You push my buttons and open these scars
Just to watch me bleed what I've already bled a thousand times before
Agonizing...you make me scream and shout
I owe this all to you
You're the reason that I'm always coming down

I'm just a bruised and broken heart
But the memories you left are of a girl who's lost and broken
Now it's a shame you've lost your touch and you can't control your lust
I was only a heartbeat away from forgiving you.....
From forgiving you
Let the past be

I'm learning lessons while you're still breaking hearts
If only you could see the world is not as cold as you had thought before
Always trying to break and keep me down...you're the reason that iturned my life around

I'm just a bruised and broken heart
But the memories you left are of a girl who's lost and broken
Now it's a shame you've lost your touch and you can't control your lust
I was only a heartbeat away from forgiving you.....
From forgiving you
(Let the past be)
You were everything I'd ever need
(But we are though)
And I'm everything you'll never be
(Ill see this through)

I'm just a bruised and broken heart
But the memories you left are of a girl who's lost and broken
Now it's a shame you've lost your touch and you can't control your lust
I was only a heartbeat away from forgiving you.....

And now I'm giving you.....
All that you've earned
How's it feel to see the tables turned
You will never see this face again
And I have no more tears to be shed....

You will not see this face again
Never again


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    ok. so yes. the basic meaning of this song is that he is leaving a girl who has broken his heart by cheating on him. but there's so much more to it, cuz this song is word for word what i felt after my abusive exbf. so let's break this down a bit.

    You push my buttons and open these scars Just to watch me bleed what I've already bled a thousand times before

    teary_eyed_ragdollon July 11, 2008   Link

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