Lyrics for Spitting Games as interpreted by Twenty5HourDays

Spitting Games Lyrics
I broke into your house last night
And left a note at your bed-side
Im far too shy to speak to you at school
You leave me numb and im not sure why

I find it easier to sit and stare
Than push my limbs out to you right there
My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes
As blue as oceans and as pure as skies

I struggle for the words, and then give up
My head's up with the birds in the t-hut
A little piece of mind that I know better
Than the plain disgrace of all my letters

But after that the floodgates opened up
And i fell in love with everyone i saw
Please take your time im not in any rush
And its in everything i ever write

Its not as if i need the extra weight
confused enough by life, so thanks a lot
Lonely written words for company
Just raise the roof this once and follow me

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lamerooski
05-10-2004

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This song is unbelievable... it makes me think of my shyness in high school.

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fatkid1041
06-14-2004

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great song... its about this guy who is in love with this girl that doesn't notice him and he's too shy to talk to hher

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keundog
06-15-2004

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well here's a song for the shy guy - just about every guy in high school except for a-hole jocks. i love the song, it's oddly addictive.

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Mopnugget
06-20-2004

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i could be wrong. but all the lyrics say "my head's up with the birds on the t-hut" whichhhhh sounds a little weird to me. i think it's "my head's up with the birds when i see her"

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Amythest
06-21-2004

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this is such a cute song! i have a vision of a 5-year-old Gary Lightbody going up to this girl..so sweet!

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lawfuldrugs
10-15-2004

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Lightbody said "birds" stand for "girls"

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phantompenguin
10-31-2004

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Pretty straightforward meaning. The shy guy in school who is too afraid to ask the girl he likes out...

Practically my life word for word...

Awesome song.

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¿ShAwN?
11-04-2004

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lol, what the hell is a t-hut?

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fireplace
11-07-2004

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reminds me of a friend of mine who has the prettiest eyes and this sort of describes our relationships

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Ramagamma
11-08-2004

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Just listen to that riff.

Just listen to it.

Thats why I havn't lost my faith in music.

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PyroPenguin
12-02-2004

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I love this song, I'm learning bass and this is such a fun song to play along to.
As for the meaning, my interpretation is pretty much the same as everyone else's here, I think it's about being in love with someone but too shy to approach them (I know that feeling). There are some parts of the song that are kind of interesting that would be cool to hear what other people thought: 1) Does he seem to go through some metamorphasis in feelings at "But after that the floodgates opened up
And i fell in love with everyone i saw "? and 2) What is up with the T-hut thing? Is it wrong? When I read it I actually thought of the Tiki Room (which actually is a hut) at Disneyland, a room containing dozens of animatronic birds that surround the audience and sing. Kind of a stretch, I'll admit, but that's just my first impression when reading the lyrics.

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_nicki_
12-11-2004

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i don't know what it is about this song, but it makes me so happy....

snow patrol reminds me a LITTLE bit of coldplay, at least in this song....

and the music in this is amazing...i LOVE music

the meaning of this song is pretty interesting
i wish i knew what the "floodgates" part meant...i'm sorry but yeah i have NO idea about that...

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¿ShAwN?
12-15-2004

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I took the floodgate part something like he finally got the courage to talk to her and everything went very well and after their conversations he was just so happy that he 'fell in love' with everyone.

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x___emma
12-19-2004

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Weird this song, I think I first heard it when I was working at school & there was this guy there & I was really shy towards him, but he got my e-mail address & I was talking like that fine. So I understand the I'm too shy to speak to you at school bit although he doesn't mean it in this way...

I took the floodgates as crying because in the UK we say 'here come to floodgates' so it may mean that he started to cry in front of her? & then everybody looked at him & he fell in love with them all?
I think a t-hut is like a bird house thing or maybe a tree, it may be like a smilie of being 'high in the sky' or whatever...? That's what I think anyway.

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nandecatur
12-27-2004

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i think the floodgates is referring to that feeling of euphoria, when something great happens, or when you finally connect with someone you have wanted for a long time, and nothing goes wrong in the world, and everything seems beautiful.

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Miggity
12-27-2004

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Yeah I get the idea that after he got the courage to talk to her he then felt the whole world open up to him. He then wasn't so preoccupied with the one girl, "take your time...," I see the last two verses as a backing off after he's gained confidence in himself, I could be wrong but that's my take.

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twincam
01-05-2005

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This is a superb song that many, including me, can relate to.

However, I think this song may be a little darker in tone than the consensus here. Nobody has yet mentioned the obsessive/stalking allusions in the first line 'I broke into your house last night'.

On the surface it is about a guy who gets shy and tongue-tied around a girl he likes (who doesn't), but there is definitely a hint of obsession running through this song. In three of the four verses he mentions writing letters or notes (I assume to the same girl) but most tellingly, in the chorus he says 'Little peace of mind that I know better / than the plain disgrace of all my letters'. This shows that he knows what he is doing is wrong, but possibly can't help himself. We can only guess whether or not he has actually sent those letters. Another sign of obsession is deifying the girl - in this case calling her perfect in the second verse.

Floodgates hold back floodwaters in a river etc. and when they are opened, they let forth an explosion of water. It is commonly used (as it certainly is in this case) as a metaphor for an unchecked outpouring of emotion.

Also, the lyric is almost certainly 'my head's up with the birds when I see her' - you can hear it better in the coda. The confusion probably comes from the Irish pronunciation of 'her' as 'hur'.

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welsh_one
01-11-2005

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i thought the floodgates meaning was that he gave up on that girl, but then any girl who talked to him he fell in love with

but yeh your meaning makes a lot more sense

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stoolhardy
01-18-2005

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I think the song is basically a tribute to teen hormones. While I think Twincam's point about stalking and obsession has merit, I think that this feeling is pretty normal for a teenage boy. All teenage boys get obsessive thoughts about certain girls in school, and remember what the health teacher (hopefully) told us (if you' outside of one of those "abstinence" or fundamentalist districts): this is normal.

Anyways, I think bands write teenage lust songs usually to gain fans from that lucrative market. Gain loyalty from the teenage market and they will continue to buy records for years to come. Gain fans from 30-somethings and they might be lucky to buy one of your records, never mind multiple ones. At least that's the logic behind all the vying for young fans that bands do. Even the Beatles did it.

I think a lot of that logic has however changed with the advent of file-sharing and with artists that hit huge such as Nora Jones and Hootie and the Blowfish that are quite popular with fans that aren't so young. Anyway that's my take on the "youth-oriented lyrics."

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various1
01-22-2005

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You people are very obviously missing the point with the whole "t-hut" thing. This part is put in so it rhymes better with up.

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mike7
01-30-2005

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This song sums up my life.....
Me being the shy kid in highschool who doesn't have the courage to talk to the girl i like....

"I find it easier to sit and stare
Than push my limbs out to you right there
My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes
As blue as oceans and as pure as skies "

Love that part.......explains everything

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Leif_Erikson
03-01-2005

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Various1, why would he write "on the t-hut" just to make it rhyme? "When I see her" fit much better and are obviously correct.

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marikit
03-19-2005

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great song, and i like it even more now that i know what 'spitting games' means :). i love the part where he goes "im far too shy to speak to you at school. you leave me numb and im not sure why"...he totally hits the point that there's always that shy person in high school

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MunkyMan
03-31-2005

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urm.... wow
the lyrics of this song are amazing. i've never found a song that means so much to me. its kinda scary!

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youaresweetinsanity
04-28-2005

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Um...why is it called 'Spitting Games'? Does anyone know? It reminds me of this girl that I have a crush on. 'It's in everything I ever write' Just not being able to get this certain person off your mind.

I think the floodgates line goes along with "and I fell in love with everyone I saw", meaning that after he falls in love with this person, he is seeing so much beauty in everything he sees. Not exactly falling out of love with this person and in love with other people.

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