Let me take this awkward saw
And run it against your thighs
Cut some flesh away
I'll carry this piece of you with me
Because all I can say tonight
is that I hate you
But it would be all right
If we could see each other sometime
If I could somehow make you mine
And if not I'll take my spoons
And dig out your blue eyes
I'll swallow them down to my colon
They're gonna burn like hell tonight
Because you're beautiful
Just not on the inside
Light comes from within
And your beaming eyes don't seem so bright
My heart is on the floor
Why don't you step on it?
When I think of all the things you've done
Boardwalks and breaking waves
Made our Saturdays
I'd buy you lemonade right now
if you were here
But then I'd throw it in your face
And I'd listen to you cry
And I'd remember how I miss
our nights under ocean skies
You and I are like when fire
and the ocean floor collide.


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    Heartbreakingly violent. I LOVE this song.

    krushzedon January 08, 2002   Link
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    i absolutely love this song! not only is it about hating that one person, but also reminiscing the past and thinkin about the future with them...strange, yet ingenious.

    stokified912on January 12, 2002   Link
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    can't fathom life without this song.

    thegreenquetzalon March 21, 2002   Link
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    Me and some of my pals performed this song for a girl that screwed me over, and all I can say is it pretty much said what I had to say. STD rocks. Good hate song.

    knippkiddon January 25, 2002   Link
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    I'm with you KnippKidd, definitly a song to sing to a girl who screws you over, but I think he is singing about a girl who all of the sudden just quit on him, this is the pissed of stage where you want to hurt the person just as much as they hurt you, you know what I am sayin'? Anyways, STD rules, emo music rules, best song is Three Miles Down.

    rugbystud2001on January 27, 2002   Link
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    yes definitly, i can feel it everytime i hear this song anger and pain when that night came wonderfull

    reysthedayon February 06, 2002   Link
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    i actually disgree with you guys. i think it's in the tradition of saves the day. it's a song about how he's bitter because he can't be with her. he wants the girl, but she doesn't want him

    necessityon March 02, 2002   Link
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    I think it is about how he puts his all into this one girl and then gets screwed over by her cheating on him in some fashion or whatever.... anyway it's a good song.

    Bilmanon March 03, 2002   Link
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    This is about a beautiful girl who wasn't so nice.... "Because you're beautiful Just not on the inside" I have had experience with this type before. Oh yeah and STD don't consider themselve Emo at all.

    TheDoodon March 14, 2002   Link
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    yeah im going to guess NONE of you have ever had real feelings and emotions for a girl because some of you i dont think could be any more wrong. "If I could somehow make you mine And if not I'll take my rusty spoons And dig out your blue eyes I'll swallow them down to my colon They're gonna burn like hell tonight "

    he wants what he cant have. he wants her but she doesnt want him in return. he only hates her because he cant have her (i should kno).

    "Because you're beautiful Just not on the inside Light comes from within And your beaming eyes don't seem so bright My heart is on the floor Why don't you step on it? "

    shes beatiful on the outside but not on the inside. she obviously is goodlooking and she is not only mean but maybe she is a slut and has no self esteem("just not on the inside")

    and "my heart is on the floor why dont you step on it" obviously means she has broken/crushed his heart that had all the love in the world for her

    "When I think of all the things you've done Boardwalks and breaking waves Made our Saturdays I'd buy you lemonade right now if you were here But then I'd throw it in your face And I'd listen to you cry "

    he loves her so much but hates her at the same time becauase of all she has put him through. maybe he doesnt want to love her anymore but his heart will always love her and he hates her for makin him fall in love with her

    "And I'd remember how I miss our nights under ocean skies You and I are like when fire and the ocean floor collide."

    i think that is just saying they are so different , she isnt beautiful on the inside yet he has all the love in the world for her

    i could be wrong on all of it but , thats just my two cents, pick it up or kick them down the street :)

    blue black aboveon March 23, 2002   Link

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