cats and christ
put you in a tiny box that's filled with our victims who
can't explain how they love their moms
and all the hands that retreat
they try to slip right down their pussy
but theres nothing that you thought is long

but you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful

slice my eyes
took me through another night that goes all night through
tries to sieze what their hearts have lost
my best friend took me in
and laid me down beside my own sin
and I said "can you
please forgive the love?"

but you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful



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    My Interpretation:This song is not about a guy who falls in love with his best friend.

    "Cats and christ(i really do not hear 'crafts') put you in a tiny box that's filled with our(all?) victims who can't explain how they love their moms."

    "Cats and christ" indicates judgment and sin and intense being. Cats are very present-minded and perceptive. "A tiny box" would be the feeling of being cornered by the watchful eyes(cats and christ) of those surrounding the "victims", the victims being the innocent who are subjected to such judgment and pressure. The person the speaker is addressing has been shoved in this box and lumped in with these victims.

    These victims (who I personally imagine as young children) "can't explain how they love their moms", meaning, in my mind, based on the general feel of the song, their love for their mothers (and more importantly, all love they feel in general) is inherently sexual, and their encouragement by society (tying back to "cats and christ") to bury this sexuality creates painful internal conflict.

    "All the hands that ("bloo-tree??")retreat, they try to slip right down your pussy, but there's nothing that you thought is [long(?)]."

    I take this as: The hands trying to slip down the 'pussy' symbolize the greedy lust within all humans, and how since childhood people are taught to repress sexuality, and this manifests tenfold later in life... all affectional relationships become riddled with sexual undertones, whether these relationships are romantic or not.

    "But there's nothing that you thought is long": There is nothing that will effectively penetrate this symbolic pussy. Nothing is seen as long, nothing can satisfy--through the medium of sex-- what this person being addressed needs. The intrusive nature of projected sexual urges constrains her enjoyment of sex, and constrains her ability to trust others. She feels alienated because of this.

    "But you are too beautiful to fuck. You're too beautiful"

    The speaker is now taking on the role of a want-to-be-lover. He is trying to gain the trust of the woman by telling her he sees her as more than a sex object. By telling her his love goes beyond sex and he does not want to use her in that way. In general, these lyrics represent the plights of men(or women) who struggle with the divide between sex and love, and who try hard to separate the two for the sake of their relationships.

    "Slice my eyes, took me through another night that goes all night through and tries to seize up the hearts of love.
    My best friend took me in and made me down decide my own sin, and I said, 'Can you please forgive the love?'"

    "Slice my eyes": Kill my vision, make the pictures go away, let this darkness swallow me. The "night that goes all night through" I believe is referring to a(nother) night of ravenous sex, the goal being to satisy that need within that we associate with love, this goal never being reached. The night "tries to seize up the hearts"; it is grasping and desperately trying to take control of the frantic feelings of the people in question. But it can't. Lust is uncontrollable.

    "My best friend took me in": The person the speaker trusts and cares for most was willing to be there for him. This closeness and openness forced the speaker to recognize his demons, and made him "down(right then-and-there) decide (his) own sin." What he decides is that his sin is love, that what is causing him to hurt people is his love. He can't distinguish his base animal urges from affection. He blames them on "love."

    The breakdown of this song--

    His lovers, the people he spends so much time convincing himself he truly loves, convincing himself they're "too beautiful to fuck".... He ends up fucking them. He ends up using them the way he promised not to. He is overtaken by his sexual appetite. "I'm sorry." He doesn't want to force himself upon people in this way. He doesn't want to fuck people. But yet he doesn't stop. Because in the end, he believes it is all in the name of Love.

    He can't realize the difference between lust and love. The people he loves he wants to devour. A piece of him can appreciate their beauty, but a larger piece of him seeks to dominate and conquer them.


    ^That was extremely drawn-out, but I just had to post it.
    Flag wordedpooron February 18, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Cats and crafts put you in a tiny box
    That's filled with all the victims who
    Can't explain how they love their moms
    And all the hands that retreat
    They try to slip right down their pussy
    But there's nothing that you thought is long

    But you are too beautiful to fuck
    You're too beautiful
    You are too beautiful to fuck
    You're too beautiful

    Slice my eyes
    Took me through another night that goes all night through
    Tries to seize what their hearts have lost
    My best friend took me in
    And laid me down beside my own sin
    And I said "Can you please forgive the love?"

    Cause you are too beautiful to fuck
    You're too beautiful
    You are too beautiful to fuck
    You're too beautiful
    Flag wehateyourhateon December 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:To me, this song is about, yes, falling in love with your best friend. They have casual sex. He is in love with her and can't just fuck her but rather make love to her. And she doesn't feel that way.

    And yeah it's "and perceive" not "their pussy".
    Flag stringcheese123on July 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:To me, when using headphones, it sounds like:

    They try to slip right down and perceive
    That theres nothing that you thought was ?? (to me, it sounds like it starts with an "N")
    Flag Dpayneon July 21, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:hehe song about falling in love with your best friend? in contrast to ibi dreams of pavement which was about stabbing your best friend in the back. bss are amazing!

    cats and crafts
    put you in a tiny box that's filled with ALLl victims who
    can't explain how they love their moms
    and all MY hands that retreat
    they try to slip right down their pussy
    but theres nothing that you thought is LONG

    but you are too beautiful to fuck
    you're too beautiful
    you are too beautiful to fuck
    you're too beautiful

    slice my eyes
    took me through another night that goes all night through
    tries to sieaze what their hearts have lost
    my best friend took me in
    and laid me down beside my own sin
    and I said "can you
    please forgive the love?"

    but you are too beautiful to fuck
    you're too beautiful
    you are too beautiful to fuck
    you're too beautiful
    Flag backyon November 15, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:songs about falling in love with your best friend.

    i saw them tonight and it was the most amazing show ever.
    Flag moniquedanielleon October 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:yeah, that little break in the middle is supposed to be a sound clip of a bar fight he was in... and yes a little porn haha
    Flag JoelCon September 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:gotta love that cymbal breakdown. The jingles really get to me.

    Also Kevin Drew is a god for the wicked song-gasms he creates,
    Flag russeon September 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this song is too beautiful to fuck. you must make sweet sweet love to it.
    Flag willlliwon August 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i hear "my best friend took me in and laid me down beside my own sin."

    agreed.
    Flag mistercrinkleson August 14, 2007   Link

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