When a menthol hit, hooks a spatial girl in her summer clothes
Like a transmission, on an empty channel, all lines are closed
Taking photographs, speaking slowly through the permanent waves
The taste in her mouth that she read about earlier today

This is happening for your pleasure, at your leisure
Use your evil
When you want

When a menthol hit, hooks a spatial girl in her summer clothes
Like a transmission, on an empty channel, all lines are closed
Taking photographs, speaking slowly through the permanent waves
The taste in her mouth that she read about earlier today

This is happening for your pleasure, at your leisure
Use your evil
When you want
This is happening for your pleasure, at your leisure
Use your evil
When you want

When the night becomes, automatic sequence joining the day
Singing something new, someone else is sliding into your way
When a menthol hit, hooks a spatial girl in her summer clothes
Like a transmission, on an empty channel, all lines are closed

Got to get you off my conscience by Friday
On Saturday I'll be wide awake, On Sunday I'm your new best friend
On Monday learn it all again

For your pleasure, at your leisure
Use your evil, when you want


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    She keeps falling for someone, gets them off her mind, then gets roped back in.

    Chainsaw Armon April 22, 2008   Link
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    I love this song. =)

    ShoKillon October 06, 2006   Link
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    The music video of this is just the apex of music programming.

    redefining_formon October 08, 2006   Link
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    when a level head puts his facial curl in her summer clothes

    omfgmattyon March 28, 2010   Link
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    this beat is sick, love it!

    BlueMoonAtMidnighton October 11, 2010   Link
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    girl is in aw by someone of "celebrity" status, and then referring to Chainsaw Arm's comment,

    the evil would be happening for the pleasure and leisure of the celebrity, using his powering effect on this poor girl, or others. Shes just his toy

    hooked onto the guy she's blind to the fact of whats going on and keeps going back for more

    "menthol" = cigaratee, often perceived as "cool" "spatial girl = innocent, naive "photographs" = famous photographer/celebrity status "the taste shes read earlier today" = his kisses, read about him in a magazine, saw his work around town

    shy, naive girl, out on the town spots this cool "celebrity" photographer lighting up a smoke, e.r, "Like a transmission, on an empty channel, all lines are closed" like a car would, she comes to a sudden hault over his presence.

    "Taking photographs, speaking slowly through the permanent waves" = uses his "art" to convince the girl she is "special" thus uses his "EVIL" and gets what he wants, sex, etc.

    "When the night becomes, automatic sequence joining the day"= sex (a date turns to the bedroom the night sequences into the day, morning after)

    "Singing something new, someone else is sliding into your way" = next girl for the celebrity, he "sings" something new, sways a new innocent girl, which is now in the way between the first to fall victim and the seducer

    "Got to get you off my conscience by Friday, On Saturday I'll be wide awake, On Sunday I'm your new best friend, On Monday learn it all again" = the internal conflict of saying she wont go back, but ultimately returning to be used

    recurring similar them of "Light & Magic"

    stoggieLoveon August 27, 2011   Link

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