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She smelled like 2 am
Took him back to her place
Where all the saints adorned the walls.
To never ending from grace
He knew he should leave
And this could only turn cold
She was a bad bad girl
So he told her so
Under the shadows engulfed
He had the whisper of lust
He said 'no touching tonight'
She closed her eyes in his trust
She said 'tuck me in'
He knew his judgment was sound
Still he pulled back the sheets
And said
You better lie down 'cause the angels are watching
She closed her eyes and said with the talking
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
Her every word was in italics
As it would fall from her lips
The walls were made of broken promises
He hoped this wouldn't be his.
She said 'tell me what to do'
He knew right then he was done
Felling lonely and confused
He said
'you better lie down the angels are watching'
She closed her eyes and said with the talking
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
So he said 'shut your mouth girl the angels are listening'
She crossed herself now the moments are missing
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
glancing through the curtain
Questions unheard of
She spoke in third person
And he had seen everyone
Awkward and embittered
Said 'shut the door when you go'
Perhaps he should've reconsidered (oh no)
When he said
You better lie down the angels are watching
She closed her eyes and said with the talking
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
So he said 'shut your mouth girl the angels are listening'
She crossed herself now the moments are missing
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
Took him back to her place
Where all the saints adorned the walls.
To never ending from grace
He knew he should leave
And this could only turn cold
She was a bad bad girl
So he told her so
Under the shadows engulfed
He had the whisper of lust
He said 'no touching tonight'
She closed her eyes in his trust
She said 'tuck me in'
He knew his judgment was sound
Still he pulled back the sheets
And said
You better lie down 'cause the angels are watching
She closed her eyes and said with the talking
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
Her every word was in italics
As it would fall from her lips
The walls were made of broken promises
He hoped this wouldn't be his.
She said 'tell me what to do'
He knew right then he was done
Felling lonely and confused
He said
'you better lie down the angels are watching'
She closed her eyes and said with the talking
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
So he said 'shut your mouth girl the angels are listening'
She crossed herself now the moments are missing
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
glancing through the curtain
Questions unheard of
She spoke in third person
And he had seen everyone
Awkward and embittered
Said 'shut the door when you go'
Perhaps he should've reconsidered (oh no)
When he said
You better lie down the angels are watching
She closed her eyes and said with the talking
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
So he said 'shut your mouth girl the angels are listening'
She crossed herself now the moments are missing
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
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my favorites:
"Her every word was in italics
as it would fall from her lips
The walls were made of broken promises
he hoped this wouldn't be his"
"Glancing through the curtain
questions on her tongue,
she spoke in third person
and he had seen everyone" <3
I think the religious references are just to emphasize the sexual tension and also the vulnerability of the girl in her current drunken and possibly hurt state. I think he was being pretty clever and racy by connecting the 2 it's a lot more interesting and dramatic then just choosing not to take advantage of a drunk girl trying to seduce you.
He is the one who's feeling guilty about it. Maybe it's because he would be taking advantage of a drunk girl or because he's against promiscuous sex (he remembers his morals by seeing the Saints).
Turns out that this bitch is doing anything to have him. Seriously, "tuck me in"?!
Also, she's dirty.
Hail that guy who repents. He's awesome.
Girls are evil. :3
Taking the song title literally, perhaps it IS his sister (promiscuous or not), she came home wasted, he's making sure she gets to bed, she is trying to seduce her brother and the “angels” he refers to are their parents. The Saints that adore the walls could be family photographs…..
Every line tells a piece of a story in this one, there's a lot to read into it. I'm not going to break it apart word for word here though.
She smelled like 2 am - shes drunk
took him back to her place - they went to her house together
where all the saints adorned the walls.
delivering her from grace - theirs alot of religious stuff around cause her fam is devout
he knew he should leave
and this could only turn cold - this is his best friends little sister, so he shouldnt be here with her acting this way ( meaning shes probably flirtatious as often younger siblings get crushes on their older siblings friends at some point or another)
she was a bad bad girl
so he told her so - probably kidding around cause their drunk
Under the shadows of doubt
he had the whisper of lust - while hes telling himself shes his sister he knows hes kinda into her, he takes her upstairs to put her to bed.
he said 'no touching tonight'
she closed her eyes in his trust - shes still trying to be flirtatious and hes trying to stop her cause he knows its wrong
she said 'tuck me in'
he knew his judgment was sound - she really wants him and this is an act of desperation getting him to the bed, and he figured he could resist
still he pulled back the sheets - but he couldnt so he falls and ends up getting iin bed with her, maybe he just holds her cause hes still trying to stop himself.
and said
[Chorus]
you better lie down cuz the angels are watching- telling her she needs to stop and invokes the word angels hoping it will remind her of god since her family is devout. i always picture a cross above her bed.
she closed her eyes and said quit the talking
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'- she wants him to shut up about why they shouldnt, and in another act of desperation she offers to do anything he wants.
Her every word was in italics
as it would fall from her lips - i think this could mean shes trying to be sexxxy and whisper offering him stuff, and its kinda weird to hear her saying these things cause shes like a sister to him.
the walls were made of broken promises
he hoped this wouldn't be his. - like broken promises from boyfriends to be with her or to stay or w/a and he doesnt want to be "another jerk" and doesnt want to betray his friends trust.
She said 'tell me what to do'
he knew right then he was done - she keeps trying to offer him everything and be sexxxy and he really is having trouble controlling himself, quite possible that shes a virgin
feeling lonely and confused
he said - he really wants to cause hes been 'lonely' lately, and shes confusing him with its so wrong but it would feel so right.
[Chorus]
'you better lie down the angels are watching'- hes trying to make her stop
she closed her eyes and said quit the talking
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'- she keeps offering him to do w/e he wants to her.
so he said 'shut your mouth girl the angels are listening' - hes still trying to make her stop because hes losing control and again he tries to invoke an image of god.
she crossed herself now the moments are missing - like mocking his talk of angels maybe?
'you can hurt me do whatever you like' - she keeps at it
glancing through the curtain - he thinks her brothers home
questions on her tongue- shes asking if its her brother
she spoke in third person - cause shes drunk
and he had seen every one - hes seen all the sides of her from the cute innocent little sister to the horny drunk girl
awkward and embittered
said 'shut the door when you go' - shes pissed he wont screw her so she tells him to just leave, and she feels awkward for talking like that and acting desperate and showing him that side of herself, cause now hes made her feel foolish
perhaps he should've reconsidered (oh no) - as hes walking out her bedoom door he thinks "but what if i did" cause he wants to, and the (oh no) is like a sense of panic like "oh no, here we go again"
when he said
[Chorus]
you better lie down the angels are watching
she closed her eyes and said quit the talking
'you can hurt me do whatever you like'
so he said 'shut your mouth girl the angels are listening'
she crossed herself now the moments are missing
'you can hurt me do whatever you like' - hes recapping what he told her and whether he was right to not do it or not, and hes just kind of thinking about everything that happened, how she acted and the things she said. he either goes home or falls asleep on his friends couch thinking about it, and how he wanted to, and maybe even that hed see how she felt when she was sober
lol ok i know i went a bit far at the end, but thats how i picture it. this song is one of my absolute favorites ever. anyway, i could be wrong, its just my perception. i mean i have alot of friends who i call brother and tend to call me little sister and i call their familys like "mom" and "dad" but it doesnt mean im religious, a nun, or their real fam. like i said its just my interpretation.