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Getting too busy to make amends
I should try to make it right
Are you ready for the shit to hit
I think you say you are but aren't
Doctor make it better instantly
You're the only one who can
I've waited here my whole damn life
And I've forgotten what I wanted
Maybe I can do it
If I put my back into it
I can leave you if I wanted
But there's nowhere else that I can go
Maybe I won't suffer
If I find a way to love here
I'd be lying to myself
But there is no way out that I can see
If I lied you'd know it instantly
So I just had to look away
All the honesty I've ever lost
I can't begin to even curse
I never knew the taste of blood till now
It's clear I never should have known
Breathing fire was never this much fun
So there's a dark side in us all
I should try to make it right
Are you ready for the shit to hit
I think you say you are but aren't
Doctor make it better instantly
You're the only one who can
I've waited here my whole damn life
And I've forgotten what I wanted
If I put my back into it
I can leave you if I wanted
But there's nowhere else that I can go
If I find a way to love here
I'd be lying to myself
But there is no way out that I can see
So I just had to look away
All the honesty I've ever lost
I can't begin to even curse
I never knew the taste of blood till now
It's clear I never should have known
Breathing fire was never this much fun
So there's a dark side in us all
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.angry/argument/malice non-perminant thoughts.
is this supposed to be a 'dark and dismal' song? i like it. yt another break-up song ... or is it?
i think he's gay but he's only just realised it... or maybe she's pregnant and he can't leave her but he doesn't love her.
What I get from the song is that he's trying to make a relationship work, but it isn't because there was some sort of conflict, which I think is that she thinks he's lying by the lyric, "If I lied you'd know it instantly, so I just had to look away." Basically, he's telling the truth and trying to move on, but it doesn't work and he's trying to sort of get out of the pain.
Also, I think it's sort of a love that has expired, but is still strong. As in, he loves her but it's all gotten to be too much. He can leave, but then he can't. There are too many unresolved problems there, and too much love to walk away from. In a nutshell, he's tangled in a bad situation.
It's about a guy feeling restless in a relationship. He wants to get out but doesn't really want to make the effort. Stagnation. Brilliant song, it's my absolute favourite.
im not sure it is about a relationship. maybe his sick of everything in his life? like lauradonaghy said feeling restless. from the blood in the mouth lyric and the doctor making it right it sounds like hes been in a fight. maybe hes bored of the people and the fights and his lifestlye of the place he is living. maybe he cant afford to move away from his home or family so he has no choice but to stay and is frustrated?
Definitely a break-up. the relationship's ran its course and it's difficult for him to convince himself otherwise. As for the looking away, if, like me, you're a rubbish liar, you just don't say anything, look away, keep the other person from seeing what your eyes could betray.
i love songs that have deep lyrics that must be interpreted... plus does anyone else think this song is hella sexy? that piano playing just two minor chords over and over just plain makes me wanna get it on!
this song is totally about sex, dirty dirty sex with no feelings involved. damn sexy.
yes! i too think the piano is mad sexy. snow patrol has amazing beginnings.