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Keeping up appearances
Keeping up with the Jones'
Fooling my selfish heart
Going through the motions
But I'm fooling myself
I'm fooling myself
Cause you say you love me
And then you do it again, you do it again
You say your sorry's
But then you do it again, you do it again
Everybody thinks you're well
Everybody thinks I'm ill
Watching me fall apart
Falling under your spell
But you're fooling yourself
You're fooling yourself
Cause you say you love me
And then you do it again, you do it again
You say your sorry's
And then you do it again, you do it again
And again and again and again and again
But you're fooling yourself
You're fooling yourself
Cause you say you love me
And then you do it again, you do it again
You say your sorry's
But then you do it again, you do it again
You say you love me
And then you do it again, you do it again
You say your sorry's
And then you do it again, you do it again
And again and again and again and again
Keeping up with the Jones'
Fooling my selfish heart
Going through the motions
I'm fooling myself
Cause you say you love me
And then you do it again, you do it again
You say your sorry's
But then you do it again, you do it again
Everybody thinks I'm ill
Watching me fall apart
Falling under your spell
You're fooling yourself
Cause you say you love me
And then you do it again, you do it again
You say your sorry's
And then you do it again, you do it again
And again and again and again and again
You're fooling yourself
Cause you say you love me
And then you do it again, you do it again
You say your sorry's
But then you do it again, you do it again
You say you love me
And then you do it again, you do it again
You say your sorry's
And then you do it again, you do it again
And again and again and again and again
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Ya... the song is totally about some guy that is trying to make himself believe that his gf loves him because she says that she does but her actions clearly speak louder than her words and she doesn't love him and he knows it... he just doesn't want to believe it. It's an amazing song I'm surprised that more people haven't commented on it.
I agree that it's about domestic violence, the lyrics and the way it's sung just hint at something darker than just a feuding couple. The part that makes me think it is about domestic violence most is "Everybody thinks you're well Everybody thinks I'm ill Watching me fall apart Falling under your spell" Everybody thinks the abuser is perfectly fine and normal and an ordinary nice person, whilst the abused is always making excuses and reasons for not going out and bruises etc. The people on the outside don't put two and two together and realise that the violence is going on. They are "watching" the abused fall apart without even realising it. Also the abuser is watching the abused fall apart and fall under their spell, so they won't ever tell anyone or anything. It just describes the domestic violence situation so tactfully and well. It's an excellent song. Love the 12 memories album.
definitely one of my favourite songs from Travis. Gosh, I think all of their song is my favourite!
he tries to tell himself that his girlfriend loves him because thats what he tells her but she does it again whatever that is...
Very good beat anyway! And I agree with the last comment, i think it means that too
I think i read that it's actually about domestic violence?
I saw Travis' performance of this song on the T In The Park coverage that was on last night. What a fantastic song, am definitely gonna have to go out and buy 'Singles' now.
I belive Fran wrote this song about his mother who was constantly abused by his dad.
I think this song is about a girl, that doesn
t treat her bf right. Maybe she is cheating on him etc, but the second verse makes me feel theres something more about it. "Everybody thinks your well Everybody thinks Im ill Watching me fall apart Falling into your spell" Yeah I think it possibly could be about how this girl controls him. Hes under her spell. She was probably sweet & kind when they met, but she changed. And I think she makes their friends and people in generally look at her as the innocent part, the one that havent done anything wrong. Theres nothing wrong with her, its just him. Hes the desperate one. He "needs" her to feel worthy. Thats the way she talks about him, and everybody thinks hes the problem, because hes getting weaker and weaker, when hes under her control. Well, that`s my opinion. Really good song by the way.great song.....