@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
When you call she doesn't answer, when you write she doesn't answer
You go out you see him with her, she told you she was sick at home
The ring you gave her thrown away with all the letters
And when you see him with her, he doesn't even care at all
As she follows him around like you follow her around
He doesn't even care and your figuring out
The only way your gonna keep somebody around
Well I'm about to let you know
There's something I don't wanna understand
The only way a woman is gonna want a man
The only way you'll ever keep her in your hands
Is breaking apart her heart
Don't tell her she is the reason that you live
Don't give her everything that you got to give
If you want to keep the girl for as long as you live
Just break it apart her heart
Can't you see she's the way she's crying
Well that's what keeps her trying, she knew that she could have you
And he don't give her what she wants
There's truth about this, you say you want to be noticed
Well if you want to be noticed you gotta learn to break some hearts
Don't try to understand
There's something I don't wanna understand
The only way a woman is gonna want a man
The only way you'll ever keep her in your hands
Is breaking apart her heart
Don't tell her she is the reason that you live
Don't give her everything that you got to give
If you want to keep the girl for as long as you live
Just break it apart her heart
Can't you see what you've done?
What I've become, what I've become
Can't you see? Can't you see?
I don't understand this cruelty
I don't understand but now I see
There's something I don't wanna understand
The only way a woman is gonna want a man
The only way you'll ever keep her in your hands
Is breaking apart her heart
Don't tell her she is the reason that you live
Don't give her everything that you got to give
If you want to keep the girl for as long as you live
Just break it apart her heart
I don't understand this cruelty
I don't understand... its just not me
I don't understand this cruelty
But now I see
You go out you see him with her, she told you she was sick at home
The ring you gave her thrown away with all the letters
And when you see him with her, he doesn't even care at all
As she follows him around like you follow her around
He doesn't even care and your figuring out
The only way your gonna keep somebody around
Well I'm about to let you know
There's something I don't wanna understand
The only way a woman is gonna want a man
The only way you'll ever keep her in your hands
Is breaking apart her heart
Don't tell her she is the reason that you live
Don't give her everything that you got to give
If you want to keep the girl for as long as you live
Just break it apart her heart
Can't you see she's the way she's crying
Well that's what keeps her trying, she knew that she could have you
And he don't give her what she wants
There's truth about this, you say you want to be noticed
Well if you want to be noticed you gotta learn to break some hearts
Don't try to understand
There's something I don't wanna understand
The only way a woman is gonna want a man
The only way you'll ever keep her in your hands
Is breaking apart her heart
Don't tell her she is the reason that you live
Don't give her everything that you got to give
If you want to keep the girl for as long as you live
Just break it apart her heart
Can't you see what you've done?
What I've become, what I've become
Can't you see? Can't you see?
I don't understand this cruelty
I don't understand but now I see
There's something I don't wanna understand
The only way a woman is gonna want a man
The only way you'll ever keep her in your hands
Is breaking apart her heart
Don't tell her she is the reason that you live
Don't give her everything that you got to give
If you want to keep the girl for as long as you live
Just break it apart her heart
I don't understand this cruelty
I don't understand... its just not me
I don't understand this cruelty
But now I see
Lyrics submitted by dark_n_depressed
Break Apart Her Heart Lyrics as written by Benji Madden Don Gilmore
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Ultima nailed my thoughts almost exactly! The girl in this song is drawn to what she can't have, whilst she leaves the nice guy hanging, who she knows is wrapped around her little finger “she knew that she could have you”. However this is where mine differs a bit. I think the "break apart her heart" and getting the girls by breaking some hearts, refers to changing your approach. Instead of being the nice guy, it means moving on, ignoring her, not bothering to ring or write anymore, make it obvious that you’re getting out of her control. Show her that you're over her and she's lost her hold on you and instantly, she'll want that hold back “Well if you want to be noticed you gotta learn to break some hearts”. Go out, have some fun with other girls, break some hearts, she'll see that you're a hard person to hold down and instantly the girl will want what she cant have; you! At the end of the song he finally realises how this game is played and how sad it is...
This song really clicked with me, pretty much because I went through the exact same thing. Meet girl, relationship starts up, nice guy treating her right = her gradually ignoring calls in favour of someone "challenging". I think screw this and move on, guess who's ringing and knocking on my door less than 2 weeks after I start hanging out with another girl :-). Selfish and sad, but I guess that’s how some people work.