In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Its been three days
You come around here like you know me
Your stuff at my place
Next thing you know, you'll be using my toothpaste
Step up, sit down
Get ready, let me tell you whose the boss now
Stay here, get out
Everytime I turn around you're in my face
Dont care where you think you've been
And how you're getting over.
If you think you got me found just wait it gets much colder
[Chorus]
Here I am
Perfect as I'm ever gonna be
You'll see, love me for me
Stick around
I'm not the kind of girl you wanna leave
You'll see, love me for me
Shut up, come back
No, I didn't really mean to say that
I'm mixed up, so what
Yeah you want me so you're messed up too
I love you, I hate you
If you only knew what I've been through
My head is spinnin but
My heart is in the right place
Sometimes it has to have itself a little earthquake
[Chorus]
Here I am
Perfect as I'm ever gonna be
You'll see, love me for me
Stick around
I'm not the kind of girl you wanna leave
You'll see, love me for me
I've been waiting all my life to finally find you
Just so I can push you away
And when you're crawling over broken glass to get to me
Thats when I'll let you stay
[Chorus]
Uh, here I am
Perfect as I'm ever gonna be
You'll see, love me for me
Stick around
I'm not the kind of girl you wanna leave
You'll see, love me for me
Whoa... love me for me
Whoa...
[Chorus]
Here I am
As perfect as I'm ever gonna be
You'll see, love me for me
Stick around
I'm not the kind of girl you wanna leave
You'll see, love me for me
You come around here like you know me
Your stuff at my place
Next thing you know, you'll be using my toothpaste
Step up, sit down
Get ready, let me tell you whose the boss now
Stay here, get out
Everytime I turn around you're in my face
Dont care where you think you've been
And how you're getting over.
If you think you got me found just wait it gets much colder
[Chorus]
Here I am
Perfect as I'm ever gonna be
You'll see, love me for me
Stick around
I'm not the kind of girl you wanna leave
You'll see, love me for me
Shut up, come back
No, I didn't really mean to say that
I'm mixed up, so what
Yeah you want me so you're messed up too
I love you, I hate you
If you only knew what I've been through
My head is spinnin but
My heart is in the right place
Sometimes it has to have itself a little earthquake
[Chorus]
Here I am
Perfect as I'm ever gonna be
You'll see, love me for me
Stick around
I'm not the kind of girl you wanna leave
You'll see, love me for me
I've been waiting all my life to finally find you
Just so I can push you away
And when you're crawling over broken glass to get to me
Thats when I'll let you stay
[Chorus]
Uh, here I am
Perfect as I'm ever gonna be
You'll see, love me for me
Stick around
I'm not the kind of girl you wanna leave
You'll see, love me for me
Whoa... love me for me
Whoa...
[Chorus]
Here I am
As perfect as I'm ever gonna be
You'll see, love me for me
Stick around
I'm not the kind of girl you wanna leave
You'll see, love me for me
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This song rox!!! I think it's one of the better songs on the cd (though don't get me wrong, all Ashlee's songs are good). I think it means.........lol, yah....i have no clue!!
I absolutely LOVE this song.
I think in this song she's singing to an ex-boyfriend? Or something on the lines of that. And she's telling him that how she is, isn't going to change. And that's as perfect as she's ever going to be.. Hinting the Lyrics: Here I am, As perfect as I'm ever gonna be
In a way she hates this guy? And yet she wants him still..
Shut up, Come back No, I didn't really mean to say that. I'm mixed up, so what Yeah you want me so you're messed up too I love you, I hate you If you only knew what I've been through
^^Those lyrics show how she just wants to get her point through but doesn't want him to hate her for what she has to say?
I'm not really sure if that's what this song means, but that's how I see it...
Yeah, that makes sense too but I thought it was about a guy being interested in her and she's just saying that it's not easy to get to me but don't give up: "I'm not the kind of girl you wanna leave You'll see, Love me for me" And she's tell him he has to prove himself in order for her to let her guard down and be with him: "I've been waiting all my life to finally find you, Just so I can push you away. And when you're crawling over broken glass to get to me Thats when I'll let you stay"
favorite part: "....shut up, come back no i didn't really mean to say that. stay here..... love it
i went to her showcase before and she said this song is about josh or something. she said she broke up with him because he wanted her to change and she also said that he's a mean person. haha
I wouldn't want to date ashlee, she always writes about her ex-loves...
I hate Ashlee's voice. Plain and simple. But I'm not going to call her talentless because if she did in fact write her songs then she's got potential. All the songs on the album are good, nicely written. But her voice is crap.
i love this song and can totalyy realte to it
im with u girl....i hate my man but i love him 2!!!! i think shes tryin to put across that she loves her man but wants him 2 love her 4 wot she is not for wot shes got!
Finaly people who L-O L-O L-O L-O-V-E this song as much as i do
i like the message it kinda have. love someone for who they are and realize why they're amazing. im not an ashlee simpson fan so..yeah....................................................................................................................................not too sure if i like it or not......................
god..... shoot me....i like this song... but dislike ashlee still im sticking to that.