All you've been asking for's been placed in front of you.
The headaches, the shaking, the boredom the boardroom brings.
You're scratching at itching brought by the spiders beneath your skin.
The answer in question is over before it begins.

Hey there sleepy smile,
I see you've brought your bedroom eyes.
Not assuming you wanna keep 'em,
I'm assuming you reckon you won't.

All you've been asking for's been placed in front of you.
The headaches, the shaking, the boredom the boardroom brings.
You're scratching at itching brought by the spiders beneath your skin.
The answer in question is over before it begins.

Hey there sleepy smile,
I see you've brought your bedroom eyes.
Not assuming you wanna keep 'em,
I'm assuming you reckon you won't.

Nothing to see here but the rain.
There's nothing to hold you but the flames.
Nothing to see here but the rain.
There's nothing to hold you but the flames.
Nothing to see here but the rain.
There's nothing to hold you but the flames.
Nothing to see here but the rain.
It's raining flames.

Earth to sleepy smile,
Where'd you take those bedroom eyes?
Not assuming you wanna keep 'em,
I'm assuming you reckon you won't.



Lyrics submitted by oofus

Track duration: 03:56


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    General Comment:This song is really catchy, but not their best lyrically. Skiba couldn't even be bothered writing a second verse, haha.
    Flag chris-jerichoon August 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:it's so obviously about heroin. you're wrong about the bugs beneath the skin thing though, that doesn't really happen unless you've been using for a long time and have drug induced psychosis. it's definately not about cocaine, those things don't happen on coke.

    'all you've been asking for has been placed in front of you' is not about him wanting to try it, it's about a habit, when you start on heroin, and do it enough, it gives you a habit you can't break, where you get sick and shit after not getting on it after 1-2 days.

    on smack you're eyes close and go sleepy. once you've been on it enough you don't like it very much and want to get off it but you can't, thats what he means when he says "Not assuming you wanna keep 'em,
    I'm assuming you reckon you won't."

    and heroin does make you itch, does give you headaches when you're withdrawing, and you just fall asleep, 'nod off'

    it's so obvious kids!
    Flag fuckingkiaraon October 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:hmm... i don't know much about hard drugs, but i do know that people who take meth say that they felt like there were bugs crawling on/under their skin. that's why methheads have scars all over their face and sometimes the rest of their body... because they try to dig them out.
    Flag notabuttmonkeyon June 04, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this is a really good alkaline trio song. and yes, of course its talking about drugs. its pretty apparent. its the lines: "All you've been asking for's been placed in front of you.
    The headaches, the shaking, the boredom the boardroom brings.
    You're scratching at itching brought by the spiders beneath your skin." -->im almost positive hes talking about coccaine. hes been wanting to do coke, he does it and all hes been asking fors been placed in front oh him. hes itches, scratches, gets headaches there all side effects. they say when your on coke you feel like you have bugs under your skin. make sense?
    Flag smilkson September 20, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:what about insomnia?
    Flag forgottentalentson July 24, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i think it is about someone who wanted to have a successful office 9-5 job and it was placed right in front of them. hence the boredom the boardroom brings. now that he has what he wants he is anxious (spiders beneath your skin) and sick of it. sleepy smile cuz he wakes up early every day
    Flag brittany666on January 31, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i think it might be about some one who started out glorifying drugs before they'd done them, and they thought they were cool. But she didnt realise that along with drugs comes symptoms and shit
    "all you've been asking for's been placed in front of you"

    but i think the guy feels a bit sorry for her even though hes pissed off at her, because the "sleepy smile" sounds quite affectionate to me

    god i love this song
    Flag cheddaringoon December 30, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:this song is yet another great alkaline trio song... for some reason i dont listen to it that much... that will all change soon tho (-:


    trio is my favorite band by far... i actually created a poem using ALL 91 of their songs. Each song is special in its own way so I am going to give credit to all of them and post my website (maxpages.com/…) where you are more than welcome to read my poem and post your comments and opinions, have a good one fellow trio fans (-:
    Flag Bo0shon August 16, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I really love this song
    Flag goodbye_foreveron March 21, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:holy shit awesome song.
    Flag polythenepamon March 01, 2005   Link

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