Mine, immaculate dream made breath and skin
I've been waiting for you
Signed with a home tattoo
Happy birthday to you was created for you

Can't ever keep from falling apart at the seams
Can I believe you're taking my heart to pieces?

Ah, it'll take a little time
Might take a little crime to come undone
Now we'll try to stay blind to the hope and fear outside
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind and blow me in to cry

Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone

Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone

Words, playing me deja vu
Like a radio tune, I swear I've heard before
Chill, is it something real?
Or the magic I'm feeding off your fingers

Can't ever keep from falling apart at the seams
Can I believe you're taking my heart to pieces?

Lost, in a snow filled sky
We'll make it alright to come undone
Now we'll try to stay blind to the hope and fear outside
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind and blow me in to cry

Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone

Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone (can't ever keep from falling apart)

Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone (can't ever keep from falling apart)

Who do you need?
Who do you love? (Can't ever keep from falling apart)
Who do you love?
When you come undone


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Come Undone Lyrics as written by Nick Rhodes John Nigel Taylor

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    My Interpretation

    As the English language isn't my mother-tongue, I don't always have the right understanding of some words. Before I looked up the word "undone", I had always interpreted that this song was about a sad breakup. The man is left with a completely broken heart, having loved his lover deeply, now suddenly it all ends and he asks "who do you need, who do you love when you come undone". I thought that the word "undone" means that you come back to a point where you started, both material and emotional. I couldn't help thinking that the man sees no hope. Where will he find hope? What will he do? Will there be anyone else waiting for him? But also in the song it is stated that "it might take a little time" for his emotions of sadness to go away. This would be my interpretation, as I mentioned before, it may not be right but if you take it that way, the song opens up in very different colors.

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