| Imogen Heap – Half Life Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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*YOU KNOW WHAT?!* I knew I'd get like this again. That's why I try to keep at bay, be a hundred percent when I'm with you, and then a perfect heart's length away. The stickler is you've played not one beat wrong, you never promised me anything, even sat me down, warned me just how they fall; I knew the odds were I'd never win, yet here I am... *chorus* It's a half life with you as my quarterback, a daft life. -- My self-worth measured in text back tempo, it's been two days and eight minutes too slow. Well, there may be others, but I still like to pretend, that I'm the one you really want to grow old with. I've got a schedule to stick to, got a world to keep sweet. You're so much to everyone all the time. Will it ever slow down? Will I ever come first? The universe contracts to sigh... *chorus* Hold me, darling, hold me, darling, please. You know you'll never be lonely, no, you'll always be loved, and maybe you'll never need more than that. But for the surplus that loves, what's to become of us? Does it even register on your conscience? Long for one last showdown from a box in a crowd, air compressed tight to explode. I'm clenching my ticket to the only way out as you disappear in a puff of smoke. *chorus* THOSE ARE THE LYRICS. THERE. |
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| Imogen Heap – Half Life Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I haven't come across any song so far that represents unrequited love as well as this one does. For anyone who knows the feeling, either through their own experiences or through those of someone else's, this song is a perfect depiction. Basically, in the song, she's given all she has to someone popular and loved by MANY OTHERS just like her. This person never did anything to actually break her heart (like reject her coldly or play her), but the fact that he doesn't love her back is enough to hurt. It's possible ("there may well be others") that the person she loves loves someone else, or he is just loved by a whole bunch of girls ("you'll never be lonely/you'll always be loved"). Either way, the truth is that he does not love her, and has told her this nicely, but she can't seem to let go. |
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