Lyrics for 1234 as interpreted by lighthouse12

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One, two, three four
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepless, long nights
That was what my youth was for

Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing, but they wanted more

Oh, oh, oh,
You're changing your heart
Oh, oh, oh,
You know who you are

Sweetheart, bitter heart,
Now I can't tell you apart
Cozy and cold,
Put the horse before the cart

Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie

Oh, oh, oh,
You're changing your heart
Oh, oh, oh,
You know who you are

One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then

Oh, oh, oh,
You're changing your heart
Oh, oh, oh,
You know who you are
Oh, oh, oh,
You're changing your heart
Oh, oh, oh,
You know who you are

(ba-ba-ba-da, ba-ba-ba-da-da)
(ba-ba-ba-da, ba-ba-ba-da-da)
(ba-ba-ba-da, ba-ba-ba-da-da)
(ba-ba-ba-da, ba-ba-ba-da-da)

Ooh, For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart

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analogue
04-04-2007

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well, these are the lyrics that i submitted.. but it says someone else submitted them.
i know they're mine because i'm positive that some of the lines i transcribed are wrong.. i just couldn't tell what she was saying.

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onwardsailboats
04-06-2007

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I'm pretty sure the beginning is

One Two Three Four
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepless, long nights
That was what my youth was for
Oh teenage hopes are lying at your door

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ruffgem
04-08-2007

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ya onwardsailboats is definitely right!

i love this song so much, one of my favorites on the album
feist just has such a beautiful way of putting things

Edited by evanreyes on April 17 2007, at 06:19PM



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ruffgem
04-08-2007

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ya onwardsailboats is defiantly right!

i love this song so much, one of my favorites on the album
feist just has such a beautiful way of putting things

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lovemakelust
04-18-2007

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i think that if any artist can truely channel human emotions with their innocence it is feist.

this song is about wanting to be in love with a person again but things just aren't the same. You can try to change your feelings but the situation remains that it was something that you had then.

it basically just reminds me of couples that date again, it just lacks the excitement it did the first time.

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royalewithcheese
04-20-2007

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i love this song! and the video makes me so happy..

what i love is how it sounds like "FOUR TEENAGE HOES ARRIVE AT YOUR DOOR!"

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playgroundlove
04-22-2007

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i agree lovemakelust! he is no longer in love with her and is moving on. when we go through different relationships we slowly begin to know who we are as a person.
i love the video and crazy choreography! :)

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peopledontdance
04-23-2007

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i'm quite sure that near the end she's singing "a small teenage boy is breaking my heart," or something like that, which is adorable.

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fursoftasfur
04-24-2007

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i think it's:
"old teenage hopes are alive at your door/
left you with nothing but they want some more"
and
"too scared to own up to one little lie"

anyways i love this song. my favorite off the reminder.

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bollywoodtoile
05-01-2007

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I think this song says something about one's first love when you're young and the fleeting passion that comes along with that. There is an excitement while it lasts, and that excitement turns to grief when it ends. Kind of reminds me of what Neko Case says in her song "That Teenage Feeling".

"One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, and ten / Money can't buy you back the love that you had then"

Such a great line.

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GrungyBeatle
05-16-2007

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this song leaves me so incredibly sad.

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morgan_macd
05-20-2007

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reminiscent of the beatles song "the end"..
"one two three four five six seven
all good children go to heaven"

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fireplace
05-20-2007

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pretty much obsessed with this song

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hola_kiki
05-21-2007

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This song basically described my week with my relationship with a guy. He changed just like what Feist sang so well..."you're changing your heart. oh oh oh you know who you are."
AMAZING!

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greentea
05-22-2007

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this song is so beautiful and summer-y.

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NewLibertine
05-30-2007

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yeah, i think the use of the numbers ("1 2 3 4") represents youth and innocence and childhood. and i love the song for that

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Rilo_kiley77
05-31-2007

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Oh god. I'm going through that. Haha. It really hurts. And though I'm not trying to buy it back with money, literally, I'm trying so hard to get it back with anything I can. Ugh. This is one gorgeous song.

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blanksky
06-03-2007

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I love this song

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Jackilynn
06-07-2007

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Such a beautiful, light-headed song. I agree with NewLibertine that the numbers represent the innocence of being young and in love.

"1 2 3 4
Tell me that you love me more"
Is exactly what teenage love is all about.

I think this song is about two very young people who are in love yet still in the process of growing up. All is so different when you are a teenager, there comes a time you start looking at life in an other way.

And I think that time has come for her partner, as she is saying "You are changing your heart": he's becoming a different person and that results in various effects on their relationship.

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cmckinley
06-15-2007

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innocent in the way that's it sung and performed. They performed it on Conan last night with Feist singing and a backing band and mixed chorus of very normal but still cool looking men and women dressed in matching light blues. Of course it was incredible. Pure unbridled joy. Except the line "You know who you are" hints at something more. What a song!

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deweydell
06-21-2007

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The fact that she says "that was what my youth was for'' indicates that the speaker's not a teenager anymore and she's (or he's) referring to the past. She refers to it in the past tense again when she says "money can't buy back the love that you had then".
But now, those past "teenage hopes are lying at your door".
In general, I think this song is about regretting not following through on a love once had. The person regretting chose not to follow his old teenage hopes. He chose to give up the "sleepless, long nights" of his youth to do the 'grown-up', less passionate thing and put the "horse before the cart".
Now he is grown up and misses it; he's "cozy" and well-off in some ways because of this decision, but he's "cold" at the same time. He has money now, but that can't buy the love he had then.

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.tangerine.
06-24-2007

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This has missing lyrics. At the end... does anyone else hear (after the lyrics "You know who you are") -

"Ohh, fallen teenage boy,
I'm breaking your heart.
Fallen teenage boy,
I'm breaking your heart.."

The best bit! Feisty. oo lala.

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buddyxb0y
07-14-2007

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QUESTION!

why do you you guys think she left out the numbers seven and eight?

i found that rather interesting and can't think of any ideas as to why she would omit them.

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eric0re
07-16-2007

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Buddyb0y: to make it rhyme. :)

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shannonmoorepop
07-20-2007

Rated -5 
this song sucks. she looks like my old teacher

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