The Magnetic Fields

My Sentimental Melody

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I'm a hopeless romantic You're a terrible flirt Cool and unfazed,
you're always amazed when someone gets hurt I live on the blue planet
that I saw in your eyes but now I can't stay knowing it's made
of beautiful lies but my sentimental melody like a long-lost lullabye
will ring in your ears down through the years bringing a tear to your eye
Goodbye Love can kill people, can't it Well it still might kill me
Each drop of rain is a glass of champagne It's sweet and it's free
When I drink I don't panic When I drink I don't die When I'm far gone
it's all just a song just beautiful lies...

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anne Arbour On May 02, 2002

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by freakeyguitargirl3

21y ago

omg....he's so poetic...i could effing cry.

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by gnoxyz

20y ago

Stephin Merrit reminds me so much of Morrissey. They both rock and this song is awesome.

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by ninaluvsall

19y ago

so freaking perfect. how can someone use words so beautifully. i wish i wrote this song.

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by hidispenser

19y ago

He was right. This sentimental melody did bring a tear to many an eye.

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by dolcecars

17y ago

agreed

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by bjort

14y ago

A jerk is shocked by the outcome/reaction to the other person's reaction to the end of their relationship. Reminds me of the sociopaths/unempathetic people that I date, and how astonished they are they I get so angry at them for how they treated me, how many leis they told me and how they just didn't care about me at all, when I cared about them a great deal.

"When I drink I don't panic When I drink I don't die When I'm far gone"

People sometimes turn to drugs and drinking to get over the end of a bad relationship

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