Paradise Lost

Year Of Summer

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There's two arms you could break
How low can you descend
Approach the subject kindly
You've chosen to defend
Those tears are not for real
They're falling on command
A harsh decision maybe
You're living on remand

Your mind is thinking madness
Much more you could not take
Before you fall on bad days
And lower your defence as always...

Suddenly demanding, choosing not to feed on all this sadness

My stomach tends to fold
When I speak of your name
Accept that you're regretful
Accept that you're not safe

Your life is contradiction
A life that's bruised and torn
I've chosen toleration
You've chosen to dismiss as always

Suddenly demanding, the truth is always worse when you are sober
Suddenly demanding, choosing not to feed on all this sadness
Suddenly demanding, choosing not to feed on all this sadness
This sadness is my own

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jt On Jul 10, 2002

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2002-07-10 10:51:28

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by pdslt

17y ago

The song is possibly about someone who has suffered years of pain in a relationship and decides they have had enough and can't take anymore, at least that's the way I read it. When I listen to it I tend to look at the meaning of the song in a more general sense, as having had enough of everything in life. I love the part "My stomach tends to fold, when I speak of your name", and "The truth is always worse when you are sober". Totally underrated song that I have loved since it was first released.

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by revanchist

16y ago

I personally think the song is rather about a person being absolutely disillusione by life and everything. The song describes the person's way into cynism.

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