Lyrics for Do You Like Me as interpreted by PLANES

Do You Like Me Lyrics
your eyes like crashing jets fixed in stained glass but not religious you should pay rent in my mind say like the french say bon soir regret a demain do you like me i guess white witness moves to petition the state of virginia for 27 prisons while in bethesda an office flaming youth group singing firemen calling in lockheed lockheed martin marietta do you like me i guess end of the lesson time for one question end of the lesson time for one more question do you like me



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atribecalledmel
05-28-2002

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fugazi is the best. 'you should pay rent in my mind.' pure genius.

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tyler magyar
06-07-2004

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awesome song awesome lyrics

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starvethehungrybee
11-01-2004

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What does "bon soir regret a demain" mean?

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shadowwiththeeyes
11-02-2004

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"bon soir" means 'goodbye' or 'good evening' or something.

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stormcloud
11-14-2004

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he's obsessed with a girl in his class..thinks about her all the time 'you should pay rent in my mind' all he wants to do is figure out if the rumours and eye contact actually mean something (does she like him!?) the thought of her liking him is on his mind constantly and all he wants to do is talk to her and ask her ...he always regrets it the next day when he chickens out and leaves the lesson without stopping to talk to her 'bon soir regret a demain '(something like 'good night,ill regret it tommorow!?)

now im completely stuck on what the middle bit means

but the last bit..is him screaming in his head 'DO YOU LIKE ME?!?!'..but not having enough courage to just ask her/approach her

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bamvolstone
12-13-2004

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stormcloud, that WOULD work if not for the second verse. I can't really see the second verse as an extended metaphor for anything, it's far too specific and direct

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rich79
12-19-2004

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I think 'bon soir regret a demain' means 'goodnight, sorry good morning' or something...

I read an interview with Guy where he said that the lyrics are basically two different ideas. The first verse is a love song, the second is a rant about Lockheed Martin's monopoly on arms manufacturing....there is no strict cnnection between the two and should be read separately as far as I can make out.

Great song though, in fact I'd say its probably (just) my favourite fugazi song, love the way it builds up!

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stormcloud
01-02-2005

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God well i guess that A in GCSE French really DID count for nothing!!:p

and as for rich79;'s theory..that sounds like a good explanation

ah i fucking love this song..the first lines are brilliant

ohhhhh..just had a thought.....maybe they are learning about lockhead martins monopoly on arms manufacturing in the lesson???

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Skaman2
01-03-2005

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Yes, I'm pretty sure the middle part is just bits of the lesson that drift in between his thoughts.

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the_sharpie
01-15-2005

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I think that's a really cool idea, about them being taught about lockhead martins monopoly in the lesson.
But from the interviews I've read, he just put different ideas together in some lyrics... and that they aren't related.

Would be class if they were though, it would make a bit more sense.

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Bellyfull of Swans
01-17-2005

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Im not sure what bon soir means, but Bon Jovi is french for "Good Jovi"

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gibbetted
07-16-2005

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haha, thanks genius.

it means "good evening"

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proxima
11-09-2005

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bon soir means good evening. regret would probably be i'm sorry. a demain means until tomorrow.

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alana_zim
01-20-2006

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bon soir regret a demain means good evening regret has tomorrow

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versusadam
02-26-2006

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ugh, jesus. the line should read, "bon soir, regrette. à demain," which means, "good evening, i'm sorry. see you tomorrow."

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joshwasinger
05-03-2006

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i think pretty much everyone is off so far. Lockheed Martin is a nuclear arms manufacturing company (currently ran by dick cheney's wife). "do you like me" could be metaphorical, but i can only see "Lockheed Martin" being literal. other than that i cant make any sense of the lyrics. cause none of it seems parallel.

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joshwasinger
05-03-2006

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i think pretty much everyone is off so far. Lockheed Martin is a nuclear arms manufacturing company (currently ran by dick cheney's wife). "do you like me" could be metaphorical, but i can only see "Lockheed Martin" being literal. other than that i cant make any sense of the lyrics. cause none of it seems parallel.

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Omnicide
08-14-2006

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Ha, this song sums-up puberty for me completely.

The song swings between unrequited high-school crushs (and the 'I guess' apathy) and teenage concern and anger over politics (Lockheed), but after all, like in high school.

The tune, like a teenager, mood-swings between the two themes, but returns to the crush theme for the end. as ever, wanting affection is always, even if secretly, more important and desired in the end.

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replica8715
10-16-2006

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I love how the title to this song sounds so childlike and teenagery (?) but then its something that people always want to ask. I totally understand the frustration in this song.

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been training dogs
12-26-2006

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Lockheed Martin are a defence contractor for the US department of defense....other than that i have no idea what this song is about.
Cool song tho.

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earthstar_puffball
04-28-2007

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The schoolboy theory sounds about right to me, but I think there's a problem in how the lyrics are displayed, all paragraph-y. I think he asks her, "Do you like me?" and she says, "I guess" and it's like waah-waah-waaaaaah things were not as heated and passionate as I played them out to be in my mind. The middle part also needs to be more spaced out in lines to be clear. As he's frustrated and pubertytastic rednecks and soccer moms petition for more prisons. In Bethesda, an office is on fire. A church youth group is singing, maybe holding hands in a circle with their eyes closed. Firemen are calling in "Lockheed! Lockheed! Martin Marietta!" which may be a specific model they want, since I remember Amelia Earhart flew a Lockheed Electra airplane. Just scenes of random "Meanwhile..."s It would be groovy to see it in a film format. But yeah. Man, I like this song.

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yenpox
08-31-2007

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Around the time Red Medicine was recorded, Lockheed and Martin Marietta began negotiating a merger, which was completed in 1995. Bethesda is where the Lockheed Martin headquarters are located.

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virescent
01-24-2009

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it's about what you want it to be about. but while it's about on the surface some obsession or romance it is also, in parallel a mocking of the romance that is a merger between two companies that manufacture arms/profit from warfare. Their love made Lockheed Martin. They make warplanes among other things.

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haiwan
09-03-2009

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I always took the line "bon soir regret, a demain" to mean "good night regret, until tomorrow," as to describe a feeling of no regret until the morning after

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kyeo
12-23-2009

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Haiwan and Virescent are right.

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