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I Would Hurt a Fly Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I can't get that sound you make out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
No one else around even seems to be noticing
It's only small enough for me
[Verse 2]
I can't get that sound you make out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
It feels like fingernails across the moon
Or do you rub your wings together?
[Chorus]
There's a mean bone in my body
It's connected to the problems that I won't take for an answer
And I won't take that from you
Because I'd
Hurt a fly
[Verse 3]
Let you go to sleep
Feeling bad as me
Let you go to sleep
Feeling bad
[Chorus]
There's a mean bone in my body
It's connected to the problems that I won't take for an answer
And I won't take that from you
Because I'd
Hurt a fly
I can't get that sound you make out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
No one else around even seems to be noticing
It's only small enough for me
[Verse 2]
I can't get that sound you make out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
It feels like fingernails across the moon
Or do you rub your wings together?
[Chorus]
There's a mean bone in my body
It's connected to the problems that I won't take for an answer
And I won't take that from you
Because I'd
Hurt a fly
[Verse 3]
Let you go to sleep
Feeling bad as me
Let you go to sleep
Feeling bad
[Chorus]
There's a mean bone in my body
It's connected to the problems that I won't take for an answer
And I won't take that from you
Because I'd
Hurt a fly
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Genius Annotation
This is the second song off Built to Spill’s third studio album, 1997’s Perfect from Now On. The title is a play on the common saying ‘[I/you/etc.] would never hurt a fly,’ and that line as well as others throughout the song indicate the narrator’s willingness to let in negative emotions such as anger. The lyrics are chock full of allusions to common phrases.
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Writer
Vocals
Guitars
Bass Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Cello
Recorded At
Avast! Recording Company (Seattle, Washington)
Release Date
January 28, 1997
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