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You tell me something I wouldn't hear
tell me something I refuse to know
I didn't want to hear it
it didn't sound too good from here
it's the cover of a book
it's the cover I refuse to see
I didn't want to see it
it didn't look too good from here
I didn't think you'd notice
it didn't make a difference
if it mattered that much to you
it wouldn't matter that much to me
I tried harder than you could know
was I there was I waiting
but that's me I forget sometimes
are you never coming back
It's something I couldn't ignore
it's part of me everyday
it's something I couldn't say to you
something that takes the breath from me
something that makes me angry
something that's cheap and dirty(x2)
something that takes my strength away
and I blame it on you
I blame it on you(x2)
tell me something I refuse to know
I didn't want to hear it
it didn't sound too good from here
it's the cover of a book
it's the cover I refuse to see
I didn't want to see it
it didn't look too good from here
it didn't make a difference
if it mattered that much to you
it wouldn't matter that much to me
was I there was I waiting
but that's me I forget sometimes
are you never coming back
it's part of me everyday
it's something I couldn't say to you
something that takes the breath from me
something that makes me angry
something that's cheap and dirty(x2)
something that takes my strength away
and I blame it on you
I blame it on you(x2)
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Love this song so much! My Girlfriend played this to me one night, and I fell in love with it. Then we kinda broke up, but she just played this to me down the phone and GOD! Just means so much, especially the "I tred harder that you could know" part!
This is a breakup song. As someone who just went through a breakup myself I can tell you:
“It’s the cover I refuse to see / I didn’t want to see it / it didn’t look too good from here”
Is talking about the songwriter’s lover clearly not being a match for him in some way, down to personality or core values / morals / beliefs. Something he didn’t want to be, because his heart was already in it.
He wanted it to work because his heart was already in it. “I tried harder than you could know” to reconcile within himself, to cope with however she was hurting him. With whatever he disagreed with or wished wasn’t so.
But eventually it was “something I couldn’t ignore” eventually he gets angry at the breakup and blames her for for it, for the heartache that is SO PRESENT in the delivery and the arrangement.
Something that he couldn’t say to her (he probably did and that’s why they’re broken up) but he’s still bitter because why wouldn’t she just change for him? Why couldn’t she just be better? Why would she prioritize something cheap and dirty over the bond they built?
Why did she have to sap him like this, drive him crazy, drain his strength away?
I’d blame her too.