This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Walking around on broken leg,
Well, I can't get you outta my head.
Well, I can't get you outta my head,
You don't want to know me.
Walking around on broken leg,
Well, I can't get you outta my head.
Well, I can't get you outta my head,
You don't want to know me.
And all these fakes and all these frauds,
And you get your leg up and the big supports,
I'm drowning. I'm drowning.
Went to bed with Petra and Jen,
Well they don't want to see me again.
All your lovers and all of your friends,
Well they don't want to know me.
Walking around on broken leg,
Well, I can't get you outta my head.
What was that that I heard you say?
Well they don't want to know me!
And all these fakes and all these frauds,
And you get your leg up and the big supports,
I'm drowning. I'm drowning.
And all these girls with their high IQ's,
And you can try to resist but it's no use.
I'm drowning. I'm drowning.
It all comes down to you,
It's all on your head.
What you do, what you do.
What you say!
It all comes down to you,
It's all on your head.
Are you gonna get up?
Are you gonna stay in bed? Whoa!
Walking around on broken leg,
Well, I can't get you outta my head.
Well, I can't get you outta my head,
Well, you don't want to know me.
Walking around on broken leg,
Well, I can't get you outta my head.
What was that that I heard you say?
Well you don't want to know me!
And all these fakes and all these frauds,
And you get your leg up and the big supports,
And all these girls with their high IQ's,
And you can try to resist but it's no use, whoa!
Walking around on broken leg. (Whoa!)
Walking around on broken leg. (Whoa!)
Walking around on broken leg. (Whoa!)
You don't want to know me!
Well, I can't get you outta my head.
Well, I can't get you outta my head,
You don't want to know me.
Walking around on broken leg,
Well, I can't get you outta my head.
Well, I can't get you outta my head,
You don't want to know me.
And all these fakes and all these frauds,
And you get your leg up and the big supports,
I'm drowning. I'm drowning.
Went to bed with Petra and Jen,
Well they don't want to see me again.
All your lovers and all of your friends,
Well they don't want to know me.
Walking around on broken leg,
Well, I can't get you outta my head.
What was that that I heard you say?
Well they don't want to know me!
And all these fakes and all these frauds,
And you get your leg up and the big supports,
I'm drowning. I'm drowning.
And all these girls with their high IQ's,
And you can try to resist but it's no use.
I'm drowning. I'm drowning.
It all comes down to you,
It's all on your head.
What you do, what you do.
What you say!
It all comes down to you,
It's all on your head.
Are you gonna get up?
Are you gonna stay in bed? Whoa!
Walking around on broken leg,
Well, I can't get you outta my head.
Well, I can't get you outta my head,
Well, you don't want to know me.
Walking around on broken leg,
Well, I can't get you outta my head.
What was that that I heard you say?
Well you don't want to know me!
And all these fakes and all these frauds,
And you get your leg up and the big supports,
And all these girls with their high IQ's,
And you can try to resist but it's no use, whoa!
Walking around on broken leg. (Whoa!)
Walking around on broken leg. (Whoa!)
Walking around on broken leg. (Whoa!)
You don't want to know me!
Lyrics submitted by Enthused_punk
Broken Leg Lyrics as written by Jacob Stone Edmund Guy Molesworth
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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The meaning in my opinion is that a guy is smittened by this girl or is in love with a girl and he doesn't know what to do, hence, walking around on a broken leg, Well i can't get you out of my head and this bloke is considered and outsider or is diferent and the girl doesn't want anything to do with him(poor bugger), you don't want to know me, but this girl is surronded by frauds and fakes who could be leading her astray or clouding her judgment and are saying lies to keep her away from him. However this guy is saying that she is the one with the last say, no one else and is she gonna stand above everyone else and be with him or is she gonna miss a life opportunity and stay the same, hence, It all comes down to you, It's all on your head. Are you gonna get up? Are you gonna stay in bed? that my interpration of this song
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no.<br /> <br /> don't ruin skimboarders's brilliant analysis
one of the lead singers Jake actually did break his leg last year whilst they were touring. hahaha i think this song is about dealing with the new fame they have found etc but certain things holding them back, eg a broken leg or old loves
In an interview they said that a lot of people think it's about when a band member jumped off the stage and broke his leg. But they said it's actually about struggling to move on from a relationship where the other person's already moved on.
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i believe this songs about guy who likes this girl and he cant get her out of his head. BUT she dont like him and doesn't want to know him