Chairlift – Bruises

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I tried to do handstands for you
I tried to do headstands for you
Every time I fell on you yeah every time I fell
I tried to do handstands for you
But every time I fell for you
I'm permanently black and blue, permanently blue
For you

I tried to do handstands for you
I tried to do headstands for you
Every time I fell on you yeah every time I fell
I tried to do handstands for you but every time I fell for you
I'm permanently black and blue, permanently blue

For you ooh
For you ooh
So black and blue ooh
For you ooh

I grabbed some frozen strawberries so I could ice your bruising knees
But frozen things they all unfreeze and now I taste like
All those frozen strawberries I used to chill your bruising knees,
Hot July ain't good to me
I'm pink and black and blue
(for you)

I got bruises on my knees for you
And grass stains on my knees for you
Got holes in my new jeans for you
Got pink and black and blue

Got bruises on my knees for you
And grass stains on my knees for you
Got holes in my new jeans for you
Got pink and black and blue

For you ooh
For you ooo
So black and blue ooh
For you ooh

Do doo do do do
Do doo do do do
Do doo do do do
Do doo do do do
Do doo do do do

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Track duration: 04:02

"Bruises" as written by Caroline Elizabeth Polachek, Jonathan Patrick Wimberly, Aaron Marshall Davis

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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    General Comment:I always wonder if the first line of this song came from the beginning of this Das Racist video. youtube.com/…

    I really hope so.
    Flag SomethingCleveron January 11, 2013   Link
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    Song Meaning:To all those who think this song's about sex: youtube.com/…
    Flag 5haunon October 21, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:Okay, let's be honest, if you say this song isn't about sex or sex acts, than you are the one looking too deeply! She's talking about performing oral sex and or regular sex. However, she's not being distasteful. It's nice that a female singer can be tastefully in control of her own sexuality, because in the media woman are too often depicted as loose or easy if they mention liking sex, whereas men can do whatever.

    Black and blue? Bruises on her knees? Falling ON him? right.... sex, but they are talking about making love! It's refreshing, a song about sex, but passionate and loving sex, not just about the carnal desires most songs are about.
    Flag momentummmon July 01, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I'm honestly not sure where everyone gets their ideas that this song is about sex, in any way shape or form. Sometimes people look too deeply past the lyrics and try to pull sex from it. I think it's just a simply sweet song, nothing more. Maybe about someone who is trying their hardest to impress someone they love - "I tried to do headstands for you" - and failing: "Every time I fell". Whoever it is they love remains unimpressed and it hurts, symbolized by getting bruises and staining her jeans etc.
    Flag rougokuon January 30, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I'd like to go with the "sweet and innocent" meaning of this song too, but the little things like "Every time I fell ON you" instead of "Every time I fell FOR you", and the super steamy music video really makes me think otherwise. Plus, who writes all those lines specifically about their knees a lot without noticing it could be taken the wrong way...
    Flagged Jahydinon January 24, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song is nothing to do with anything sexual. Get your head out of the gutter ;)

    When she says she "tired to do handstands for you" she's saying I tried to do everything for you.
    The bruises, grass stains, and holes in her "new" jeans are all representation of her falling hard for him. So much that she ended up getting hurt.

    He "grabs frozen strawberries" as in he tries to fix it, but the damage has been done. She's already "permanently black and blue" this time. Now he's left with the "frozen strawberries" as in the things they had between each other. Kind of like when you go through a break up and you see something of theirs at your place.

    It's summer love. Could be a fling, but nothing sexual. The upbeat tempo hints that they are young I think also.
    Flag Starsmyleon December 28, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:The song's about an effeminate gay dude having big time blue bawls for a dude who likes frozen strawberries.
    Flagged whatwouldspockdoon October 14, 2011   Link
  • -1
    My Interpretation:The song's about an effeminate gay dude having big time blue bawls for a dude who likes frozen strawberries.
    Flagged whatwouldspockdoon October 14, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:The song's about an effeminate gay dude having big time blue bawls for a dude who likes frozen strawberries.
    Flagged whatwouldspockdoon October 14, 2011   Link
  • -1
    My Interpretation:The song's about an effeminate homo dude who has big time blue bawls for a dude who likes frozen strawberries.
    Flagged whatwouldspockdoon October 14, 2011   Link

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