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Sara Bareilles – Between the Lines Lyrics 14 years ago
Cheating. Very, very clearly cheating. She loved him so dearly, deep down knowing he was cheating, but stayed because she loved him so much.

Time to tell me the truth
To burden your mouth for what you say
No pieces of paper in the way
'Cause I can't continue pretending to choose
The opposite sides on which we fall
The loving you laters, if at all
No right minds could wrong be this many times

She's finally given up pretending that he isn't cheating, she's done looking the other way. So she's telling him to tell her what she's known all along.


My memory is cruel
I'm queen of attention-to-details
Defending intentions if he fails
Until now, he told me her name
It sounded familiar in a way
I could have sworn I'd heard him
Say it ten thousand times
If only I had been listening

First part, she replays all the it was so obvious he was cheating, but staying in denial, even going so far as to defend him against other people who told her he was cheating. Second part, he'd heard the girls name mentioned by him casually before. She was hearing it, but not listening.

Leave unsaid unspoken
Eyes wide shut unopened
You and me
Always between the lines

She doesn't want to know anymore. She should have read between the lines of his behavior to know he was cheating. Everything between them had been said between the lines until then.

I thought I was ready to bleed
That we'd move from the shadows on the wall
And stand in the center of it all
Too late, two choices, to stay or to leave
Mine was so easy to uncover
He'd already left with the other
So I learned to listen through silence

She thought she was ready to hear the truth. So she chose to confront him. Then she thought she had to chose to stay, or to leave him, but he told her that he was leaving her for the other woman. So in the relationship, she learned how to listen to her instincts.

I tell myself
All the words he surely meant to say
I'll talk until
The conversation doesn't stay on
"Wait for me, I'm almost ready,"
When he meant "Let go,"

To me, this is about the beginning of the relationship. He asked her to wait to get married/for him to commit, but she didn't. She pushed. So he caved. But what he'd really meant back then was for her to let go of him.



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Sara Bareilles – Breathe Again Lyrics 14 years ago
This is my take;
I think she was in a relationship that she had outgrown, so she strayed:"Facing the ghosts that decide
If the fire inside still burns" and "Open up next to you
And my secrets become your truth
And the distance between
That was sheltering me comes in full view" So she told him about her infidelity.
And
"Hang my head, break my heart
Built from all I have torn apart
And my burden to bear
Is a love I can't carry anymore"
He broke up with her, and she has to live with the guilt of breaking his hear and cheating

But because they were together such a long time, of course it still hurts,and she's heartbroken.

The chorus: She still loves him, and she wishes they were still together as they were before.
And
"It hurts to be here
I only wanted love from you
It hurts to be here
What am I gonna do?"
She cheated because she didn't feel like he loved her, and it hurting to be around him. Now it hurts because they broke up.


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Sara Bareilles – Machine Gun Lyrics 14 years ago
This ENTIRE album describes my huge break up and life situation right now. I agree with the general consensus,it's aimed at people who attempt to bring others down at all costs.

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Sara Bareilles – Hold My Heart Lyrics 14 years ago
Obviously about the end of a relationship. But I think she left him, but still loved him. He blames her, but she knows that it was mutual, she was just the one that pulled the trigger.

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Sara Bareilles – Uncharted Lyrics 14 years ago
Though I may be going down I'll take in flame over burning out
kurt Cobain suicide letter reference.

I think the song is about a huge break up, so she up and leaves, reevaluates her entire life, and starts down a new path. "follow if you want" She doesn't care what her family or friends think about this. They are welcome in her life if they want to be.

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Sara Bareilles – Gonna Get Over You Lyrics 14 years ago
This song has such amazing lyrics. Sara is such a poet.

This line is amazing:
And I'm not the girl that I intend to be
I dare you darling, just you wait and see
But this time not for you but just for me

To me, it's "I take my part in why this relationship failed. You always wanted me to change, now I will, but I'm living life for me."

To me, the whole song is really empowering, but honest. They broke up, and she knows she'll be fine eventually, but she misses him all at the same time.

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