| Shinedown – I Own You Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The song seems to be about someone passing judgement on another person or simply re-asserting their domination on the other (the song feels like it could have something to do with military training, being able to go through with a tough situation). "Tell me how you feel this week. Are you cursed? Are you blessed? Are you still inside the mess?" -The first part seems to be about revealing the person's present weakness - being emotional to the point of being lost in a sort of mess. "All those feelings wrapped around you. Holds you down so you can't break through" -The emotions are keeping this person from becoming the best that they can possibly be. Perhaps they are broken by their emotions or the cause of the emotions. "Its a trap, so don't ask. Its a shadow on your back. It don't burn, it don't bleed. Still it'd cut you at the knees" -The dominating person passes judgement and tells the person that these feelings will trap you and will bring you to your knees. Or the other needs to toughen up. "Hey! C'est la vie. Remember me I made you, dressed and trained you? Hey! Its bittersweet. You can't kill me with kindness. I don't buy it. Strip down. Show me flesh and bone. 'Cuz now I own you" - C'est la vie is translated as "such is life" which sends the message that these emotions are normal and everyone makes mistakes, but I made you into my image, I trained you to uphold this image. You can't get yourself out of this and you can't suck up to me/I won't go easy on you because I won't accept it - I'm going to go tough on you so that you will realize your potential, so show me how tough you really are,(in other words I own you). "Take a breath, hold it in. Now look up, lets begin. Lesson learned, take a turn. Now you come around again" - Take a breath and get ready. The person in command made the other learn from their mistakes/emotions. "Time is up, take a shot. 'Cuz your story is all you got. Don't back down, don't say no. Just exhale and let go" - I have taught you all I can, so use use what you know and try to break through. Your ideals that you have trained for are all you have now. Nothing else matters, so commit yourself. Don't quit now, keep going, just let go of everything else. |
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