This means nothing to me
'Cause you are nothing to me
And it means nothing to me
That you blew this away

'Cause you could've been number one
If you only found the time
And you could've ruled the whole world
If you had the chance

You could've been number one
And you could've ruled the whole world
And we could've had so much fun
But you blew it away

You're still nothing to me
And this is nothing to me
And you don't know what you've done
But I'll give you a clue

You could've been number one
If you only had the chance
And you could've ruled the whole world
If you had the time

You could've been number one
And you could've ruled the whole world
And we could've had so much fun
But you blew it away

You could've been number one
And you could've ruled the whole world
And we could've had so much fun
But you blew it away


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    it could be as simple as an ex, but the heart it is sung with makes me feel it is someone closer.

    When I first heard it I wondered if the writer had an estranged parent, it is the sort of thing you would scream at a father that left then made no effort to be a part of your life.

    "you mean nothing to me, it means nothing to me, that you threw it away" denial of a bitter resentment, not giving the absent parent the benefit of knowing his absence affected the childs life.

    "you could have been number one" fathers are often number one in the family order

    "If you had found the time" the biggest gripe of any childs life, that their parent never found the time to be there for them.

    "you could have ruled the whole world, if you had the chance"

    because as parents, we do, but an absent parent never gave themselves the chance to be that big a part.

    whatever way you read this song, there is ALOT of resentment for whomever is the 'muse'.

    bagladyon July 07, 2008   Link

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