Iambic Pentameter

Lyrics by：Rivers Cuomo

Don't give up

Darling don't give up on me

Even if I kick and scream

I'm saying all that I can

I need someone to understand

I can't explain

I can't express these sentiments

I try but I implode instead

It hurts my heart it hurts my head

Don't even know where to begin

I wish I could say it all to you in iambic pentameter

I'd improvise high notes like Thelonious when he's jammin' it

I'd let it all out

And there's no doubt you would help me understand

What the hell is inside this messed-up head

And you'd always be here for me

But that's not it

That's not what I meant at all

No you are not getting it at all

You gotta try keep coming back

'Cause I'm a hard nut to crack

A jumbled mess tangled up in a Gordian Knot

All my mom could do was talk

And wonder why she couldn't reach

Her silent child try as she might

I wish I could say it all to you in iambic pentameter

I'd improvise high notes like Thelonious when he's jammin' it

I'd let it all out

And there's no doubt you would help me understand

What the hell is inside this messed up head

And you'd always be here for me

You and me together

Holding on for life

You and me together

Trapped under the Ice

You and me together

You and me forever

You and me together

Seasons come and seasons go

Where they stop no one knows

Round and round and round we go

Back to a place we've never been before

I wish I could say it all to you in iambic pentameter

I'd improvise high notes like Thelonious when he's jammin' it

I'd let it all out

And there's no doubt you would help me understand

What the hell is inside this messed up head

And you'd always be here for me