I'll break you down
I'll take you down, down
Fill you with sadness
Make your life madness

I'm having a hard time
I'm making you do the hard time, too
I'm stuck in a bad way
And I'm gonna make you pay for it

Give me a mile
I'll take a hundred miles
Such a mistake
Sorry you made

I'm having a hard time
I'm making you do the hard time, too
I'm stuck in a bad way
And I'm gonna make you pay for it

I'm having a hard time
I'm making you do the hard time, too
I'm stuck in a bad way
And I'm gonna make you pay for it

I'm having a hard time
I'm making you do the hard time, too
I'm stuck in a bad way
And I'm gonna make you pay for it

I know you're here
I know you're gone
I never asked you to stay
I'm waking up baby, now tell me
Are you okay?


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    My Interpretation

    I always believed this song is about depression. She knows she's hurting the one she loves, but still can't help herself from doing it cause she's sinking so that just hits everything around her, even tho clearly unintentionally. The ''I'm waking up baby'' refers to me as finally being able to crawl out of it and reaching out for contact, albeit maybe too late, since he has already abandoned her because of it.

    TNT4THEBRAINon March 26, 2016   Link

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