He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
From the way that you acted
To the way that I felt it
It wasn't worth my time
And now it's sad 'cause all I missed
Wasn't that good to begin with
And now I've started you begging
Saying things that you don't mean
It isn't worth my time
A line's a dime a million times
And I'm about to see all of them
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You call my name when I wake up
To see things go your way
I'm coughing up my time
Each drag's a drop of blood, a grain
A minute of my life
It's all I've got just to stay down
Why the fuck am I still down?
I'm hoarding all that's mine
Each time I let just one slip by
I'm wasting what is mine
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
My time
My time
My time
I'm about to see a million things
I thought I'd never seen before and I
I'm about to do all of the things I've dreamed of
And I don't even miss you at all
I'm about to see a million things
I thought I'd never seen before and I
I'm about to do all of the things I've dreamed of
And I don't even miss you at all (fuck you)
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
To the way that I felt it
It wasn't worth my time
And now it's sad 'cause all I missed
Wasn't that good to begin with
And now I've started you begging
Saying things that you don't mean
It isn't worth my time
A line's a dime a million times
And I'm about to see all of them
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You call my name when I wake up
To see things go your way
I'm coughing up my time
Each drag's a drop of blood, a grain
A minute of my life
It's all I've got just to stay down
Why the fuck am I still down?
I'm hoarding all that's mine
Each time I let just one slip by
I'm wasting what is mine
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
My time
My time
My time
I'm about to see a million things
I thought I'd never seen before and I
I'm about to do all of the things I've dreamed of
And I don't even miss you at all
I'm about to see a million things
I thought I'd never seen before and I
I'm about to do all of the things I've dreamed of
And I don't even miss you at all (fuck you)
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
You're taking up my time
Goodbye to you, goodbye to you
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Masterpiece00, I too feel that it's about the actual eating disorder and not so much about any other addiction or anything else. But now when I've read all the comments I can see that almost everyone think the bulimia is just a metaphore for drug abuse or a bad relationship. Maybe you have to have experienced an eating disorder to be able to really see it in the lyrics? People that haven't ever dealed with body image and issues with food and all that usually can't understand how it works and feels, and that's why they don't see that these lyrics actually describe bulimia perfectly. Anyways. I don't agree that it's absurd to say that it's about a breakup, getting rid of an addiction is very much like a breakup from the drug of choice. The struggle is kind of the same no matter what kind of selfdestruction you're in to, you can easily apply these lyrics on any tough situation. That's what I feel! Take care, y'all!