Hand Me Down

Mystery Jets

You get high cause you've got low self esteem
You toy with the boy on the football team
I've seen you all over him just like a rash
Come home in bruises but always take him back

(Do you love me?)
Maybe you do, maybe you don't
Maybe you will but maybe you won't
(Do you love me?)
Maybe you do, maybe you don't
Maybe you do

Your heart is like a hand me down
Something to pass around and around
Your heart is like a hand me down
Something to pass around and around

Is it cause your daddy was never around
And he's the closest thing to him that you've found?
Tell me if this is too close to the bone
But things hurt the most when they're nearest to home

(Do you love me?)
Maybe you do, maybe you don't
Maybe you will but maybe you won't
(Do you love me?)
Maybe you do, maybe you don't
Maybe you do

Your heart is like a hand me down
Something to pass around and around
Your heart is like a hand me down
Something to pass around and around
Your heart is like a hand me down
Something to pass around and around
Your heart is like a hand me down
Something to pass around and around

Maybe you do, maybe you don't
Maybe you will, maybe you won't
Maybe you do, maybe you don't
Maybe you will, maybe you won't
Maybe you do, maybe you don't
Maybe you will, maybe you won't
Maybe you do, maybe you don't
Maybe you will, maybe you won't

Your heart is like a hand me down
Something to pass around and around
Your heart is like a hand me down
Something to pass around and around
Your heart is like a hand me down
Something to pass around and around
Your heart is like a hand me down
Something to pass around and around

Your heart is like a hand me down
Your heart is like a hand me down


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Hand Me Down Lyrics as written by Henry William Harrison Kai Fish

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    This song is brilliant and the lyrics definitely "is too close to the bone".

    The meaning is pretty straightforward, a girl who has daddy issues. She has self esteem issues because of that and gets high to feel confident. She dates guys that aren't good enough for her or abuses her.

    I'm pretty sure the song is from another guy's perspective, a good guy that can see through her facade. A guy that wonders whether she does or does not love him, will or will not love him. A guy that probably wants to save her.

    and I agree with thelostriots on the chorus part, "her love can go from person to person with no real sense of belonging or true attachment".

    unidentifiedJamon August 10, 2008   Link

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