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I wake up, my shoulders cold
I've got to leave here, before I go
I pull my shirt on, walk out the door
Drag my feet along the floor
I pull my shirt on, walk out the door
Drag my feet along the floor
Then I see you, you're walking 'cross the campus
Cruel professor studying romances
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
Walked to class, in front of ya
Spilled kefir on your keffiyeh
You look inside and turn to the door
Drag your feet along the floor
Then I see you, you're walking 'cross the campus
Cruel professor studying romances
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass
And I'm sleeping on the balcony after class
In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass
And I'm sleeping on the balcony after class
In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass
And I'm sleeping on the balcony after class
I've got to leave here, before I go
I pull my shirt on, walk out the door
Drag my feet along the floor
I pull my shirt on, walk out the door
Drag my feet along the floor
Then I see you, you're walking 'cross the campus
Cruel professor studying romances
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
Walked to class, in front of ya
Spilled kefir on your keffiyeh
You look inside and turn to the door
Drag your feet along the floor
Then I see you, you're walking 'cross the campus
Cruel professor studying romances
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass
And I'm sleeping on the balcony after class
In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass
And I'm sleeping on the balcony after class
In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass
And I'm sleeping on the balcony after class
Lyrics submitted by carlitalolitax
Track duration: 02:56
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*Giving someone the cold shoulder? Perhaps an ex?...
I've got to leave here, before I go
I pull my shirt on, walk out the door
Drag my feet along the floor
I pull my shirt on, walk out the door
Drag my feet along the floor
*He's dragging; he just went through a tough breakup/ rejection of some sort.
Then I see you, you're walking 'cross the campus
Cruel professor studying romances
*He sees this girl (person.. if you agree with the homosexual interpretations. But really it could be either, it doesn't matter) often. She is a "Cruel professor studying romances" because she is a tease. She is studying romance by playing with people's hearts, and she is a professor because she is also teaching him "lessons" in love/heartbreak.
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
*He still wants her, but she has rejected him. He has to see her often around campus, so he has to learn to act like he doesn't care about her anymore. How can he do that? It's difficult for him, her lesson hurts.
Walked to class, in front of ya
Spilled kefir on your keffiyeh
You look inside and turn to the door
Drag your feet along the floor
*This verse I'm not so sure about... Kefir is like a milky-yogurt drink, and a Keffiyeh is an arab head wrap. So maybe he is saying she is middle-eastern? I think she is proud of her ethnicity, and since he is mad at her he is "spilling" disdain on her, because to him there's nothing really substantial that he can make fun of about her (he's still in love with her).
In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass
And I'm sleeping on the balcony after class
*She is in a normal common place on campus, studying or something, and since it hurts him to see her and be around her all the time, he has to go to the balcony to get away from her.
"how am I supposed to pretend I never want to see you again"
and he is meaning how am I supposed to pretend that I never want to see you again.
like he still likes this person but they rejected him.
Anyone who has had a breakup yet remains on the same campus as their ex can relate to this song.
My girlfriend broke up with me yet we still go to the same school. It's a small campus. I'll occasionally see her around. It's awkward as all hell: how am I supposed to pretend? I never want to see her again.
"Walked to class, in front of ya
Spilled kefir on your keffiyeh
You look inside and turn to the door
Drag your feet along the floor"
rule out it being a relationship with the professor. the professor would have to be INFRONT of the student because he/she has to unlock the door.
No one has pointed this out yet, but a keffiyeh is something traditionally worn by males.. not females. :) I believe Batmanglij wrote the lyrics to this song, and he has since come out as being gay (out.com/…).
To me this song tells a story of falling in love with a male (possibly professor) who turns out to not be gay, and hence is not interested in a relationship. The line, "You look inside and turn to the door," to me means that when the person realizes Batmanglij is gay, he walks away (i.e., not interested).
Thoughts? I could be wrong here.. have been wrong many times. ;-)
The "Studying Romances" line is interesting, as year 12 English extension student study Romantic literature.
Ezra repeatedly talks about trying to get over the person, this is possibly because he knows he can't make any move on the girl because it's illegal/unethical.