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You had fun
But you couldn't get him out of the car
I guess mamma's boys only go so far
You went in and put a record on
To make it sound like someone was home
And thanked yourself for pouring
Yourself a drink
Try to figure out and laugh
Yourself to the showers
Burn yourself alive and join
The monster squad they say in this place
You can reinvent yourself
Well you've done it again, Virginia
Made another masterpiece while I was dreaming
How does it feel to feel like you?
Brilliant sugar, brilliant sugar
Brilliant sugar, turn over
A cool, tall
Drink of water is all you ever wanted to be
If you had another wish to wish
You'd be fun and moving
But you can't talk to people right
You can't tell a story
You're tall, long legged
And your heart's full of liquor
And me and everybody are just ice in a glass
Try to figure out and laugh
Yourself to the showers
Burn yourself alive and join
The monster squad they say in this place
You can reinvent yourself
Well you've done it again, Virginia
Made another masterpiece while I was dreaming
How does it feel to feel like you?
Brilliant sugar, brilliant sugar
Brilliant sugar, turn over
Well you've done it again, Virginia
Made another masterpiece while I was dreaming
How does it feel to feel like you?
Brilliant sugar, brilliant sugar
Brilliant sugar, turn over
But you couldn't get him out of the car
I guess mamma's boys only go so far
You went in and put a record on
To make it sound like someone was home
And thanked yourself for pouring
Yourself a drink
Try to figure out and laugh
Yourself to the showers
Burn yourself alive and join
The monster squad they say in this place
You can reinvent yourself
Well you've done it again, Virginia
Made another masterpiece while I was dreaming
How does it feel to feel like you?
Brilliant sugar, brilliant sugar
Brilliant sugar, turn over
A cool, tall
Drink of water is all you ever wanted to be
If you had another wish to wish
You'd be fun and moving
But you can't talk to people right
You can't tell a story
You're tall, long legged
And your heart's full of liquor
And me and everybody are just ice in a glass
Try to figure out and laugh
Yourself to the showers
Burn yourself alive and join
The monster squad they say in this place
You can reinvent yourself
Well you've done it again, Virginia
Made another masterpiece while I was dreaming
How does it feel to feel like you?
Brilliant sugar, brilliant sugar
Brilliant sugar, turn over
Well you've done it again, Virginia
Made another masterpiece while I was dreaming
How does it feel to feel like you?
Brilliant sugar, brilliant sugar
Brilliant sugar, turn over
Lyrics submitted by holybuble, edited by Brooksskoorb
You've Done It Again, Virginia Lyrics as written by Matthew D. Berninger Aaron Dessner
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I see the Virginia character as wanting to live this life of passion and intensity, but failing and drinking to compensate. She wants the boy to come in with her after a date, but he won't. She wants to be a funny, captivating person but the truth is that she can't talk to people easily and can't hold their attention.
I think perhaps she is in a way beautiful and worthwhile but she's so unsettled and difficult to connect with that no-one understands or fully appreciates her - "your heart's full of liquor/and me and everybody else are just ice in a glass", i.e. there's a lot going on inside but instead of being able to communicate it to people through a genuine connection she just pours her discontent into them. The image of "ice in a glass" suggests that she deals with others like they are empty vessels for her angst.
I love this interpretation, it's pretty much exactly how I see it. And I see that girl as myself. And now I've made you an empty vessel for me to pour my angst into...sorry about that lol