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Bite your tongue and smile,
Like every mother does an ugly child.
But the stars are leaking out,
Like spittle from a cloud,
Amassed resentment counting ounce and pound.
You're entertaining any doubt,
Because you had to know that I was fond of you,
Fond of Y-O-U,
Though I knew you masked your disdain.
I can see that change was just too hard for us,
Hard for us.
You always had to hold the reigns,
But where I'm headed, you just don't know the way.
So affections fade away,
And do adults just learn to play
The most ridiculous, repulsive games?
On the faith of ruddy sons,
And the double-barreled guns,
You better hurry,
Rabbit, run, run, run.
'Cause meeting you was fun,
And there's a lot of hungry howlers in this one cell.
We're taking it over,
Their brittle, thorny stems,
They break before they bend,
And neither one of us is one of them.
And the tails will never mend,
'Cause you had it in for me so long ago.
Boy, I still don't know,
I don't know why and I don't care,
Well, hardly anymore,
If you'd only seen yourself hating me.
Hating me,
When I've been so much more than fair.
But then you had to lay those feelings bare,
One thing I know still got you scared,
You're all that cold iron,
And never once aired of our dead.
You had to know that I was fond of you,
Fond of Y-O-U.
So I took your licks at the time,
And to change like that is just so hard to do,
Hard to do.
Don't let it whip-crack your life,
And bow out from the fight,
Those old pious sisters were right
The worst part is over,
Now, get back on that horse and ride.
Great Tune!
I agree!
This song will change your life.
If it hasn't done already, then don't wait for it.
With that said, I'd like to hear Chrissie Hynde sing the exact same song 
Lyrics matter. Dark lyrics matter .Dark matter matters.
Perhaps i should not get another liter out of the beer cooler.
Apropos of nothing, but Dark Matter...GREAT song by Porcupine Tree!
And what's up with that bizarre broken biology of the cover art?
Pretty much describes every Shins song ever! :)
This is not new. Listen to old Ted Hawkins.... the guy sang the most heartbreaking songs lyrically, but there wasn't a minor chord in any of his songs. Literally.
These guys are just sooo good!
Always jump up and dance at my desk to THE SHINS. 
Another innane opoinion on here
Always jump up and dance at my desk to THE SHINS. First time I heard this song and I am dancing in a book store
Always jump up and dance at my desk to THE SHINS. Pretty much describes every Shins song ever! :)
All that to say that times and tastes change. Bill and Rebecca - THANK YOU for helping me out in finding new music to listen to and not have to listen to crappy FM radio anymore!
me too
Top 25 for me
Clearly I've put this (buying this CD) off too long - considering I LOVE "Sea Legs" and seem to like several other tracks from this album - how does one buy music nowadays? Is it only MP3s, or can I buy an actual disc still?
I remember when I was a paperboy, each pair of new subscriptions I signed up yielded me a free cassette tape (3 new subs for a CD.) I didn't have a CD player yet; that was courtesy of my 486dx with 4 MEGAbytes of RAM and Windows, and a new fangled CD ROM Drive. Anyways, I would bust my ass trying to talk folks into a subscription of the Seattle Times (geez...this ENTIRE story is obsolete!) and once I got 2 new customers I would fill out a form, mail it off somewhere, wait a week or two, get the certificate and take it to the mall where I'd find a Sam Goody store and pick out my new album. I remember specifically wanting the new "MC" song (which was MC Hammer "Can't Touch This) but I ended up with Young MC's 1989 release "Stone Cold Rhymin'" - thankfully it only took a decade or so to get out of the RAP/Hip-Hop only phase ;-)
All that to say that times and tastes change. Bill and Rebecca - THANK YOU for helping me out in finding new music to listen to and not have to listen to crappy FM radio anymore!
The Shins do seem to have borrowed from Phil Spector.
But I forgive them.Yes, a pretty obvious nod/homage to Spector and Greenwich using that opening chord with the suspended fourth; it's not like they're trying to deceive anyone. Just about anyone who knows anything about popular music knows "And Then He Kissed Me"; I'm not sure why people seem to feel it necessary to link to that song. Anyhow, the rest of this song is entirely different. Suspended fourth chords are used in the intros to thousands of songs.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=and+then+he+kissed+me&*
The Shins do seem to have borrowed from Phil Spector.
But I forgive them.https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=and+then+he+kissed+me&*
And what's up with that bizarre broken biology of the cover art?
Kaisersosay, Bill just immortalized your words in streaming audio space. Made me look!
Interesting comment. I cannot think of anything from the 1960s and 1950s that makes think of the Shins. But then perhaps you were in college in the 1940s?
Regardless. Nice pop music.
Perhaps i should not get another liter out of the beer cooler.
When ever I hear a Shins song, It makes me feel like I am in college again. The funny thing is these guys were not even born when I was in college.
Their music just has a familiar sound to that time for me.
Kaisersosay, Bill just immortalized your words in streaming audio space. Made me look!
Interesting comment. I cannot think of anything from the 1960s and 1950s that makes think of the Shins. But then perhaps you were in college in the 1940s?
Regardless. Nice pop music.
When ever I hear a Shins song, It makes me feel like I am in college again. The funny thing is these guys were not even born when I was in college.
Their music just has a familiar sound to that time for me.
God I give this surprisng horse back
Just pending a wedding invitation between Marianna
I guess the guy is formerly was holed up near mezzo corona.
Every song is a gem.
"Another afternoon of the goat head tunes,
And pilfered booze."
Thousands of listens.
Unrivaled.
"I was fond of 'why, oh you?'!"
jademon wrote:
I don't think James Mercer was playing music until the 1990s. Good tune - cool guitar sound.
Clearly I've put this (buying this CD) off too long - considering I LOVE "Sea Legs" and seem to like several other tracks from this album - how does one buy music nowadays? Is it only MP3s, or can I buy an actual disc still?
I remember when I was a paperboy, each pair of new subscriptions I signed up yielded me a free cassette tape (3 new subs for a CD.) I didn't have a CD player yet; that was courtesy of my 486dx with 4 MEGAbytes of RAM and Windows, and a new fangled CD ROM Drive. Anyways, I would bust my ass trying to talk folks into a subscription of the Seattle Times (geez...this ENTIRE story is obsolete!) and once I got 2 new customers I would fill out a form, mail it off somewhere, wait a week or two, get the certificate and take it to the mall where I'd find a Sam Goody store and pick out my new album. I remember specifically wanting the new "MC" song (which was MC Hammer "Can't Touch This) but I ended up with Young MC's 1989 release "Stone Cold Rhymin'" - thankfully it only took a decade or so to get out of the RAP/Hip-Hop only phase ;-)
All that to say that times and tastes change. Bill and Rebecca - THANK YOU for helping me out in finding new music to listen to and not have to listen to crappy FM radio anymore!
Young MC rocked - MC Hammer sucked