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I Tried To Rock You But You Only Roll Lyrics
Hear me now, like you did back then
With an underground feeling and a solid gold soul
Hear me now like you did back then
With an over-ground healing
Tried to steal my soul
Got so scared, got so tired
Doing everything wrong doing everything right
Got two guitars to play my songs
Many rights to kill my wrongs
Got a smile that could knock you down
Friends who follow me and don't own responsibility
But I know what I am and I know I'm right
My arms were reaching out to let you go
I tried to rock you but you only can roll
The ink you spilled across my skin
Is sinking deeper within
I was wrong to put you up there with a ton of dead heroes
And a ton of dead songs but you can to be like a casual dream
Slow to begin, put a smile on my skin
Got a head full of new ideas
Got music bleeding from my ears
And people who believe in me
I got miles and miles of things to see
And nothing relates to you and me
And I know what I am and I know that I'm right
My arms were reaching out to let you go
I tried to rock you but you only can roll
The ink you spilled across my skin
Is sinking deeper within
My arms were reaching out to let you go
I tried to rock you but you only can roll
The ink you spilled across my skin
Is sinking deeper within
Oh no
With an underground feeling and a solid gold soul
Hear me now like you did back then
With an over-ground healing
Tried to steal my soul
Got so scared, got so tired
Doing everything wrong doing everything right
Many rights to kill my wrongs
Got a smile that could knock you down
Friends who follow me and don't own responsibility
But I know what I am and I know I'm right
I tried to rock you but you only can roll
The ink you spilled across my skin
Is sinking deeper within
And a ton of dead songs but you can to be like a casual dream
Slow to begin, put a smile on my skin
Got music bleeding from my ears
And people who believe in me
I got miles and miles of things to see
And nothing relates to you and me
And I know what I am and I know that I'm right
I tried to rock you but you only can roll
The ink you spilled across my skin
Is sinking deeper within
I tried to rock you but you only can roll
The ink you spilled across my skin
Is sinking deeper within
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Great song! And it's come into my life just when I needed to hear it. It's about finally realizing why you shouldn't be with a person and why you definitely deserve better... it's about realizing you can live without them and that they're not as cracked up as you've made them out to be.
No way! It's keen. It wants loving and it likes boys who can't be rocked down but who only roll with the good times. "You came to me like a casual dream"? Happy! The perfect song to listen to when nice boys send you mixtapes.
Hmmm, I think its more of a positive, looking forward song - she's realised she's better than what she thought when she was with the person that she has now let go.
Actually, I just read the lyrics again and I really don't know - my interpretation wasnt all that great. Hahahaha. I'll just leave it as it is a great song like many of Leona Naess's.
leona naess is brilliant as a song writer. my interpretation of the song is along the lines of the others above. i believe the song is about letting go of someone, dispensing yourself of grief and thoughts of one who broke your heart. dwelling on the past with that person is no longer a matter in your life. essentially, it's about moving on and leaving it all behind. and by moving on, that person feels a sense of renewal and relief, as implied in the song.