Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura
The Sweetest Thing is a single from Camera Obscura’s fourth record My Maudlin Career.
It is, like so many pop songs, about a woman trying to cope with the ending of a romantic relationship.
[Verse 1]
I'm going on a date tonight
To try to fall out of love with you
I know, I know, this is a crime
But I don't know what else to do
[Verse 2]
My love, you're in a magazine
My love, you're doing fine, you're on TV
You wore my heart out then you ran away
From Chicago to Cleveland you made me pay
You made me pay
[Chorus]
When you're lucid, you're the sweetest thing
I would trade my mother to hear you sing
When you're lucid, you're the sweetest thing
I would trade my mother
[Verse 3]
On the bus radio
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", oh no
I laughed at the irony
But like a stupid, the irony got lost on me
It got lost on me
[Chorus]
When you're lucid, you're the sweetest thing
I would trade my mother to hear you sing
When you're lucid, you're the sweetest thing
I would trade my mother
[Bridge]
You challenged me to write a love song
Here it is, I think I got it wrong
I focused on the negative
The pain was too much of an incentive
Always my incentive
[Chorus]
When you're lucid, you're the sweetest thing
I would trade my mother to hear you sing
When you're lucid, you're the sweetest thing
I would trade my mother to hear you sing
[Chorus]
When you're lucid, you're the sweetest thing
I would trade my mother to hear you sing
When you're lucid, you're the sweetest thing
I would trade my mother
[Outro]
But she don't know just how far I'd go
Would I walk for a hundred miles
For a glimpse of your northern smile?
The Sweetest Thing was written by Tracyanne Campbell.
The Sweetest Thing was produced by Jari Haapalainen.
Camera Obscura released The Sweetest Thing on Mon Apr 20 2009.