| This Providence – Letdown Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Here are my two cents: I've been in this situation before. What I hear in this song is melancholy and bitterness. To me the first verse simply sets the stage: he's heartbroken. He misses the girl the way an addict misses their drug of choice. If the song were a movie, the chorus would be a flashback, taking the listeners back to the exact moment the knife went in. The second verse basically tells us why he's wallowing in self-pity and proclaiming himself a letdown: he cheated. He sold his soul to the devil, a pretty girl who had all the right moves. When he refers to his "skin", he's refering to the girl who he cheated on, the one he actually loved. She's his skin becuse she's his comfort zone, as well as an essential part of him. He traded that skin for "cheap sex and tattoos", referring to the girl who seduced him. This also takes us to the bridge, where the new girl "sealed his fate" with "sugar kissin". It sort of hints at what the other woman said to get him into her bed. The fact that he cheated explains the chorus. He feels so guilty and realizes he made a mistake, and pretty much agrees with everything his girl said to him when they broke up (in the chorus). Basically the song is him lamenting a big mistake that he made, as well as declaring himself worthless for having done what he did. |
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