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now if you think i�m wasting your time again
i�m wasting your time
when you pick me up in duty free
that�s when i thought i�d be the cross in your t
or must see tv
but if you think i�m wasting your time again
no, you�re wasting mine
when you�re playing for a prime-time dream
the c n b scene
now i�m just another split in your seam the i in your team
ooo please don�t get too excited
oooo maybe you�re not invited to my action adventure
my action adventure dream
so when you think you�re on the fast track
you find it�s just a cul-de-sac back
in that adult lifestyle community
where all your little boys, your action toys are duty free
ooo please don�t get too excited
oooo maybe you�re not invited to my action adventure
my action adventure dream
so i wonder what you got your persona for
cause there�s a 2-for-one down at the corner-store
and i wonder could ya pep it up a bit
you know throw a fit
you go ahead and dance
i�ll just sit
but if you think i�m wasting your time again
no, you�re wasting mine
when you�re playing for a prime-time dream
the c n b scene
now i�m just another split in your seam the i in your team
so i�m looking at the back of my hand again
i�m looking at the back of my hand again
to what end if i can�t even find a goddamn pen
i�m wasting your time
when you pick me up in duty free
that�s when i thought i�d be the cross in your t
or must see tv
but if you think i�m wasting your time again
no, you�re wasting mine
when you�re playing for a prime-time dream
the c n b scene
now i�m just another split in your seam the i in your team
ooo please don�t get too excited
oooo maybe you�re not invited to my action adventure
my action adventure dream
so when you think you�re on the fast track
you find it�s just a cul-de-sac back
in that adult lifestyle community
where all your little boys, your action toys are duty free
ooo please don�t get too excited
oooo maybe you�re not invited to my action adventure
my action adventure dream
so i wonder what you got your persona for
cause there�s a 2-for-one down at the corner-store
and i wonder could ya pep it up a bit
you know throw a fit
you go ahead and dance
i�ll just sit
but if you think i�m wasting your time again
no, you�re wasting mine
when you�re playing for a prime-time dream
the c n b scene
now i�m just another split in your seam the i in your team
so i�m looking at the back of my hand again
i�m looking at the back of my hand again
to what end if i can�t even find a goddamn pen
Lyrics submitted by girlboyrevolt
Track duration: 04:04
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At some point, he catches wise to this. He stops doing anything that would help her in her ends of just being among the right "crowd", the scene she's looking to be with. So she starts accusing him of wasting her time. But he says no - you're wasting my time, because he knows what she's up to. She's not in it for a relationship at all. Here he thought he'd be the cross in her t, or must see tv - but she picked him up in duty free... no strings attached. So now he's teasing her saying maybe she's not even invited to his action/adventure dream anymore anyway.
All the while, she's realizing that what she thought was the fast track into a new exciting life with new, maybe even powerful people, is just a cul de sac back to the same old. Same experiences, just a different crowd. But she's still using men as little boys or action toys - pawns to be played with.
And as cooltobehip commented earlier - she's got these multiple personas. She'll be whatever you want her to be (at least at first), she'll be whatever the situation requires for her to get what she wants.
The only part I can't decipher (at least for my interpretation, lol) is the hand/pen part. Like, staring at the back of his hand - that makes me think of the expression of knowing something "like the back of your hand". He's not talking about the palm of the hand, where people normally write stuff down. So I thought maybe he was thinking in terms of how well he really knows himself, or knows something. But the pen would suggest the writing of a phone number. IDK, that last part does get me!!
At any rate - LOVE this song! But then again, I love them all. ;)
To anyone wondering at the line "c n b scene," it's a play on the name of the television network CNBC. It's nearly homonymic to the phrase "see and be seen," and delightfully so.
to me this song could be another hit at the singles scene ("the adult life style community, the c n b scene" such as that in Fake Palindromes
basically it is this situation:
a girl who is being a tease and picks up lots of guys ("you pick me up in duty free" and also "where all your little boys, your action toys are duty free")
he realizes this and is trying to resolve this issue by either telling her this or getting her to see how he is unhappy with her indesisiveness or something
as for the pen part at the end the more i think about it the more i see cooltobehip's view of this
on the flip side, i also can see tru shard and pezdel's ideas and how they would make sense here
however, this song seems to be in relation to the topic that he writes about in fake palindromes and continues on this idea of a female murderess/femme fatal figure
what ever way you look at it, great song from Bird
but if you think i’m wasting your time again
no, you’re wasting mine
She thinks he waste her time when she doesnt have time for him but hangs with him anyways, or he is not her top priority like he would like him to be.
now i’m just another split in your seam the i in your team
She doesn't want a relationship aka "The I in your team" she doesnt want him to be a part of her life.
"ooo please don’t get too excited
oooo maybe you’re not invited to my action adventure
my action adventure dream"
He knows she is going to be missing out on an exciting life.
"in that adult lifestyle community
where all your little boys, your action toys are duty free"
She has alot of other guys just like him who she has flings with.
"so i wonder what you got your persona for
cause there’s a 2-for-one down at the corner-store"
She acts like a wonderful woman but its just fake to get what she wants out of guys. "The perfect woman" or "The douche bag girl who messes around" 2 persona's
"but if you think i’m wasting your time again
no, you’re wasting mine"
She says hes just a waste of time. She just wanted him for the fling so stop wasting her time by trying to get more out of what has happened. They go back or forth with flings. Shes just wasting his time by not taking it further.
so i’m looking at the back of my hand again
i’m looking at the back of my hand again
to what end if i can’t even find a goddamn pen
This part idk im just gonna say at the end of a fling he wants her number so maybe they can take it further but she doesnt want to give it out so he doesnt know what to do now.
yeahhhhh thats what i got.