Hand Me Down Lyrics
On a big town avenue
Gonna make you like the way they talk
When they're talking to you
Gonna make you break out of your shell
Cuz they tell you to
Gonna make you like the way they lie
Better than the truth
They'll tell you everything
You wanted someone else to say
They're gonna break your heart
From what I've seen
You're just one more hand me down
But no one's tried to give you
What you need
So lay all your troubles down
I am with you now
Try to make you love again
Try to make you like the way they feel
When they're under your skin
Never once do you think that they would lie
When they're holding you
Then you wonder why they haven't called
When they said they'd call you
You'll start to wonder
If you're ever gonna make it by
You'll start to think
You were born blind
From what I've seen
You're just one more hand me down
But no one's tried to give you
What you need
So lay all your troubles down
I am with you now
The straight to your heart times
When living ain't easy
You can stand up against me
and maybe rely on me
and cry, on me yeah
Shake it down to the drawing board
They'll do their best to change you
they still can't erase you
From what I've seen
You're just one more hand me down
But no one's tried to give you
What you need
So lay all your troubles down
I am with you now
I think it's like "Bright Lights" part 2 ... at first he's rather sarcastic about her expectations about going to the big-time. Then the second verse is about the hard cold way of the city that the girl just doesn't know. He's telling her what's going to happen to her after that city gets to her. The city wants her to just blend in to the scenery basically. Then there's the speaker telling her to come back to him and he'll bring her back from it all. The big city has a lot of promises and most of them it can't really keep.
For me this song is about people using you. About being surrounded by alot of people who aren't really your friends, they throw you around like you don't mean a thing. I spose it comes down to being surrounded by lies and fake friendships or relationships.
That's how i see it... i know i'm probably wrong.
@Heartsmb20 I think you hit the nail on the head, my friend, that''s exactly what it's about!
@Heartsmb20 I think you hit the nail on the head, my friend, that''s exactly what it's about!
This song is one of my favorites off of this album. This song is a lot like my life.
This song is about a girl that gets pulled in many directions and has no choice but to follow what has been stilled in her head. And now he is finally here to listen to her problems and let her open up to be the person that she really is inside. BEAUTIFUL song!!!
I love this song and I love matchbox 20! Keep going guys!
I think it's about a guy whose liked this girl for some time and he stands by, not able to talk to her, but watching her get hurt in all of these dead end relationships. Hence, "You're just one more hand me down" because she's passed down from man to man. Then this guy decides to tell her that he'll care for her and "maker her love again". A very beautiful song, with well written lyrics.
I first heard this song the other night with my boyfriend, and it made me cry. I can relate to it a lot..i love it.
my god this is as beautiful as songs go since the first moment i heard it i have cried everytime its played.... god i always feel like a hand me down hence my name! but i feel its about someone who is always looking to belong to replace the love that was never given to her and him saying "just come to me"
its about a girl who feels worthless and she meets a guy who wants to change that.
Yes, I almost always cry over this song. I can relate to it fully, but still haven't found the support that Rob is singing about. It's so amazingly, beautifully touching. Some lines are so true. Being lied to, being fooled when you had already given the best of you, can be so hurting. "then you wonder why they haven't called, when they said they'd call you...". You can't help thinking that ther's something wrong about you, or that you "were born blind". And you feel helpless, like a hand me down... Everything about this song is just breathtaking.