You dumb ass fool, you lost it all
You had your chance but moved too slow
Now look around this lonely town
Where every smiling face just brings you down
Just brings you down

You let it slip, so get a grip
There's no one else to blame for this
Now walk around this lonely town
Where every smiling face just brings you down
Just brings you down

Stick around and watch me fall apart
Watch me lose the game that I made up
Stick around whilst I default the loan
Watch me reap the pain that I have sown

I wanted all, all I could take
I wanted everything my way
Thought I can't lose, thought I was smart
But then that girl turned 'round and broke my heart
And broke my heart

Stick around and watch me fall apart
Watch me lose the game that I made up
Stick around whilst I default the loan
Watch me reap the pain that I have sown

Stick around and watch me fall apart
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart
Stick around whilst I default the loan
Watch me reap the pain that I have sown



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Watch Me Fall Apart Lyrics as written by Richard Archer

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    Personally I think it's about a guy who has fallen in love and while he was happily in love he thought everything was possible, but then the girl broke his heart and his world crumbled. Now he blames himself because he was "too slow." I think "Watch me reap the pain that I have sown" means that before the girl broke his heart he invested a great deal of time/affection on her and now it's turned against him, turning into the pain "he has sown" -- this also makes sense because he is blaming himself for this failure. "Every smiling face brings him down" because they remind him of her or of happy moments with her prolly.

    Dunno, that's just the way I see it.

    anaelion September 22, 2008   Link

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