Late Bloomer Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Nick Chopper 

Cover art for Late Bloomer lyrics by Bouncing Souls

This song's about everyone's high school crush. The girl you didn't get. Mine was this girl named Erin. Sat beside her in Gr. 9 science. Its about the one crush that never goes away, because so its innocent and reminds you of a time when things were simpler. The song is also about how the guy realizes the girl is a lot like him, but she tries to be different and hang with different crowds. He just wants he to accept who she is and be with him. "I'm no good, you're not better, wouldn't be perfect togerther?"

Mine was named Erin too, I mean, this was a girl I liked through middle school. It's interesting, because my crush on her is partly what got me ostracized and in a roundabout way, got me into punk. She's the first girl I thought of when I heard this.

I think it's about a girl who the narrator of the song had a crush on a long time ago (maybe high school or so) and sees her somewhere, and all these memories of her come rushing back; all he can think of is trying to talk to her and ask...