Your House

I think this song talks about the in-between stage after a break up. You dont know if you should talk to your ex, or if you should shut them out of your life. It sounds like the writer is trying to get over the ex, but still sees her and feels heartbroken for it. He's tortured when he's with her, because he is in a conflict of falling in love again, even though nothing will come out of it. the easiest thing would be for him to throw away everything and distance himself from her, because if she calls or tells him that she still loves him, he would jump right back into the relationship.

The one you love isn't the one who won't break your heart.

Well, I think the meaning of this song is pretty universal, but it's the way that it's presented that makes it so damn special. I'd listened to the album maybe four times before I realised just how heartbreaking the song was -- and then I couldn't stop listening to it over and over again... with the kind of obsession that makes romance hard, whether you're falling in love or tearing yourself apart. It's all self-inflicted wounds anyway.

ya know. i HATED this song when i first got bleed american. i had to skip it...i dunno. i just didn't like the way it sounded. it just went against everything i loved about clarity. but then, i listened to the lyrics and i found that it was the main thing that i love about clarity. the whole universal experience of the ups and downs of love, etc. god, it kills me now. it totally reminds me of my "ex" (we were never in an official relationship, so i guess it doesn't count)...after i completely broke it off with him, he would know (and he still knows) JUST when to call me and tell me that he wants me for real. he calls when my life is just starting to get stressful (before a midterm/final. etc) and it turns my life upside down. i've actually told him never to call me again if he really cares...he keeps calling. anyway.

This song is simple. The lyrics are straightforward and meaningful at the same time. To me, this song is about a bf/gf relationship that won't work for some reason. Maybe it's an age difference, a distance problem, etc, etc. But he loves this girl, and he wants her to know that. But he also needs her to understand that he can't continue as they are.

The lyrics describe the temptation, pain, and heartbreak that he faces in trying to finally end the relationship.

hey y'all, just thought i'd post these complete lyrics b/c it's sortof hard to follow the broken up lyrics in the other version, and Your House is the kindof song where you need to have readable lyrics that flow....and yes, I find this song reeeeeally emo.

thank you for posting the lyrics correctly. this is a terrific song :)

"when you're on, I swear you're on / you rip my heart right out" ahhh ... burn me

This song reminds me of my ex bf. we were together 19 months. We just grew apart & eventually broke up, but still fooled around and stuff. 5 months later we're both seeing someone new, but I still love him. Aaaaargh! This song totally gets to me - I still see him cos we're best friends so the lyrics "And we know what happens when we get to your house Rip my heart right out You'll rip my heart right out " kinda fit. Lifes a bitch. :S:

Yep, kinda tired of having my heart ripped out. I'm ready for something real, something meaningful. I am waiting for that day, whenever it may come. . . .

"you rip my heart right out" that's like me when (if) I ever fell in love and fell out love, both were just so intense I felt like my heart was being ripped out. Ripped out when I fall in love because, I don't know....like you feel that connection and if it's not a connection, there's just some kind of chemisty even if it's one sided, or maybe lust, something that causes you to suffer because it catches your eye or attention. I think of that and trying to forget them because you know that maybe it just won't work out and it's best that they try to stay away and not even think of them, be aware of that certain someone that caused so much racket in either a good OR bad way in your relationship. I have all my thoughts down, most of it, but I don't think it makes sense. I just think it's a love song to me....and, I can relate in my own personal 'psychotic' way when it comes to if not love, whatever caused me to come across this feeilng and situation when it comes to someone.