The clouds are rollin' in
Who will watch them?
The waves are strong
The boat is gone
I hope they're swimming

Little boy lost in the woods
Where's the clearing?
The town is out
They're calling loud
But he's not hearing

It seems to me I'm always miles away
Looking for my old face

Save me from myself
I can't relate
We're mouth to mouth
And still I suffocate
There's nothing left
Inside for me to break
Save me from myself

The bullet in the yard
Is slowly rusting
The bottles crack
The kid's come back
And I'm just looking

The wine is on the floor
The candles flicker
Your eyes fall
And I'm appalled
It's all just cinder

It seems to me we're always miles apart
Trying to find another place to start

Save me from myself
I can't relate
We're mouth to mouth
And still I suffocate
There's nothing left
Inside for me to break
Save me from myself

The sailors never left
They knew the weather
When they were found
They were having drinks together

They found the little boy
In the grocery
Happy endings all around
And still they haunt me

Save me from myself
I can't relate
We're mouth to mouth
And still I suffocate
There's nothing left
Inside of me to break
Save me from myself

Save me from myself
There's nothing left inside me
There's nothing left


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Save Me from Myself Lyrics as written by Bill Bottrell Christina Aguilera

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    It seems to me that the focus of this song is the absolutely pessimistic world view of the singer. The song opens with two stories that have an unhappy beginning, but at the end of the song those two stories are resolved with happy endings. The third story is his own story ("The bullet in the yard...It's all just cinder") and is not resolved with a happy ending by the end of the song. As a result, he's now discouraged and cynical...haunted by the happy endings that he could not claim as his own.

    Stormchaser77on September 25, 2009   Link

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