Lyrics for Did You See the Words as interpreted by mattm2114

Did You See the Words Lyrics
Have you seen them, The words cut open
Your poor intestines cant deny when the inky periods drip from your mailbox and blood flies dip and glide reach down inside

theres somthing living in these lines
And when your newest kisser is peeking. You dress yourself up tonight get all tangled up in arms and legs its cramped up and someone grabs a hold do you go ohhhhhh. Should you go home. Theres somthing starting dont know why.
And in a house so cozy few words are spoken lets take our shoes off and unwind when theres minuets off in the background drowning out eyes off ears off test the kiss goodnight.
Dont keep my loving on my mind.

Because its messy yes this mess is mine
though mine is messy yours is maybe nine

look weve had similar stiches. Look we have similar frowns. Do the elderly couples still kiss and hug and grab their big wrinkly skin so tough wrinkly wrink wrink wrinkly rough....

Did you see the words you know, give me rabbies bring you babbies at the hospital
Violent ends with friends that go. I kissed a few in sticky shoes our cartoon show is broken.

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pumkinhed
12-24-2005

Rated +2 
It sounds like he's grinning through the course of the whole song.

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slinkstersars
01-19-2006

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'Do the elderly couples still kiss and hug and grab their big wrinkly skin so tough wrinkly wrink wrink wrinkly rough....'

i hope that is me...

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slinkstersars
01-19-2006

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'Do the elderly couples still kiss and hug and grab their big wrinkly skin so tough wrinkly wrink wrink wrinkly rough....'

i hope that is me...

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the_ocean
02-05-2006

Rated +2 
oh man, i am grinning through the course of the whole song.

its so amazing it makes me want to ride my bike through space.

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couldBanyone
02-17-2006

Rated +1 
Parts of this song are cryptic, in typical animal collective fashion. Here's my two cents on the parts I can understand.

The section about your newest kisser could perhaps be the narrator himself or a new romantic interest. She is going out to a party and "dress your self up" refers to this. In the dance, or perhaps in a more sexual way she becomes "tangled up in arms and legs...someone grabs a hold do you go ooooh." The "something starting" refers to those unusual first feelings of love. The romance has begun.
The next section about a nighttime in a house so "cozy" is a very personal one-on-one situation between the lover and his girl. Especially wonderful is his "test a kiss goodnight" which I believe reflects that tentative awkwardness between young lovers who are becoming intimate for the first time. The section about "look we have similar stiches etc..." in my opinion relates a past history of emotional scars or forgotten loves. The narrator is saying to his love that they have the same past and the same emotions (frowns). The ending is a bit strange I still haven't got my head around that. "Bring me babies" obviously refers to a birth (SLIPPI! haha couln't resist), but the rest I can't understand.

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clapyourhandssay
03-20-2006

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this song makes me smile like no other. i wish i could go back in time and write this song myself. i want my band to cover it.

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Alfredo G.
04-04-2006

Rated +1 
Very sexual song. I agree with most of couldBanyone. Also something to note is the quote "though mine is messy yours is maybe nine". Though my sexual function as a man is messy, your function as a woman could mean nine months of pregnancy. Maybe I'm overanalyzing...but that's what I got.

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sailtothemoon
07-11-2006

Rated -1 
a few corrections

After "reach down inside" he says "grab inside"
"Peeking", surely, is "Peaking", in keeping with the theme of the song.

The end stansa is actually:

Did you see the words you wrote?
Kill me rape me hang the babies at the hospital
Violent ends with friends that go
Kissed a few
Lets take our shoes off
Art and show is broken

:)

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crystalsunshine
10-11-2006

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"in a house so cozy, few words are spoken."
isn't it curious that the more you grow into someone, the less you have to say for them to understand?

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couldBanyone
10-27-2006

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Sailtothemoon, I saw an earlier version of these lyrics with that same interpretation "Kill me rape me hang the babies at the hospital"
etc..

I think those lyrics are extremely powerful, but I'm not sure how it fits into the mood of the song. Where did you find those lyrics? Any way to confirm those are real?

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yesitsme
01-20-2007

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Language is an open ended and visceral affair with no lack of blood and guts. The exchange of this mess must necessarily happen by mail, by post. We are sent, we send one another, we send ourselves in a mailbox filled with our ink, both written and secreted (and kept secret). In writing and sending ourselves, we inevitably obscure ourselves. It's messy but its ours. Language is alive and as we write, we notice how, regardless of whether it is spoken or written, it is the study of zoology. The question remains, however, whether we can ever classify this animal.

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kate272
02-25-2007

Rated 0 
this is the kinda song that gives you butterflies in your stomach

i cant understand half the words without reading them
but i loooooooooooove it

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angina_calls
05-30-2007

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pregnancy?

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harlot
07-29-2007

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i definitely have the feeling that this is a super sexual song. i agree with the "mine is messy yours is nine" part. meaning his sexual function is messy, hers is nine months of pregnancy. tangled in arms and legs could refer to the actual intercourse. and of course the first stanza having to do with menstration.

i love the feeling of this song. like avey recognizes the sexual relationship with his girl, and how it ties into the more everlasting type of love. the tight bond between sex and love. i adore it. =]]

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iron curtain
10-07-2007

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sounds like the soundtrack to knocked up

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charlieswanson
10-09-2007

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i thought:
Did you see the words you wrote?
"Give me rabies, bring you babies at the hospital"
Violent ends with friends that go. Kissed a few and take your shoes off
cartoon show is broken.

haha but sticky shoes is pretty cute

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nightblumpkin
10-15-2007

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oh my god i can't stop smiling.

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bestwombat11
11-26-2007

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oh my gooddododddd animal collective why do you kick so much ass.

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raiseyourvoice
01-01-2008

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this is perfect for fresh summer mornings
;____;

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shrodes
02-08-2008

Rated +1 
I love this song so much.

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mormonxcore.
03-24-2008

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two friends that can't deny the way they've started to feel for each other. they don't really know why their feelings for each other have suddenly grown into something more, and they're cautious at first about what they do. they "test a kiss goodnight" but still they've just got a big confusing mess to deal with. they've had similar experiences and problems, so they can relate to each other. even though they've got all this in common things don't work out and the person begins to question how long a love can last. "do the elderly couples still kiss and hug and grab their big wrinkly skin so tough so wrinkly wrink wrink wrinkly rough." they're not together anymore and now they can't even be friends and the person is sad that they've lost the oppurtunity to make significant memories with their friend.

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clockwrist
04-25-2008

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bands that get all cryptic and symbolic when writing songs about sex are the best.

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soforthandsoon
09-25-2008

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i think everyone is on the right track here, though some parts are gonna stay cryptic no matter what. any ideas as to how the first stanza about words and 'lines' relates to the rest, which i take to be about an encounter leading to sex and possible love etc?

also i burst out laughing every time someone feels the need to quote about "wrinkly wrink wrink wrinkly rough."

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makeupisugly
10-23-2008

Rated +1 
this is about close friends becoming lovers & i think the woman has a miscarriage?

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pinkandblurry
11-05-2008

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I'll make my interpretation brief: these are the thoughts you think when you're invited to a party and you're hooking up with a girl, and then she gets pregnant.

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