Cute Without the ‘E’ (Cut from the Team) Lyrics

[Intro]
Your lipstick, his collar
Don't bother, angel
I know exactly what goes on


[Verse 1]
When everything you'll get is everything that you've wanted, princess
(Well, which would you prefer?)
My finger on the trigger, or
(Me face down, down across your floor?)
Me face down, dead across your floor
(Me face down, down across your floor)
Well, just so long as this thing's loaded


[Chorus]
And will you tell all your friends
You've got your gun to my head?

This all was only wishful thinking
This all was only wishful thinking
And will you tell all your friends
You've got your gun to my head?
This all was only wishful thinking
This all was only wishful thinking
Let's go

[Verse 2]
Don't bother trying to explain, angel
I know exactly what goes on when you're on, and
How 'bout I'm outside of your window?
(Well, how 'bout I'm outside of your window)
Watching him keep the details covered?
You're such a sucker for a sweet talker, yeah
(You're such a sucker)
[Chorus]
And will you tell all your friends
You've got your gun to my head?

This all was only wishful thinking
This all was only wishful thinking
(The only thing I regret is that I
I never let you hold me back
)

And will you tell all your friends
You've got your gun to my head?
This all was only wishful thinking
This all was only wishful thinking

[Bridge]
Hoping for the best just hoping nothing happens
A thousand clever lines unread on clever napkins
I will never ask if you don't ever tell me
I know you well enough to know you'll never love me

(Why can't I feel anything from anyone other than you?)
Hoping for the best just hoping nothing happens
A thousand clever lines unread on clever napkins
I will never ask if you don't ever tell me
I know you well enough to know you'll never love me
(Why can't I feel anything from anyone other than you?)
Hoping for the best just hoping nothing happens
A thousand clever lines unread on clever napkins
I will never ask if you don't ever tell me
I know you well enough to know you'll never love me
And all of this was all your fault
And all of this

(It makes things worse)
[Outro]
I stay wrecked and jealous for this
For this simple reason I
Just need to keep you in mind
As something larger than life
(She’ll destroy us all before she’s through
And find a way to blame somebody else
)
I stay wrecked and jealous for this
For this simple reason I
Just need to keep you in mind
As something larger than life

(She’ll destroy us all before she’s through
And find a way to blame somebody else
)
I stay wrecked and jealous for this
For this simple reason I
Just need to keep you in mind
As something larger than life

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“Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team)” broke down the floodgates for post-hardcore and emo, elevating in it popularity in what seemed like overnight. He is being used and is describing how it feels to be used by a girl he cares about.

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What did Taking Back Sunday say about "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)"?
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John Nolan, when asked about why the song seemed to have gained traction in the decade after its release, told Alternative Press, “It summed up a lot of what the band was doing on that album. It had a lot of the elements of what defined Taking Back Sunday at that time. That’s my best guess as to why it might have stuck around with people. It was a quick, compact version of “Here, this is what Taking Back Sunday does.”

What's the origin of this song's title?
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