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The waiting drove me mad
You're finally here and I'm a mess
I take your entrance back
Can't let you roam inside my head
I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your bread
I would rather run but I can't walk
Guess I'll lay alone just like before
I'll take the varmint's path
Oh, and I must refuse your test
A-push me and I will resist
This behavior's not unique
I don't want to hear from those who know
They can buy but can't put on my clothes
I don't want to limp for them to walk
Never would have known of me before
I don't want to be held in your debt
I'll pay it off in blood let I be wed
I'm already cut up and half dead
I'll end up alone like I began
Everything has chains, absolutely nothing's changed
Take my hand, not my picture, spilled my tincture
I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your breast
All the things that others want for me
Can't buy what I want because it's free
Can't buy what I want because it's free
Can't be what you want because I
Why ain't it supposed to be just fun?
Oh, to live and die, let it be done
I figure I'll be damned
All alone like I began
You're finally here and I'm a mess
I take your entrance back
Can't let you roam inside my head
I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your bread
I would rather run but I can't walk
Guess I'll lay alone just like before
I'll take the varmint's path
Oh, and I must refuse your test
A-push me and I will resist
This behavior's not unique
I don't want to hear from those who know
They can buy but can't put on my clothes
I don't want to limp for them to walk
Never would have known of me before
I don't want to be held in your debt
I'll pay it off in blood let I be wed
I'm already cut up and half dead
I'll end up alone like I began
Everything has chains, absolutely nothing's changed
Take my hand, not my picture, spilled my tincture
I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your breast
All the things that others want for me
Can't buy what I want because it's free
Can't buy what I want because it's free
Can't be what you want because I
Why ain't it supposed to be just fun?
Oh, to live and die, let it be done
I figure I'll be damned
All alone like I began
Lyrics submitted by Ark, edited by hello78, PedroCosta, OliviaMueller
Corduroy Lyrics as written by Eddie Vedder David Abbruzzese
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I've always heard the song as being from someone leaving a romantic relationship with someone else, because they're just 2 different people who see relationships very differently. The person it's to is one of those people who's looking for 'The One' and glorifies it to no end but really they treat people like a company treats prospective employees. They go around with a mental clipboard, ticking boxes (hence "I must refuse your test") to find what they think will be their perfect partner and thus make them happy. But the protagonist doesn't want to give them all that. They maybe want a romantic relationship, maybe not, but either way they love freedom too much to be with this other person - the freedom to be themself; to be genuine. The other person has delusions of the protagonist being 'The One' and all that but the protagonist knows better - they're very different people and so reasons with him/her - they don't want to take what the other can't give. Quite a noble song from my POV