Seen It All Before

Bring Me the Horizon

Every second's soaked in sadness
Every weekend is a war
And I'm drowning in the déjà vu
We've seen it all before

I don't wanna do this by myself
I don't wanna live like a broken record
I've heard these lines a thousand times
And I've seen it all before...

Are we close enough?
There is something I must confide
I think we've lost our touch
There's no sparkle in those eyes

What an awful mess I've made
There's nothing left to say

Every second's soaked in sadness
Every weekend is a war
And I'm drowning in the déjà vu
We've seen it all before

I don't wanna do this by myself
I don't wanna live like a broken record
I've heard these lines a thousand times
And I've seen it all before...

There's nothing in the air tonight.
(Nothing in the air, tonight...)
There's nothing in the air tonight.
(Nothing in the air, tonight...)
There's nothing in the air tonight.
(Nothing in the air, tonight...)
There's nothing in the air tonight.
(Nothing in the air, tonight...)

Every second's soaked in sadness
Every weekend is a war
And I'm drowning in the déjà vu
We've seen it all before

I don't wanna do this by myself
I don't wanna live like a broken record
I've heard these lines a thousand times
And I've seen it all before...

I'm sorry, love. It's not enough
We should feel the love so painfully
It hurts right to the touch
I know it stings, I know this cuts
And I wish I could agree with you
But this love, it's not enough
It's not enough
It's not enough


Lyrics submitted by Colin227, edited by shadyyy, BDoG01, AdamArtz

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    My Opinion

    I feel like this song is about depression

    Every day he is battling through this and everyday he is going through the same thing over and over again and he is stuck in a deja vu

    Every second's soaked in sadness Every weekend is a war And I'm drowning in the déjà vu We've seen it all before

    It's someone going through depression and every weekend he is trying to fight it and Is always feeling sad. and everyone has seen it before

    acb2monxwon January 28, 2016   Link

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