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Take a leaf of paper and draw your mind
Your bourbon brown that can burn my eyes
I lost your presence underneath the bridge
Lock the door, let's talk it out
Against the wall, hands on my mouth
Could this be it, is it really over now?
You wore a pink T-shirt and khaki pants
You played your songs and you danced your dance
I unwrapped your presents underneath your feet
Nine to eleven you're getting weak
The tile is cold, I can barely speak
And I think she's gone, but I'll be sure for safety's keeping
If you say no, then no it will be
I'll stick it at our skin, pierced with colly strings
Just play it cool, yeah, and try to avoid being seen
I'll stick it at our skin, pierced for nothing
Well, yeah, I saw inside the mirror your smoking gun
[Incomprehensible], the subscribing one by one
And I fell so fast in Sufat's bedroom
You said, you saw it coming but you didn't see nothing
Your eyes are on the living room, your eyes are on the closet
Don't worry about, don't worry about anything
A pity invitation to an awkward house
For pseudo-boy that would rather wear a blouse
I sincerely saw your skin for the very first time
My curly hair and a voting booth
Confessingly, this is the first time I've loved you
And God I mean, God I mean it, I hope that I mean it
'Cause like dying young, idols got the best of me
Well, don't stop calling, you're the reason I love losing sleep
And the building collapse, we'll shop one, we'll shop one for something
I'll stick it at our skin, pierced for something
Besides, don't release me until it's over
Besides, you can't believe without fear
Besides, you can't believe without fear
Your bourbon brown that can burn my eyes
I lost your presence underneath the bridge
Lock the door, let's talk it out
Against the wall, hands on my mouth
Could this be it, is it really over now?
You wore a pink T-shirt and khaki pants
You played your songs and you danced your dance
I unwrapped your presents underneath your feet
Nine to eleven you're getting weak
The tile is cold, I can barely speak
And I think she's gone, but I'll be sure for safety's keeping
If you say no, then no it will be
I'll stick it at our skin, pierced with colly strings
Just play it cool, yeah, and try to avoid being seen
I'll stick it at our skin, pierced for nothing
Well, yeah, I saw inside the mirror your smoking gun
[Incomprehensible], the subscribing one by one
And I fell so fast in Sufat's bedroom
You said, you saw it coming but you didn't see nothing
Your eyes are on the living room, your eyes are on the closet
Don't worry about, don't worry about anything
A pity invitation to an awkward house
For pseudo-boy that would rather wear a blouse
I sincerely saw your skin for the very first time
My curly hair and a voting booth
Confessingly, this is the first time I've loved you
And God I mean, God I mean it, I hope that I mean it
'Cause like dying young, idols got the best of me
Well, don't stop calling, you're the reason I love losing sleep
And the building collapse, we'll shop one, we'll shop one for something
I'll stick it at our skin, pierced for something
Besides, don't release me until it's over
Besides, you can't believe without fear
Besides, you can't believe without fear
Lyrics submitted by aeternum vale
Track duration: 05:57
"Colly Strings" as written by Andy Hull
Lyrics © CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP
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take a leaf of paper and draw your mind your bourbon brown that can burn my eyes i lost your presence underneath the bridge(sounds to me like a serious stalker case)
lock the door lets talk it out against the wall hands on my mouth could this be it is it really over now?(sounds like a rape scene and he's trying to talk to her about it maybe he didn't meant it but he clearly has issues... also because later on he says [a pity invitation to an awkward house for pseudo boy that would rather wear a blouse i sincerly saw your skin for the very first time])
you wore a pink t-shirt and khaki pants you played your songs and you danced your dance i unwrapped your present underneath your feet(more rape murder scenes idk maybe i'm the one with the twisted mind but it's hard to interpret because he the story is not consistent it jumps from even to other event and then comes back to previous event)
nine to eleven you're getting weak the tile is cold i can barely spean and i think she's gone but i'll be sure for safety's keeping (this is probably what makes me think more of murder.. like he gave up trying to talk her out of telling people that he raped her and he couldn't calmed her down so he choked her)
you said you saw it comming but you didn't see nothing your eyes are on the living room your eyes are on the closet don't worry about don't worry about anything(bitch dead)
It's so beautiful.
"I sincerely saw your skin for the very first time"
"Confessingly this is the first time I've loved you and God I mean it, God I mean it, I hope that I mean it.."
"Well don't stop calling, you're the reason I love losing sleep"
Some of the best lyrics I've ever heard. Not too many songs can make me cry, but this one definitely gets me every time.
Not "And I fell so fast in Seth Ott's bedroom"
He even says it in an interview, absolutepunk.net/…
Andy: "Colly Strings" is a song I wrote on the first record I wrote for my fiancee. Each phrase of four lines switches back and fourth from my perspective and hers. The song tells the story of the hard things we had to get through to finally find each other. "Besides you can't believe without bleeding" references the idea that before you can experience real joyfulness, you have to experience pain. It's the only way you can appreciate the good. And to clear confusion on the lyric people can't understand... it is "And I fell flat in Seth Ott's bedroom".
Andy: "Colly Strings" is a song I wrote on the first record I wrote for my fiancee. Each phrase of four lines switches back and fourth from my perspective and hers. The song tells the story of the hard things we had to get through to finally find each other. "Besides you can't believe without bleeding" references the idea that before you can experience real joyfulness, you have to experience pain. It's the only way you can appreciate the good. And to clear confusion on the lyric people can't understand... it is "And I fell flat in Seth Ott's bedroom".
Andy: "Colly Strings" is a song I wrote on the first record I wrote for my fiancee. Each phrase of four lines switches back and fourth from my perspective and hers. The song tells the story of the hard things we had to get through to finally find each other. "Besides you can't believe without bleeding" references the idea that before you can experience real joyfulness, you have to experience pain. It's the only way you can appreciate the good. And to clear confusion on the lyric people can't understand... it is "And I fell flat in Seth Ott's bedroom".
absolutepunk.net/…
I will try to prove my theory now.
Regardless i think we can all agree, the beauty of manchester songs are that they can mean so many things to so many people
"Take a leaf of paper and draw your mind,
Your bourbon brown that can burn my eyes,
I lost your presence underneath the bridge"
"Lock the door, let's talk it out, (this is after the proposal and she said no)
Against the wall, hands on my mouth,
Could this be it, is it really over now?"
"You wore a pink t-shirt and khaki pants,
You played your songs and you danced your dance (I believe its her perspective of the night of the
I unwrapped your presents underneath your feet" proposal)
I think this is where he begins to setup to propose he is waiting for her to leave/or go to sleep....
"Nine to eleven you're getting weak,
The tile is cold, I can barely speak,
And I think she's gone, but I'll be sure for safety's keeping"
If you say no, then no it will be,
I'll stick it at our skin, pierced with colly strings,(he is talking here about the risk of her saying no to him)
Just play it cool yeah, and try avoid being seen
I'll stick it at our skin, pierced for nothing
Well yeah I saw inside the mirror and your smoking gun,
Along in the sign, the hours, the subscribing one by one,(the time is growing sooner)
And I fell so fast in Seth Ott's bedroom (he is nervous he faints at his friends)
You said you saw it coming but you didn't see nothing, (He proposes with a surprise)
Your eyes are on the living room your eyes are on the closet, (she is nervous shes not ready and is looking around the room trying to figure what to say)
Don't worry about, don't worry about anything (he tells her its okay)
A pity invitation to an awkward house, (she invites him over because she feels bad for what happened)
For pseudo-boy who would rather wear a blouse, (he is describing his embarrassed feeling)
I sincerely saw your skin for the very first time
My curly hair and a voting booth, (Describing how all this mad him realize How
Confessingly, this is the first time I've loved you, Much he really loved her)
And God I mean, God I mean it, I hope that I mean it
'Cause like dying young, idols got the best of me,
Well don't stop calling, you're the reason I love losing sleep, (greatest line of all time btw)
And the building collapse, we'll shop one for something
I'll stick it at our skin, pierced for something
Besides, don't release me until it's over
And besides, you can't believe without bleeding.
And besides, you can't believe without bleeding.
Also the correct lyrics are;
"Well yeah I saw inside the mirror and your smoking gun,
-Unloading led inside me, I was subscribing one by one-
And I fell so fast in Seth Ott's bedroom"
How did no one fix THAT before is beyond me!
This song is about a relationship between a man and a woman, but it has parts from both persons perspectives.