Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Cheated by the opposite of love
Held on high from up up up above
Kept my high from the second one
Kept my eye on the first one
Now take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Well I'm
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And she's
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And he's
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And we're
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
Sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
She'll take on high
She'll take on high
Well sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Cheated by the opposite of love
Held on high from up up up above
Kept my high from the second one
Kept my eye on the first one
Now take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Held on high from up up up above
Kept my high from the second one
Kept my eye on the first one
Now take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Well I'm
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And she's
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And he's
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And we're
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
Sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
She'll take on high
She'll take on high
Well sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Cheated by the opposite of love
Held on high from up up up above
Kept my high from the second one
Kept my eye on the first one
Now take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Lyrics submitted by scream&shake
Cheated Hearts Lyrics as written by Karen Lee Orzolek Brian Chase
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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She is cheated by love because she cant have the one who she wants to be with and doesn't want to be with the one who wants to be with her.
"Kept my high from the second one Kept my eye on the first one"
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"Take these rings and store them safe away I'll wear them on another rainy day"
Tired of not being with her love, she begins to take off her inhibitions towards her "second". The "second" takes it off but is followed by the "first" as he gets jelous his own 'second' (karen o) not wanting him anymore... make sense?
"Well I’m take it take it take it take it taking it off And she’s take it take it take it take it taking it off And he’s take it take it take it take it taking it off And we’re take it take it take it take it taking it off"
The sound is that of her second because she will always want her first more...
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CHEATED BY THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE even when it may seem like someone loves you they may not
CHEATED BY THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE
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fear of commitment. The last thing I picture is Karen-O's wedding in which the dress in short ruffly and stained by beer and, well yeah.