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A beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like you've been drinking Jack and Coke all morning. She can make you feel high; full of the single greatest commodity known to man: promise. Promise of a better day. Promise of a greater hope. Promise of a new tomorrow. This particular aura can be found in the gait of a beautiful girl. In her smile and in her soul.. and the way she makes every rotten little thing about life seem like it's going to be okay.

September never stays this cold
where I come from, and you know
I�m not one(I'm not one)
for complainin'(for complainin')
But I'd love the way you'd roll
excuses off the tip of your tongue
as I'd slowly fall apart
(slowly, quietly, slowly fall apart)

It's fallin apart(4x)

I said...
This won�t mean a thing come tomorrow
and that�s exactly how I�ll make it seem
Cause I'm still not sleeping
thinking I�ve crawled home from worse than this

So please, please(please)
I�m running out of sympathy(I'm running out of sympathy)
and I never said I�d take this
I never said I'd take this lying down

She says
"come on, come on, let�s just get this over with�
She says
"come on, come on, let�s just get this over with�
(I never said I�d take this lying down, I've crawled home from worse than this, worse than this)
She says
"come on, come on, let�s just get this over with�
She says
"come on, come on..."
come on, come on, come on

You always come close but this never comes easy,
I still know everything
You always come close but you never come easy,
I still know everything
This always comes close but you never come easy,
I still know everything
And you always come so close...so
I still know everything, I still know everything, I still know...

You always come close but this never comes easy
You always come close but you never come easy
You come in... you come in close

I never said I'd take this lying down
I never said I'd take this lying down
but I've crawled home from worse than this

If it's not keeping you up nights
then what�s the point
then what�s the point
then what�s the point
then what�s the point

I'm in your room
is this turning you on,
am I turning you on?

I'm in your room
are you turned on?

I'm on the corner of your bed,
I'm thinkin maybe,
are you turned on,
are you turned on?



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Great Romances of the 20th Century (Demo version) song meanings
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    My Interpretation:" This won't mean a thing come tomorrow " is really endemic of adolescent relationships. The idea that somehow these two people who were so intimate will just get over it and being troubled by the realization that " No. It's not that easy to get over something like this ". At least for one half. This song is half-indictment, half-plea.

    " Please, let this be bothering you as much as it's bothering me."
    " Please be struggling to get over this. "
    " Please think about me as much as I think about you. "

    It's very pointedly a song for young people.
    Flag Benel Germosenon November 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I downloaded this song off Limewire but it was called Great Romance by Fall Out Boy and i was like wtf?? when i was listening to it. This dosent sound like Fall Out boy!! lol
    Flag BarneyMateon January 17, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I prefer the song without the intro actually.. But this is my favorite Taking Back Sunday song.. Its great!
    Flag SkylinexBleedsxRedon December 29, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this is one of my favorite TBS songs.
    Flag mookiepunkon February 28, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:isn't the ex girlfriend adam writes this about john nolan's sister? i know he had a relationship with her and that was part of the reason john and adam fought all the time and also part of the reason why john left the band
    Flag Rbeckeron February 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:loveeeeee the beginning. so cute.
    Flag stfu_mauraaaon December 20, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This song is laced so fully with sexual innuendos, I love it.

    "I never said I'd take this lying down."
    "You always come close but this never comes easy"
    and of course the "Is this turning you on? (I'm in your room)" part.

    It's dirty.

    Even the "I still know everything" is about knowing the girl.. erm.. intimiately. Double entendres rule.
    Flag noseovertail711on July 19, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This is about one of Adam's ex girlfriends. The intro is from her favourite movie and he used to say it to her, telling her that she was the girl. After their break up, he wrote the song and added that as a reference so she knew it was about her. One of their best songs - my fav line... You always come close but you never come easy.
    Flag Spunki_meon June 13, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:ive got a copy of the tell all your friends demo that im considering selling. if anyones intersted, email me an offer. mremic01 at aol dot com.
    Flag mremic01on May 21, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i'm pretty sure it's "this particular aura can be found in the gait of a beautiful girl."

    gait: A particular way or manner of moving on foot.

    well.. her smile and her soul.. i guess they just used it for all her mannerisms.
    Flag tessareyeson March 10, 2006   Link

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