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Right foot
Followed by your left foot
Will guide you home before your curfew
and into your bed
Standing on our tip-toes
Peering through open windows
I swear I heard my name
Sitting with the lights off
Waiting for my brain to storm
Trying to work things out
It's thunder and it's lighting
And it's all things too frightening
I could barely see outside
Your body was black and blue
Being struck twice was nothing new
Your body was black and blue
Being struck twice was nothing new
Your body was black and blue (x7)
YOUR BODY WAS BLACK
And it's thunder
And it's lightning
Coming home
And it's thunder
And it's lightning
Coming back
Your body was black and blue
Your body was black and blue
And your body...
I have to say goodnight
I'm leaving before you're punching out my lights
I'm leaving.
Followed by your left foot
Will guide you home before your curfew
and into your bed
Standing on our tip-toes
Peering through open windows
I swear I heard my name
Sitting with the lights off
Waiting for my brain to storm
Trying to work things out
It's thunder and it's lighting
And it's all things too frightening
I could barely see outside
Your body was black and blue
Being struck twice was nothing new
Your body was black and blue
Being struck twice was nothing new
Your body was black and blue (x7)
YOUR BODY WAS BLACK
And it's thunder
And it's lightning
Coming home
And it's thunder
And it's lightning
Coming back
Your body was black and blue
Your body was black and blue
And your body...
I have to say goodnight
I'm leaving before you're punching out my lights
I'm leaving.
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("Sih-tehng")
"I'm leaving before your punching out my lights"
"...It struck twice there's nothing new"
The boy swears he hears his name, either b/c she is calling for help, or the Dad knew who she was with, and does not like the guy, and/or he is just an abusive father....I think the father starts beating the girl- black and blue,but that is nothing new, b/c her father prob. beats her all the time, b/c he struck you but "no where new".
The thunder and lightning are prob metaphors for the beatings, b/c she gets beat when she gets home.
The boy is either watching this feeling helpless, and has to leave for good b/c either he is afraid (the coward remark above fits with this)their relationship is the reason she is getting beat, or he is afraid the dad will find him and beat the shit out of him. The last line could be I'm leaving for the beatings you get and for my life, or I am leaving for your punches (he feels guilty)or b4 he is punching out my lights.
This song is so beautiful and haunting, and so sad!
I'm guessing the person feels guilt, or remorse, that they have caused so much pain to their significant other. The line "waiting for my brain to start" (or "storm" as some have suggested), amidst the imagery of thunder and lightning striking seems like it's speaking about rage: since he is unable to get the brain to do what it normally does, which is to think.
This leads me to believe, along with the lines "Your body was black and blue/It struck twice there's nothing new" and the fact that we all know that there may eventually be a lightning storm during rainy seasons, that this is in fact a metaphor for a very violent relationship. Maybe an argument turned violent and he struck his significant other in such a way that they are now struggling to even get up and walk. The paranoia that someone was watching is evident from "standing on tip-toes" and the guilt of "oh God, not again," from the "there's nothing new."
The last lines all indicate a bit of cowardice - rather than deal with the real problem (his own rage), he is simply going to leave. This isn't to say he's gone forever, he may just cool off, come back and sweet talk the girl/guy back into his life only to have the cycle repeat itself again.
These are, after all, very frightening things in a relationship.
Waiting for my brain to storm". But it could be me mistranslating because of his accent.