| The Sundays – Blood On My Hands Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this song expresses guilt and the disillusionment in regards to a failed relationship left because it wasn't what was imagined it would be. In the process, the other person was badly hurt. Classic relationship dynamic wherein one person likes the other more and the feelings are not reciprocated. The opening lyric and first verse, speaks to an impression of other people's judgement of the situation. "When people say. 'It's sad,' and you know it can't be bad...now I can't afford to listen to a word they say..." There is disappointment in a connection being not at all, all that it was imagined it would be. This is expressed in the line, "Oh, the ultimate late night, didn't taste right." Spending what should have been a really romantic night with her lover, "left a bad taste in her mouth." The chorus, "Blood on my hands," reflects on having hurt someone badly. "True words that I should know," a response to second-guessing one's intuition about the relationship. "A crime's a crime, I have to pay," feeling guilt about perhaps leading someone on for at least some period of time. The lyric tells some of the relationship story and flashes between reminiscence, fear of other's expectations and guilt for not fulfilling some of the expectations of society. Then it speaks to the self-reflection of being alone where we tend to judge our past actions. It goes on to realization that things don't turn out as you expect them to based on the "story" society gives us about love. Finally we're left with a bit of the loneliness and self doubt that occurs after a relationship is over and we feel fragile in our aloneness; how we need to buck up and get on with life. "Surely by now." |
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| The Sundays – Blood On My Hands Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Some of the lyrics are wrong--the last verse is: And the fates await if I'm gonna stay You'll come in to find that I don't mind The back-up vocal after the second chorus is: "Listen to your life, listen to your life." Also, the line "The days are getting longer so I better get stronger--fast." Not 'balls,. Since Harriet has no balls, I think it's doubtful she would use that word. If one listens closely, it can be heard that it's her British pronunciation of 'fast' with an "ahh" short "A" sound; "F-ahh-st." The word 'fast' is congruent with the beginning of the lyric, " ..days longer...stronger...fast." |
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