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Cursed with a love that you can't express
It's not for a fuck, or a kiss
Rather give the world away than wake up lonely
Everywhere and every way I see you with me
Crowd surf off a cliff
Land out on the ice
Crowd surf off to sea
Float towards the beach
If you find me, hide me, I don't know where I've been
Are we breathing? Are we wasting our breath?
It won't be enough to be rich
All the babies tucked away in their beds
We're out here screaming
The life that you thought through is gone
Can't want out, the ending outlasting the mood
I wake up lonely
If you find me, hide me, I don't know where I've been
When you phone me tell me everything I did
If I'm sorry you lost me you'd better make it quick
Cause this call costs a fortune and it's late where you live
Rather give the world away than wake up lonely
Everywhere and every way I see you with me
All the babies tucked away in their beds
We're out here screaming
The life that you thought through is gone
Can't want out, the ending outlasting the mood
I wake up lonely
It's not for a fuck, or a kiss
Rather give the world away than wake up lonely
Everywhere and every way I see you with me
Crowd surf off a cliff
Land out on the ice
Crowd surf off to sea
Float towards the beach
If you find me, hide me, I don't know where I've been
Are we breathing? Are we wasting our breath?
It won't be enough to be rich
All the babies tucked away in their beds
We're out here screaming
The life that you thought through is gone
Can't want out, the ending outlasting the mood
I wake up lonely
If you find me, hide me, I don't know where I've been
When you phone me tell me everything I did
If I'm sorry you lost me you'd better make it quick
Cause this call costs a fortune and it's late where you live
Rather give the world away than wake up lonely
Everywhere and every way I see you with me
All the babies tucked away in their beds
We're out here screaming
The life that you thought through is gone
Can't want out, the ending outlasting the mood
I wake up lonely
Lyrics submitted by straylightrun
Crowd Surf off a Cliff Lyrics as written by Emily Haines
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I think the interp that it's about her dad, the poet, Paul Haines makes the most sense.
However, when I first heard the song, and every time after stretching out over years, that first line (cursed with a love you can't express) always made me cry.
To me (cursed with a love you can't express) can be about anyone, anything, any any any. To have an unexpressible love for anything is painful, because you want to express it so badly that it hurts to be misunderstood or hear your words or art come out, maybe it comes out distorted. Unable to grasp your loves' truth and share it, it's like being itchy in your internal organs. The love swells and applies pressure, fit to bursting, but the pressure won't release except as tears.