You take your clothes off right after school
The tea is on, the flame is blue
And you hope it won't take all afternoon
The TV's waiting to talk to you
It's your naked body on white velour
But there's no feeling, just weight on you
But you get nauseous now, as he speaks to you
Such proper language for acts so cruel

He says, "We all follow the rules
We can't very well go and break them now, can we
For you, for you, for you?
Your older sisters, I had them too
But you're my favorite, you know it's true
You look like your mother, in that thin disguise
Your parting mouth, your shining eyes
And the way that you hate me, and the length of your hair
It's the reason I made you, it's the bond that we share
You see, we're all trying to endure
You could easily go and make your own life somewhere
Couldn't you? Couldn't you? Couldn't you?
Couldn't you? Couldn't you? Couldn't you?
Couldn't you?"

With the sun you rise
But you keep your eyes shut
The alarm clock lies
Get to school on time
Where you're a bag of warm fluid
Where you're the corpse in the class
You walk so near to the lockers
You lay so low in the grass
"Did you get that coat from the principal?
Did you get that bruise on the bus?
You should wash your hair more
You should look more like us"

But I saw you walking once, under powder blue skies
You looked cold still, your collar was high
And I tried to talk to you, but you walked right by
I don't know which I said then, hello or goodbye

But we're all trying to be pure
But it isn't a very easy thing now, is it
To do? To do? To do?
To do? To do?

Isn't it, isn't it, isn't it, isn't it
Isn't it, isn't it, isn't it, isn't it?



Lyrics submitted by PLANES, edited by brooch184, Woot100, Mellow_Harsher

Track duration: 05:25


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    General Comment:What is purity anyway?
    Flag jayandsilenton November 14, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I think did an amazing job capturing the darkness surrounding child molestation and all the fear, emotional trauma, and disgust about it. It haunts me and shakes me but it also sounds so beautiful. Its almost like he wrote it so delicately and beautifully to disguise it and hide the evil about its content.

    The first time I listened to this song, I didn't quite listen to the lyrics but it sounded amazing so I looked up the lyrics...... and this is what its about. Scary.

    I don't think its told entirely in first person, at least in my opinion. I've been picking up the first and second viewpoint and various points in the song so I don't know about that one.

    All in all, a genius work of art.
    Flag Tempo96on June 28, 2012   Link
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    Lyric Correction:Just saying I love this song its so beautiful and heartbreaking, but anyways I have some corrections:

    "I saw you walking once under powder blue skies
    You looked cold still, your >color< was high"

    It shouldn't be "color" it's "collar."
    Flag twoblinksforyeson August 04, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:The first time I heard this song, I had to be no more than fourteen years old, I just sat there and cried. Years later, I still can't listen to this song without getting the chills. I wrote a short-story based on this song and I wish I didn't burn that notebook because I'd love to read it now.

    It sounds like this Amy girl was someone Conor went to school with. It doesn't seem like he was very close to this girl. Either way, the way Conor tells stories is incredible. I don't think I'll ever stop believing that. This song will never stop haunting me.
    Flag noteventherainon August 02, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I like how he pronounces some words like broken, like when he sais ''pure'', like if it is so hard to be pure you can't even pronouncethe word

    sorry for my english :3
    Flag jjoyon July 02, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:this is my favorite bright eyes song, and i can barely make myself listen to it. i think that's what makes it so great.
    Flag concreteblueson May 08, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:i talked to the big C.O. and thiz song iz abot how hiz sister ran ofer a gopher
    Flag latermitchon March 10, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I saw you walking once under powder blue skies
    You looked cold still, your color was high


    beautiful. i can relate to this song.
    Flag bethanypwnson February 14, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:You get nauseous now as he speaks to you

    The above line is my favourite. It's just the way he says 'speaks' with so much venom as if the word has so much hidden horror and intent. Speaking is innocent but here the word 'speaks' might as well be 'murders' .. etc..
    Flag IAmJustDanon February 05, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:heart breaking.
    Flag iholdheron January 25, 2011   Link

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