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The Used, "Sound Effects and Overdramatics"
(2004)

When the shirt came off, it was all in time
When a m-m-m-minute turned into a mile
And then I broke that grin, and I cut it out
And you got all turned on by the taste of your sin
When I mention blue, all you thought was color
When you mention drugs, all I thought was sober
When your pants came off and I turned you over
When you mention blue

Kill, smile, cut it out for me this time
Smile, haven't seen him smile in a while

Keep the mask aligned
Get it up in time
There's a space between valleys
and try and catch a vibe
Make a circle square, a rectangle curve
Use a smile as a noun and I think like a verb
Run quick switch sides
Spill the filled up cancer
And the room is shaking
Now you're changing places
And I switched my pace
And my breathing races when you mention blue

Kill, smile, cut it out for me this time
Smile, haven't seen him smile in a while
Kill, smile, cut it out for me this time
Smile, haven't seen him smile in a while

Get down and stay awake
Smile


Thanks, Ellie!

As the list of slightly-ambiguously-gay Used lyrics grows, I find myself wondering if they're filling the Smiths/Suede void for a new asymmetrically-fringed generation.