If I Told You This Was Killing Me, Would You Stop?

The Juliana Theory

Watch your mouth
Hold your toungue boy
Because you're running out of breath
Running out of time
Before every careless word
That you utter renders you utterly useless.
Now you're drowning in your own saliva
Trying to speak yourself to the top of your empty world
Well keep on talking just keep on rambling
You've got your mouth full
Listen here's the pleasant part
You and I we fell apart.
Listen here's the pleasant part
You and I we fell apart.(continue)
Why can't you make up your mind?
Why can't you make up your mind?
Shut your mouth
Burn your bridges
Throw your words like an attack and stab me in the wait a second wait a second what's that I just heard nevermind
It's obviously worthless..
Now you're standing on your soapbox yelling from the rooftops everything you say is a lie. a lie a lie. lie lie Yeah!
Listen here's the clever one who speaks before his thoughts are done.
Listen here's the clever one who speaks before his thoughts are done.(continue)
Why can't you make up your mind?
Why can't you make up your mind?
Watch your mouth
Hold your tongue
Somethings are better left unsaid
Watch your mouth
Hold your tongue
Somethings are better left unsaid.
Now I hope you're pleased,
You got your prize and tongue
I dance between your words,
Right before you fall....
RIGHT BEFORE YOU-
Why don't you, Why don't' you say that to my face?
I had a rip down, torn out So many things.
Everything you, everytime you,every word you say.
If I told you this was killing me, would you , would you Stop?




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    I have no idea what this song is about butI love it
    alkalinegirlon January 09, 2002   Link
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    this song does have a meaning... if you dont know what it is saying... let me explain it. it is about himself.... he cant control the stupid things he does and says... he wants to but he cant. and it makes things worse for him. he is downgrading himself so that he wont continue to do that.
    emocoreJAYon January 19, 2002   Link
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    Hey Are you sure this song has that meaning?? I mean it looks to me like hes telling someone he knows to stop and think b4 they speak and relize what they are doing to people and their surroundings. It sounds like the other persons actions are hurting him. **If I told you this was killing me would you stop** doesnt that sound like hes talking to someone else??
    EmoRockson April 17, 2002   Link
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    Okay, I'm gonna take a crack at this. As someone whos been harassed and insulted my entire life I've found a very good interpretation through out the whole song. Listen to this song and think of it as someone singing it to someone who's insulting him repetitivly where it's driving him to the breaking point. Then alot of the song makes sense. The song seems like it's telling someone off who's been trying to offend him for along time.
    Creationon April 18, 2002   Link
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    I originally thought it was about somebody else, but looking back, it makes so much more sense for it to be about himself, even down to the title... Now the question is asked of whether he can stop being that part of himself that he so dislikes...
    truthsayeron April 24, 2002   Link
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    I think it's about someone who has a mouth with it's own mind. Basically what everyone else is saying. GREAT SONG! woo
    mellowyellowi1100on April 25, 2002   Link
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    The meaning this song has for me is similar to what some of the other ideas i've read. Basically what I derived from it (as a gurl...seeing if from my perspective) is that the song is about a relationship. One person doesnt realize that his/her actions and words are hurting their partner. Their words, although they dont realize are ruining the relationship *listen here's the pleasant part, you and i we fell apart....some things are better left unsaid* Anyway, so the realtionship is suffering and the person who is beng hurt wants desperately to end the pain *If I told you this was killing me would you stop?* Anyway, the first time I heard this song I was in a situation in which I was able to relate this song....you guys may not agree with it...but thats what makes this song so awesome!
    Dade322on April 25, 2002   Link
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    Dade322 is right. In my opinion anyway.
    NtoTheDrkon April 26, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    woOt...go me!! haha...and go NtotheDrk!! ::high Five::
    Dade322on April 26, 2002   Link
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    I agree wholeheartedly with Dade322, seeing as I'm in a similar situation currently myself.
    BlueAndStarryon April 28, 2002   Link

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