I'll use you as a warning sign
That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind
And I'll use you as a focal point
So I don't lose sight of what I want
And I've moved further than I thought I could
But I missed you more than I thought I would
And I'll use you as a warning sign
That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind

And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me

And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me

And I'll use you as a makeshift gauge
Of how much to give and how much to take
I'll use you as a warning sign
That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind

And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me

And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me

Oh, and I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me

And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me


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  • +3
    General Comment

    This song is about falling in love, getting hurt, moving on. All while still in love. All while knowing, that even though they destroyed you – you would give anything to have them back. So you do what you can, You move on. Some parts are easier than others. At the end of the day, you are still in pain, you are still broken.
    You do the only thing you can – you learn from it. You will never let another person hurt you this way again. No one will ever get that power over you. You know better now. You know what to compare it against. This song is about loving and giving yourself to another and after they fail you, you deciding you will never do that for another.

    tabby27on October 26, 2016   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation

    I feel like I thought about this song different from others... for me it's when you're somehow lost in your life, maybe depressed, and suddenly you find someone who you didn't really expected to close to, but being with them somehow teaches you so much about yourself, about what do you really want and it makes you see how low you were, then suddenly how much you changed while being with them. So you slowly fall in love but realise it way too late when they're no longer reachable (this songs just feels like remembering someone who's not by your side anymore), so you just have to live on with everything you learned from them, like the most precious thing that ever happend for you even though it all just hurts now

    SadDaddy69on April 22, 2022   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    Just how I see it personally in light of life events. :)

    "I'll use you as a warning sign That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind I'll use you as a focal point So I don't lose sight of what I want I've moved further than I thought I could But I miss you more than I thought I would I'll use you as a warning sign That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind"

    "I'll use you as a makeshift gauge Of how much to give and how much to take I'll use you as a warning sign That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind"-

    I view those lines in context of my ex. How I see him now. I use him as a lesson, as a focal point or point of reference for future relationships. I gave so much and got so little back and so got so much grief and stress in the process. I sacrificed so much and have learned how much shit I should take now before quitting.

    The lines "I found love where it wasn't supposed to be Right in front of me Talk some sense to me"

    They remind me/refer to my current boyfriend. I found him in the strangest of places- we had both JUST gotten out of long term relationships, me three weeks or so before him. We found love in the aftermath of... heartbreak.

    Love is such a strange and complex thing. Comes up when you least expect it. :)

    WereRenon November 21, 2015   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Seems to me like someone who was hurt in a past relationship, telling that person that they don't fully regret what happened. They learned from it and they wouldn't change that, but they're done with this person. They found love unexpectedly afterward and the person they left still wants to be with them but they know that all the "sense" you can talk won't change the facts. That person was bad for them.

    GenocidalGerbion August 18, 2019   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    I think the song signifies two people in a relationship but the other was cheating on them with someone they both knew maybe a friend, and that’s why they say it was right I front of them, and they tell the other person to try to explain which is put as “ talk some sense to me”

    alyssa1149on August 16, 2021   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I feel this in my soul, narcissistic relationship In a nutshell, no healthy relationship will ever feel like one with a narc.. They make you feel so incredible but they destroy you. Once you realize that you have no choice but to leave, which breaks you. He will forever hold a special place in my heart, it's like greaving a death..

    LiabilityDuckon November 10, 2021   Link

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