Lyrics for The Strangers as interpreted by iambones

The Strangers Lyrics
Lover, I don't play to win
Befall the thrill until I'm spent
Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

I threw flowers in your face on my sister's wedding day
Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

You showed up with a black eye looking to go start a fight
Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

Playboys under your mattress, like I wouldn't notice
Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

What do I share?
What do I keep from all the strangers who sleep where I sleep

Desperate don't look good on you, neither does your virtue
Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

Good souls have won better sons, better sons were worse once
Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

What do I share?
What do I keep from all the stranger who sleep where I sleep

You showed up with a black eye looking to finish a fight
Lover, I don't play to win
Befall the thrill until I'm spent
Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

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letmegohome
03-26-2009

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Lover, I don't play to win,
"befall the thrill until I'm spent"




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letmegohome
03-26-2009

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Lover, I don't play to win,
Befall the thrill until I'm spent

Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

I threw flowers in your face
On my sisters wedding day

Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

You showed up with a black eye
Looking to go start a fight

Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

Playboys under the mattress
Like I wouldn't notice

Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

What do I share
What do I keep
From all the strangers who sleep where I sleep

Desperate don't look good on you
Neither does your virtue

Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker

Good souls have won better sons,
Better souls grow worse ones (?)

What do I share
What do I keep
From all the strangers who sleep where I sleep

You showed up with a black eye
Looking to finish a fight

Lover, I don't play to win
Befall the thrill until I'm spent

Paint the black hole blacker
Paint the black hole blacker



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shakelly_blackmouth
05-07-2009

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Desperate don't look good on you, neither does your virtue
Paint the black hole blacker

i love that part, i have no clue what does song means well,nothing
relevant at least.

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Teya
05-13-2009

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To me, this song is about a jilted lover. She's discovered that her significant other is a liar and a cheater. She says that she threw her flowers in his face at her sister's wedding, and you can picture her being pissed when she sees him and throwing her bride's maid flowers at him. "Paint the black hole blacker" to me, refers to her anger building as the situation escalates. And worse, he's shown up at her sister's wedding to confront her, potentially ruining her sister's day. It talks about how he had a black eye when he showed up and that he looked as if he was wanting to finish a fight. The song also makes mention to some other problems they were having, like finding playboys under his mattress. And she asks him what really seperates her from the other girls he has lieing in his bed. However, for all her anger, she goes out of her way to say that she wasnt really dating him to "win", but that she was going for the thrill of it until she got bored. .....So, Iguess in the end, if she didnt really care, then she didnt lose too much.

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DevastatorJr.
05-14-2009

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She's sort of like a demented Disney character, a photo-negative Snow White. I like it.

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cinderphantom
05-21-2009

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i kind of agree with teya, but to me, its like she just found out that her lover ahs been a liar and cheated on her or something and like when she says "Paint the black whole blacker," shes saying that everything the guy does now is just making it worse, like he just keeps digging his whole deeper with every apology with flowers or guilt trips and shes not falling for them.

i love this song anyways hahaha she says that she likes to make music thats all nice and pretty, but then there's a dark weird side in them. like a faitytale/nightmare thing happening and i totally see it! GREAT song :D

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rjd
05-22-2009

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I think third to last verse should be:

Good souls have won better sons
Better sons won worse ones


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politics
06-12-2009

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You showed up with a black eye looking to finish a fight
Lover, I don't play to win

LOVE IT.

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vandalreiser
06-29-2009

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This is a song about a woman who feels she is trapped and living with strangers(her family).

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satchelack
07-16-2009

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I think it's:

Lover, I don't play to win
But for the thrill until I'm spent


And then at the end:

Good souls have borne better sons
Better souls born worse once



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carbonated_pears
08-17-2009

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"I think it's:

Lover, I don't play to win
But for the thrill until I'm spent"

I agree. It doesn't sound like she's saying "befall."


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BrentLong
10-08-2009

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Direct from the vinyl slipcover:
"...but for the thrill until I'm spent"

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