We share a joke in the bath,
I know how to make you laugh,
No hang-ups between us,
Not like the other girls in class,
You're different,
Confident,
All secrets safe with me,
Red lipstick on my cheek,
Your love bites last all week girl.

You can't tell,
You can't tell,
Can't tell anyone
(What we've got going on)
Don't tell,
Don't tell,
Don't tell anyone
(What we've got going on)
We hold hands,
We got plans but,
Don't tell anyone
(What we've got going on)
You can't tell,
You can't tell,
Can't tell anyone
(What we've got going on)

Our love is one others,
Could never come to understand,
When we lie close your heart beats so hard,
I can hear it with my hands,
We laugh but if father,
Ever caught your legs wrapped around me,
He'd tear you from out my arms,
And we'd be history girl.

Don't let them see us hold hands,
Our love is one they'd never understand.

You can't tell,
You can't tell,
Can't tell anyone
(What we've got going on)
Don't tell,
Don't tell,
Don't tell anyone
(What we've got going on)
We hold hands,
We got plans but,
Don't tell anyone
(What we've got going on)
You can't tell,
You can't tell,
Can't tell anyone
(What we've got going on)



Lyrics submitted by christophe2009

Track duration: 03:49

"MJ" as written by Kai Fish, Henry William Harrison, Steven Blaine Harrison, William Rees, Kapil Trivedi

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:@TerminalDescent - I originally mis-read your comment but I agree entirely. It's got to be the speaker & his sister in the bath together. So I imagine possibly twins? Can't think of any other situation that a brother/sister would be in class together due to age differences? (And assuming the brother is not old enough to be teaching a class she's in..?)
    Flag thracianiion January 02, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:oh okay i get it. misread, through you said 'not about incest', see now that it is. jolly good.
    Flag ctfoon February 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:oh okay i get it. misread, thought you said 'not about incest', see now that it is. jolly good.
    Flag ctfoon February 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:woah woah woah, @terminaldescent (morbid name), explain! please!
    Flag ctfoon February 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:who cares!!
    Thiss song is awsome
    i was singing it at falls for three hours and couuldn't even remember what song i was singing.
    Mystery Jets were Great live!
    Flag botkolon January 29, 2009   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:No, it is about incest.
    I came here from an interview with xFM about the album, and Blaine says of the secret in this song "There's one line in there that changes what you think the song's about".

    The line being, I reckon:
    "We laugh but if father"
    Not your father, or my father. But father. OUR father.

    Listen to it again, and think why they'd be in the bath together if it's all secret.
    (And people who reacted so badly... have you never listened to any Pixies?)
    Flag TerminalDescenton December 01, 2008   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:i will listen to this song the day somebody can confirm its not about incest. *shudders*
    Flag OurLastMemoryon October 20, 2008   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:I think it's called irony mate.

    The song obviously relates to people who have been forced under circumstance whether it's social or otherwise to keep their relationship under lock and key. You utter complete Turnip!
    Flag jamiekerryon August 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:It was in an NME interview (which I have unfortunately lost) and they said it was about incest
    Flag MuchTooMuchon July 01, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i thought it was about a teacher/pupil relationship?
    Flag jopzorzon June 23, 2008   Link

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