She said always remember
Never to trust me
She said that the first night she met me
She said there's gonna be a time
When i'm gonna have to go
With whoever's gonna get me the highest

She said i won't be much for conversation
If we go and do the rest of this
She said i've never been much for conservation
I kinda dig these awkward silences
She's got those bones brigade videos
She knew them back and forth
She's slept with so many skaters
She had the place to herself
She had a couple hundred bux
Snd he had nothing but the number

She said i like the guy who always answers the door
He never asks you what you came to his house for
She said i won't be much for all this humbert humbert stuff
I've never done so much of this
I have to try so hard not to fall in love
I have to concentrate when we kiss
She mouthed the words along to "running up that hill"
That song got scratched into her soul
He's never heard the song before
But still he gets the metaphor
He knows some people that switched places before
She said i really like the crowds at the really big shows.
People touching people that they don't even know, yo.

I guess the heavy stuff ain't quite at its heaviest
By the time it gets out to suburban minneapolis
We were living up at nicollet and 66th.
With 3 skaters and some hoodrat chick
Drove the wrong way down 169
Almost died up by edina high



Lyrics submitted by SphagnumEsplanade

Track duration: 04:49


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    General Comment:"I kinda dig these awkward silences."

    Story of my life.
    Flag bloomingtonon July 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:"She said i won't be much for all this humbert humbert stuff"

    Humbert Humbert is the narrator in Lolita by Nabokov
    Flag towen08on December 18, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:To be more specific, I read an interview with Craig where he said the title was a reference to Edina High's "amazing virginal cheerleaders" as the embodiment of an innocent feminine ideal in that era of your life right before everything turns sketchy.
    Flag mrbadexampleon September 06, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:It's pretty reasonable to assume that "Hornets! Hornets!" is meant to set the tone for Holly's misadventures throughout the album and as a contrast to her apparent redemption in the last few songs.

    Also: Craig Finn is a Hornet, hailing from Edina.
    Flag campfirewood1980on July 13, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Ah, makes much more sense now. Great song, thanks.
    Flag ullberryon May 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:The mascot of Edina High School is the Hornet... in regards to ullberry's comment.
    Flag jessannfanon April 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:The last line is both hilarious, sad, and absolutely brilliant at the same time. It's kind of like, "Oh, by the way, I almost died last night." You kind of get the idea that it's nothing out of the ordinary, it probably happens every day. The lives that the characters Finn sings about in all his albums are fascinating.
    Flag rossismadon April 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Uh, does anyone know why the title is called Hornets! Hornets!? I love the way it sounds, but can't really relate it to the song.
    Flag ullberryon March 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i'm pretty sure the 'running up that hill' she's mouthing the words along with is the song by kate bush, which is pretty amazing.

    "And if I only could,
    I'd make a deal with God,
    And I'd get him to swap our places,
    Be running up that road,
    Be running up that hill,
    With no problems."
    Flag thomas doyleon December 05, 2006   Link

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