So I say "forget it" while you reach, reach for the shotgun
you did it simple, but not close
You did on purpose
you serve a purpose on your own

and it was somethin' like a movie's porn
and you both all drop your keys to the ignition
Squirm and lock,
'cause you don't turn that way

I make it
out like a(n)
accident all because it's true

I make it
out like a(n)
accident all because it's true

I make it (I'll make it...)
out like a (Right from wrong and...)
accident all because it's true

I make it (I'll make it...)
out like a (right from wrong and...)
accident all becuase it's true

I make it out like it's an accident
there's a fine line--blue's and purple
and I missplaced them
from my eyelids: (they're) commin' out your stereo
I'm runnin' circles on this town
it makes you, oh, so nervous
I'm a crash-course in de-sper-ation

I make it
out like a(n)
accident all because it's true

I make it
out like a(n)
accident all because it's true

I make it (I'll make it...)
out like a (Right from wrong and...)
accident all because it's true

I make it (I'll make it...)
out like a (right from wrong and...)
accident all becuase it's true

Break down up apon it
let it get to you a closer way
Take time up apon it

(Turn it down while I hold this drama)
(Turn it down while)

you were on time
I wasn't on and
there were keys that
made me stronger
What did you learn from a month of me?
this?
it's only this:
it's only this:
it's only this:

I make it
out like a(n)
accident all because it's true

I make it
out like a(n)
accident all because it's true



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Im Not Gay ( I Just Wish I Were) song meanings
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    General Comment:are you guys serious? I actually don't think it is about a gay encounter. Rather almost a 'joke' title, as well as Baby, Your Beard Hurts.
    I would guess it just comes out of saying that girls are just difficult to handle... therefor "I'm Not Gay... I Just Wish I Were." So he wouldn't have to deal with girl drama, perhaps?


    Anyway, this song sounds awesome. The guys are playing it live again since the reunion and it'll be on the new record. A working title for it is 'Why Not A Sexy Pirate?'
    The lyrics are completely reworked, but it still sounds great. I cant wait to a studio version.
    Flag MisterHendersonon July 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:for anyone that wants to hear to song but can't find it, just type in "baby your beard hurts" on youtube and there's a video of the band perfoming it in denver 2002. I don't think the lyrics have anything to do with the whole john nolan thing beacuse he was still in the band at the time the song was written, as for figuring out what the lyrics mean, I don't think there's much hope of that. He wrote the song while on narcotics, so they could be about anything. It's a good song, shame there isn't a studio recording of it anywhere.
    Flag souleveron June 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i saw this song performed by them on youtube! ITS FCKING GREAT. cant beleive they didnt put it on a album
    Flag zzcrimon July 11, 2008   Link
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    General Comment::D I found it and listened to it! I like it. It's quite emotional... LOVE IT!!
    Flag nightwriter69on April 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Nice with the Kurt Cobain theory! Here's what i got from the lyrics:

    It sounds like 2 guy friends come close to having sex...but one is gay/bi and the other isn't into it so the gay one says "forget it", but the straight one "Reaches for the shotgun" -a reference to a handjob? He "did it simple" as in just got it over with, not "close" or intimate. He knew that the gay guy had real feelings for him, but he had some other purpose in leading him on. The lack of intimacy makes the gay guy feel cheap...the porn reference?

    "Drop your keys in the ignition" Maybe the gay one tries to speed it up and go all the way? "Squirm and lock, 'cause you don't turn that way" The straight guy is uncomfortable and pulls away, because he is not gay.
    The gay guy then pretends its all a drunken accident.."all because it's true"..he is in love.
    Being loved by the gay guy makes the straight guy "oh so nervous"(like all straight guys lol) but the gay guy is “desperately” in love.Also “I wasn’t on” maybe means I wasn’t thinking? And “It’s only this”…self explanatory.

    Possibly the guy I’ve been calling “the gay guy” isn’t actually gay, but is really close friends with the other and is completely confused, so either him or the other could be saying “I’m not gay, I just wish I were”…John and Adam? hmmm
    Flag ImBleedingOnUrShirton March 25, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I thought it might be about their man-crush towards Fight Club.
    Flag gorgonseyeon March 11, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Guys, this song is about Kurt Cobain.
    Reasons being:
    1) In one of his personal journals, Cobain wrote "I'm not gay, although I wish I were just to piss off homophobes - this was because of his high school friendship with a homosexual.
    2) Kurt Cobain died through a self inflicted shotgun wound to the head.

    Wikipedia "Kurt Cobain" it's in the first paragraph.
    Flag EthantheHeroon December 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song. =] ♥
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    Flag mandy9876on August 31, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Oh.. BTW.. In was reading previous comments.. it is TBS.
    Flag Yellowcrayon26on May 11, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I just listened to it on YouTube.

    WOO YOUTUBE!!
    Flag Yellowcrayon26on May 11, 2007   Link

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