Sexy sexy made up of plexi disasters
Pushing and pulling conservative rolling
Unlike plastic, easier to see through
Just like glass with no ring
Softer and sadder you sing
Sexy sexy do your thing
Learn to be shy and then you can sting
Plexi, plexi bend don't shatter
Once your broken shape won't matter

Your breaking your mind
By killing the time that kills you
But you can't blame the time
When its only in your mind

Quickly quickly grow and then you'll know
It is such and awkward show to see
And everyone you wanted to know
And everyone you wanted to meet
Have all gone away
Well they've all gone away

And now you're
Breaking your mind
By killing the time that kills you
But you cant blame the time
When its only in your mind

You're breaking your mind



Lyrics submitted by omoyaw

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    General Comment:I like the guesses everyone has posted.

    IMHO: the deeper meaning goes beyond all of the worldly things that have been ascribed here to the lyrics. There is no mention of a girl, or a surfboard. It is a love song, but it is written to you, and possibly to what is in himself that is also in you. I am in you as you are in me is a very old concept of great philosophical and transcendent power.

    It is not plastic, nor is it glass, it is easier to see through and has no ring.
    probably not air, but is something that must be broken. Time fits these things but it is not to be broken. Your mind must be broken. How??? by killing eliminating removing time. Why? because time kills you, it is the poison in your mind. its not time's fault, nor is it your fault, it is just an eternal truth. the more you turn away from all of that which is eternal, the more you bind your mind to time, that is what kills you.

    truly truly i say to you, those who understand this will be free from time and live forever. (paraphrased idea from those who have done it, told others, and now live in forever)

    if you open the eyes of your heart and grow, quickly quickly grow, you will then know that life made up of disasters is just such an awkward show to see, but that is all it is, a show, a dream, a movie that you live out in time. once you stop, be still, quiet your mind and listen to your heart it will tell you that it is only what you see, and it is not you at all, nothing in this world is you. you will begin to become shy, meek, flexible (like a reed in the wind of ancient chinese secrets), and you can sing, or talk, or act in a way that is more powerful and can sting effectually in life. In order to do so you must break your shape. think of a vase as your body and mind. that is what must be broken, and what is in the vase (space) looses its form. this is your spirit. ask any free spirited person and they will tell you what you are in this world does not matter because your spirit will tell you what to do and be. Only then will the things you think you want and the people in your life will melt away, or will go away and it will be ok because 'they have all gone away'

    keep breaking your mind. do not be conformed to this world, do not let it dictate to you what you are, but be transformed by a renewal of your mind. only you have this power, the power to choose...free will. it will be what it is and just accepting it will free your spirit. your worries and fears will leave you, and you will realize that god is doing for you what you cannot do for yourself...but you must ask him for what you need, and you will receive it if you see, just look around all around you and keep looking for his answers and you will find them because nothing in your world happens by chance.

    god, was that you? did i just hear it, see it, feel it, by pass 'disaster' because of you?
    yes my child, it was me. do not fear these things, but feel them and laugh in joy, cry in sorrow, because it is all going to change, and really you are just along for the ride.

    Why would Jacks songs have such a deep and resonant message? I believe, having surfed, that he has had a lot of time in the spirit, in god, sitting and waiting for a wave. By losing what he loved he was broken away from it all. He is bringing you a message. I think it is prophetic. Deny it if you want, but i tell you the truth here. Denying the truth is like killing all the prophets that have come before and said the same thing in different words. This thing we cling to called life, is done in error. Fear fuels it. fear is in one sense just the idea that we may loose something important, but none of this life is important because it all will change, and there is nothing you can do about it. the future is something that does not exist, literally and figuratively, it is only a shadow of time created by your memory of what you have seen or done. the past is written and does not change. only this moment is real and from hour to minute to second to now is the path we all walk. just try to tell someone exactly what time it is, you cannot. by the time words leave your mouth and reach their ear, it has 'gone away'.

    the gift of this is learning to understand and live it, the better you get the slower time will go by, until it goes away all together. this is just a reprieve from the next disaster the pulls you back into the time in your mind.

    go and kill your time. tell those you love and those you hate what it means. shed away your fears so you can be in that moment of eternity.

    i have done this only a few times effectively, but i keep trying, always wanting to put it first in my mind, that all of this is only temporary.
    Flag rowyourboatlifeisbutadreamon May 29, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I think the song is about a girl

    I think it's saying to "bend" as in to try to fit in, and when it says "bend don't shatter" it means to try to fit in but not to forget who you are or lose yourself. And when it says "unlike plastic, easier to see through" means she's not completely fake since you can still see who she is but she's "just like glass with no ring" means you can see through her act and see the real her but she can't stand up for herself and then people realize what she's doing and leave her, hence "everyone you wanted to see, and everyone you wanted to meet, have all gone away" and when it sas "you're breaking your mind by killing the time that kills you" means she's going crazy and losing her mind because she's trying so hard to fit in.
    Flag MikeyL95on October 04, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:ITS ABOUT A GIRL PEOPLE not a surfboard or waves.

    Sexy Sexy made up of plexi disasters
    -Shes made up of so many issues, shes a wreck

    Pushing and pulling conservative rolling
    - She tries so hard to find out who she is pushing and pulling, but one things for sure....shes conservative in the way she dresses and for the most part thinks

    Unlike plastic, easier to see through
    -Shes not fake at all. Shes very real and shes obviously an open book, she doesn't hide her issues very well and is a bad liar, you can see right though her

    Just like glass with no ring
    - *Just like glass
    Shes transparent as a glass ( Diff from the others so she can't hide)
    * With no ring
    Shes not married, plain and simple

    Softer and sadder you sing
    - She sings a lot and the more she does the sadder she gets, probably because of all of her issues and her trying to find herself has left her in a place of just darkness so the songs that are her own are sad

    Sexy Sexy do your thing
    - Shes very much her own person so just keep doing your own thing girl

    Learn to be shy and then you can sting
    - Learn to be shy......... and then when the times right you can get get back at everyone who was mean to you!!! laugh in their faces when you rise

    Plexi, plexi bend don't shatter
    -conform to fit in but dont break yourself by doing it, still maintain yourself

    Once you're broken, shape won't matter
    - For some reason her shape has become broken, she probably was anorexic or bulimic (same girl from posters) and she probably comes to a point where she just gives up trying to control her weight but at this point she has outgrown caring when she looks like because her 'sun' loves her no matter what weight she is. Same goes for her, she will love him at anyweight, no matter what his shape looks like either

    You're breaking your mind by killing the time that kills you
    - Shes a heavy heavy thinker, and she has sooooo much time on her hands that she literally BREAKS her mind, probably puts herself in the hospital because of her mind, she literally has a nervous break down but if you were poor sexy and had to deal with what she deals with you would have one too!

    but you can't blame the time when its only in your mind
    - I dont get this line, i think it means just don't blame the time because its yourfault for letting your mind kill you...but sexy doesnt get killed, shes still has stinging to do and an akward show to see

    Quickly quickly grow and then you'll know
    It is such and awkward show to see
    - When this all comes out to the public that this girl plexi really exists.......its going to be ONE AKWARD SHOW FOR YOU PLEXI.....hopefully not though, hopefully jacks wrong on this cuz that would just suck if it was akward for her after everythings she been through

    And everyone you wanted to know
    And everyone you wanted to meet
    Have all gone away
    Well they've all gone away
    - Have no idea


    I'm pretty sure im more right than most people, does anyone think this and what the person above me said was more correct????
    Flag lorelie11on September 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:At first I had no idea what this songs meant, but with the other comments i combined my comments and the others together to understand more the song but i still don't get it fully. But anyways here are parts that I think mean. Over all i think the song is about a girl that trys to fit in. I agree with jessthink that jack is comparing the girl to a glass.

    Sexy Sexy made up of plexi disasters
    -Shes made up of problems and disasters

    Pushing and pulling conservative rolling
    (Im not sure about this but there actions so i'm assuming its)
    - Shes trying hard to fit in

    Unlike plastic, easier to see through
    -Shes easier to judge more because we can see right straight through her that she's different then the others

    Just like glass with no ring
    - *Just like glass
    Shes transparent as a glass ( Diff from the others so she can't hide)
    * With no ring
    Shes can't stand up for herself so anyone can fool her.

    Softer and sadder you sing
    - Something that has to do with her bieng in pain or sad

    Sexy Sexy do your thing
    - Keep trying to fit in

    Learn to be shy and then you can sting
    - Learn to be......... and then you can get peoples attention

    Plexi, plexi bend don't shatter
    -By showing people that you want to be accepted for who you are, don't try fitting in by being someone else beacause you'll end up hurting yourself.

    Once you're broken, shape won't matter
    - Once you brake into depression you're impact on the out side (fitting in) wont matter anymore. Because if you continue to being someone different and trying hard to fit in you'll keep hurting yourself so why be someone else? Cause that won't matter to you anymore.

    You're breaking your mind by killing the time that kills you
    - Shes hurting herself by acting like others and not being the real her.

    but you can't blame the time when its only in your mind
    - She can't blame the others for her trying to be different because it is her descision on what she wants to be. No one can decided for her. She might feel presured but its not deciding for her

    Quickly quickly grow and then you'll know
    It is such and awkward show to see
    - Quickly realize and then you'll know that being someone different is not the right way to fit it.

    And everyone you wanted to know
    And everyone you wanted to meet
    Have all gone away
    Well they've all gone away
    - Because she tries hard to be different she missed her opportunity to meet new people or they're just annoyed of her because shes not her.


    I don't tihnk everything i said it right but its just my opinion.
    Flag loviie_96on March 09, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I get the impression that he is talking about a girl who is trying to be older than she really is, by "killing the time that kills you." This can be seen when he says "unlike plastic, easier to see through," which expresses that she is completely fake. These themes come up again several times, such as when he says "quickly quickly grow and then you'll know it's such an awful sight to see." Also, fight after that, when he says "everyone you wanted to know, and everyone you wanted to meet have all gone away," which suggests, to me at least, that the attention she receives now will fade, along with many offers for her future.
    Flag muhcaon November 30, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Sounds like a prostitute to me. Ha. But seriously... this "plexi" glass girl sounds fake. She pretends to do so many things, but she just... doesn't. She's a fake, fake, fake. Plexi glass is, afterall, a fake glass.

    Kind of reminds me of most teenagers today. Many girls throw themselves away on love through sex and beauty through pain.
    Flag mindpokeron November 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:and just so you know... my first paragraph was meant to mean like "hes not literally singing about glass... or a surfboard"

    :) so that theres no confusion... the first few who commented on this thought it was seriously glass... so yeah.
    Flag jesusfreaknycon August 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:well firstly, i dont see why JACK JOHNSON would sing about glass or a surfboard [for the first couple of people that posted comments] if you know anything about Jack, he loves to use symbolism and allegories.

    secondly, i think he is talking about a girl. a sexy girl whose obbessed about her looks and trying to impress. and shes got a lot of issues behind her sexiness. and shes not really good about hiding her issues because shes constantly breaking down "easier to see through" and shes having sex unmarried "with no ring" and shes depressed and broken over it or is feeling low "softer and sadder you sing" since most whores have very low self esteem. maybe hes saying if she would stop doing that and not have to break down all the time her image wouldnt matter so much to her "shape wont matter" and shes killing herself over time that is only in her head and she blames the time for her actions. and everyones left her because she was such a whore. and whores are only used. and shes wasting time by doing this whoreish stuff and shes dying inside.

    could be symbolism for a lot of teenage girls...

    not totally sure about this stuff... they are very complex lyrics.
    of course it makes it all the more fun to think about and try to comprehend...
    Flag jesusfreaknycon August 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i always compare songs to my life so this what it means to me:

    seeing an older guy, its just sex to him but maybe you want more. everyone else can see its a 'disaster' 'easier to see through' and that you're stretching yourself, compromising in hope that things will be more than sex 'breaking your mind' and its so obvious to everyone else that its wrong 'awkward show to see'. jack's saying look at all the people and things you're missing out on by staying and trying to make this work, 'everyone you wanted to meet have all gone away'. he's saying grow up so you can see what we see- thats its all a mistake 'quickly quickly grow and then you'll know'. its saying, just be yourself, you're sexy as you are, don't change and bend so much for this guy that you break cos its not worth it.

    im sure this isnt how jack means the lyrics but its what it means to me. meanwhile, im still with the guy!?!?!?
    Flag a1118801on March 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i think hes using the surfboard as a metaphore for a girl
    Flag SomePurpleGuyon November 01, 2006   Link

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