You are one of God's mistakes
You crying tragic waste of skin
I'm well aware of how it aches
And you still won't let me in
Now I'm breaking down your door
To try and save your swollen face
Though I don't like you anymore
You lying trying waste of space

Before our innocence was lost
You were always one of those
Blessed with lucky sevens
And the voice that made me cry

My oh my

You were Mother Nature's son
Someone to whom I could relate
Your needle and your damage done
Remains a sordid twist of fate
Now I'm trying to wake you up
To pull you from the liquid sky
'Cause if I don't we'll both end up
With just your songs that say goodbye

My oh my
A song to say goodbye
A song to say goodbye
A song to say

Before our innocence was lost
You were always one of those
Blessed with lucky sevens
And a voice that made me cry

It's a song to say goodbye
It's a song to say goodbye
It's a song to say goodbye
It's a song to say goodbye
It's a song to say goodbye
It's a song to say goodbye
It's a song to say goodbye
It's a song to say goodbye


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Song To Say Goodbye Lyrics as written by Stefan Olsdal Brian Molko

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    My Interpretation

    I think this song is talking about subjects once close friend (''Someone to whom I could relate'') who is drug addict and who introduced subject into a world of drugs and the subject hates him because of that. In this moment his friend is dying from an overdose while subject is trying to save his life (''Now I'm trying to wake you up To pull you from the liquid sky Coz if I don't we'll both end up With just your song to say goodbye.''), despite the fact that he hates him right now because all the damage he's done to him (''Now I'm breaking down your door To try and save your swollen face Though I don't like you anymore You lying, trying waste of space...''). Subject thinks that his friend was lucky and probably had great career as a singer (''You were always one of those Blessed with lucky sevens And the voice that made me cry'') before he start doing drugs. Now when the drugs destroyed his life, he is comminting suicide and leaving suicide note in a form of a song (''...With just your song to say goodbye My Oh My A song to say goodbye...It's a song to say goodbye.'')

    00Meredith00on January 14, 2012   Link

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