It's alright
To hate me
I don't mind
If you leave
But it's not alright for you to say you love me
This time I've finally had enough
I've tried
I should have given up
Now I'm just another casualty

Take what you want
Just let me go
Take what you need
And leave me alone

I don't want to be the hostage anymore
We both know how it ends
And we've been there before
I don't want to be the victim of this pointless game
Cause over and over
It's always the same
I don't want to be the hostage

The damage that we've done
Has left me so numb
I'm a prisoner to your manipulation
And I don't care now
Whatever I have to do
To find a way out
To escape from you
And what you've put me through


Take what you want
Just let me go
Take what you need
And leave me alone

I don't want to be the hostage anymore
We both know how it ends
And we've been there before
I don't want to be the victim of this pointless game
Cause over and over
It's always the same

And I can't believe
That I could be so blind and let this happen to me
And I have failed to see
The warning signs telling me what I should have known
Please just let me go

I don't want to be the hostage anymore
We both know how it ends
And we've been there before
I don't want to be the victim of this pointless game
Cause over and over
It's always the same
I don't want to be the hostage

I don't want to be just another victim
I'm not your hostage
Hostage
Hostage


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    Seems like his relationship to his girlfriend makes him feel like a hostage. Maybe he had this relationship before with the same girl and tried this time to avoid her but he failed again. So now he tries to get away from her with everything he has ("Take what you want, Just let me go, Take what you need, And leave me alone")

    Sebastian1985on June 19, 2011   Link

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