5 Meanings
Add Yours
Follow
Share
Q&A
Promises Broken Lyrics
Streets are filled with broken glass
You get buried by the past
And give me just a little taste
And lay this mast to waste
Take me home
My mind is racing take me home
My body's aching so alone
I'll make you want to stay with me
Befriended by the enemy
One more time
And every little thing about this tells me
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I hear spoken
Just promises broken now
Lookin' outside from my window sill
Throw another coin in the wishing well
Never find what your lookin' for
Fifteen miles
Your dim light shines
From so far away
Your sad smile
Is all I see when I say
That every little thing about this tells me
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I hear spoken
Just promises broken now
From the hotel satellite
Don't look like you're livin' right
Here's a deal you can't refuse
You ain't got as much to lose
Can you tell your troubles to
Someone who won't laugh at you
It's all right
As I watch you walk away
Hope a part of you will stay
But it's all right
And every little thing about this tells me
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I hear spoken
Just promises broken now
You get buried by the past
And give me just a little taste
And lay this mast to waste
Take me home
My body's aching so alone
I'll make you want to stay with me
Befriended by the enemy
One more time
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I hear spoken
Just promises broken now
Throw another coin in the wishing well
Never find what your lookin' for
Your dim light shines
From so far away
Your sad smile
Is all I see when I say
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I hear spoken
Just promises broken now
Don't look like you're livin' right
Here's a deal you can't refuse
You ain't got as much to lose
Someone who won't laugh at you
It's all right
Hope a part of you will stay
But it's all right
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I hear spoken
Just promises broken now
Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.
Ya hey the other day I was in a dollar store and WTF do ya know but I was at the checkout and over in the corner the word "soul" catches my eye but i'm like WTF i go over and sure enough it's a book called Soul Asylum an illustrated discography or something so i bought it :) Wasn't that a great story???? Ya I thought so.........
small correction: "Your dim light shines from so far away" is what Dave sings and what is written in the album's book.
You're right, Dan Murphy co-wrote this song but Dave sings it anyway and Dan does the backing vocals as usual.
I love the lyric "as I watched you walk away, I hoped a part of you would stay". It's a game-with-words (one of many) where he changes the usual expression "a part of me hoped you'd stay". Great music too!
I love this song...Dave Pirner is one of my favorite lyricists.
The part where it says "you took my chance from so far away" should say "let your dime light shine from so far away" This song is amazing, I think that it is about sobering up and realizing everything that you have done to the people around you, and how you can never mend some ties back together.
Actually, this was the one song on the album that was written and sung by guitarist Dan Murphy. And it was inspired by being on the road missing his 5(?) year old son. Thats right out of a Rolling Stone interview. Although the Lyrics were tailored to a relationship.