site =)
I think this song is about the wife who has realized that her husband has been cheating on her and she hasn't told him yet that she knows.. so they're still going through the motions of marriage (including sex). She's trying to tell herself that she can fake her way through the marriage, she can be second best to the girl that is stealing her husbands affection.