Just to want it,
And not to need it,
Makes me let it go.
But then you let me in,
And I don't want it.
But you made me believe it.
So do I really? Do I really?

If you could you keep it together
For a moment in time?
Then you'd see that I can't be,
Your excuse for a lover.
Your own mountain to climb.
You would see.

I left my shoes under your bed,
but I left my body outside.
How could I get back into this mess?
I kept telling myself the temptations would do me in,
And they did.

If you could you keep it together
For a moment in time?
Then you'd see that I can't be,
Your excuse for a lover,
A steep mountain to climb.
You would see.

And I think I see this happening again
From my lonely point of view
See every time that I'm with you
I think this will happen again.



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    My Interpretation

    I believe this song is about a man who met a girl that he had reluctantly began to fancy. And she is an open book, but desires to see the true nature of the man. So she attempts to break his shell open, tries to get a glimpse of the real him, because she cares enough to want to help him. But the man is resisting her, insisting that he's not "her own mountain the climb" and that he doesn't need someone trying to figure him out. On the inside, he's facing an internal battle as to whether he should let her in and show her the scary and possibly repelling side of him, or to keep everything to himself. Even though he's convinced he's not good for her, he can't resist being with her in some way is the only thing he's sure of.

    GothicLiton September 09, 2016   Link

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