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Whatever poisons in this bottle
will leave me broken sore and stiff
When it's the genie at the bottom who I'm sucking at,
he owes me one last wish
So here's a present to let you know I still exist
I hope the next boy that you kiss has something terribly contagious on his lips
But I got a plan (I got a plan)
To drink for forty days and forty nights
A sip for every second-hand tick
And every time you fed the line,
“you mean so much to me”
I'm without you
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say
And even if her plane crashes tonight
she'll find some way to disappoint me,
by not burning in the wreckage,
or drowning at the bottom of the sea
Jess, I still taste you, and thus reserve my right to hate you
And all this empty space that you create
does nothing for my flawless sense of style
It's 8:45(it's 8:45), the weather is getting better by the hour(rains all the time)
I hope it rains there all the time
And if you ever said you miss me then don't say you never lied
I'm without you
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say,
who would do anything you say
Never gonna get it right, you're never gonna get it(15x)
O.k no more songs about you. After this one I am done. You're gone.[repeat until end]
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say
will leave me broken sore and stiff
When it's the genie at the bottom who I'm sucking at,
he owes me one last wish
So here's a present to let you know I still exist
I hope the next boy that you kiss has something terribly contagious on his lips
But I got a plan (I got a plan)
To drink for forty days and forty nights
A sip for every second-hand tick
And every time you fed the line,
“you mean so much to me”
I'm without you
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say
And even if her plane crashes tonight
she'll find some way to disappoint me,
by not burning in the wreckage,
or drowning at the bottom of the sea
Jess, I still taste you, and thus reserve my right to hate you
And all this empty space that you create
does nothing for my flawless sense of style
It's 8:45(it's 8:45), the weather is getting better by the hour(rains all the time)
I hope it rains there all the time
And if you ever said you miss me then don't say you never lied
I'm without you
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say,
who would do anything you say
Never gonna get it right, you're never gonna get it(15x)
O.k no more songs about you. After this one I am done. You're gone.[repeat until end]
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say
Tell all the English boys you meet
about the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
who would do anything you say
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
Track duration: 03:42
"Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" as written by Jesse Lacey, Brian Lane, Garrett Tierney, Vincent Accardi
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Obviously he is upset over a girl who has broken up with him and moved to England and the fact that he knows her intentions of hooking up with the "Jude Law" types in said country. But again, I think this isn't the main point of the song. What the singer is truly upset about is the terrible way she treated him throughout their relationship. Moreover, when he sarcastically wishes for his ex to "Tell all the English boys [she] meets / about the American boy back in the states / The American boy [she] used to date / who would do anything [she] says", he's not trying to say that he is better or worse than any of her potential boyfriends, he's upset that the effort and devotion he had dedicated to this relationship is going to be criticized by his ex-girlfriend. Probably stating that he "tried too hard" or "was a pussy" or something of that nature.
These kind of relationships are extremely damaging to a guy's self-esteem and indeed their image of women. I've been through something similar and it has not been easy getting back to where I once was.
With this, I can really relate to this song and I'm glad I found it.
In the movie CLOSER, Natalie Portman leaves her boyfriend in the USA by saying "I don't love you anymore. Goodbye." She meets JUDE LAW when she gets hit by a car in europe. The story is about Portman and Jude law, with only a reference or two to her ex in the USA. Brand New took the viewpoint of the boy in USA when they wrote this song, telling his story through their own experiences.
That's my interpretation