Tegan and Sara – One Second

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I cram it in
I try my best to scream
And when I find myself outside your house
I'm trying hard to figure where you're at
Oh, oh, oh
I just need a second

I feel the burn inside my inner thigh
I feel the slightest touch and I might die
And so I figure run and hide
Oh, oh, oh
I just need a second

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Where do you go
When you're not here with me?

And when I cry I do it all alone
And on the floor
I get myself into the moment
Lose myself completely on it
Oh, oh, oh
I just need a second

I like to think you think about me like
I like to think about you
Later I'll be thinking of this moment
And I'm waiting
Oh, oh, oh
I just need a second

And when the spell is cast
I feel myself, I'm falling fast
I get myself into the way
Of the things I want to say to you
Oh, oh, oh
I just need a second

Oh, oh, oh, oh
What do you do
When I'm not there with you?

And when I cry I do it all alone
And on the floor
I get myself into the moment
Lose myself completely on it
Oh, oh, oh
I just need a second

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Where do you go
When you're not here with me?

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    General Comment:bongomar, if this song is about crying (and i do believe you), what does the "burn inside my inner thigh" mean?
    Flag CarosLineson December 22, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:Tegan said during a concert this year at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney that this song is simply about crying.
    Flag bongomaron December 07, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:'I like to think you think about me like I like to think about you" I always sing that. I love it
    Flag ahaaaon September 01, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:She said it has nothing to do with a relationship just that she moved into an old house with a friend and when making songs her friend would sing it lol. She says its aobut her being a loser lol but i dunno i doubt it.
    Flag TRQSKQon December 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:danilenae I think it is at some point about masterbating.
    but i also agree with palindrome that's a really great theory and it makes great sense
    Flag anabopon July 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:OMG - palindrome !!!

    thats fucking awesome!!!
    i think this song is a fucking great song and that it was just like about how sometimes ya get abit crazed with feelings,like even the music in this song sounds like really busy or crazy like heaps of thoughts in ya head but seriously what PALINDROME wrote i love the way ya think thats so awesome dude!!!
    Flag dancingwithmyselfon June 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:at first i thought about the lyrics literally, but now i'm wondering if tegan is refering to the mind of the person and where their thoughts are instead of their body physically. the whole "when i find myself outside your house, i'm trying hard to figure where you went" could be interpreted metaphorically as finding herself outside someone's thoughts. and the "where do you go when you're not here with me" could be her asking where their thoughts are if they're not with her. or maybe that's just me
    Flag palindromeon March 07, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song to me is about trying to confess that you like someone but it's hard to do but that's just my interpretation.
    Flag vegetable_carroton January 26, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think its purposely about both... i think its showing two extremes... ecstasy & agony that love can bring
    Flag themusicsaveson December 01, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:At first I thought that, but now I think it's about being completely lovesick and losing yourself in that feeling. When she says "when I cry I do it all alone and on the floor" I think the "do it" refers to the crying. The ohhhhs sound like crying moans to me. I felt this way before and listened to "Unchained Melody" over and over - it was pretty sad actually.
    Flag cat.eveon November 28, 2007   Link

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