"Cheated Hearts" as written by and Nick Zinner Karen Orzolek....
Cheated by the opposite of love
Held on high from up up up above
Kept my high from the second one
Kept my eye on the first one
Now take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Well I'm
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And she's
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And he's
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And we're
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
Sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
She'll take on high
She'll take on high
Well sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Cheated by the opposite of love
Held on high from up up up above
Kept my high from the second one
Kept my eye on the first one
Now take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Held on high from up up up above
Kept my high from the second one
Kept my eye on the first one
Now take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Well I'm
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And she's
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And he's
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
And we're
Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off
Sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
I think that I'm bigger than the sound
She'll take on high
She'll take on high
Well sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Well I think that I'm bigger than the sound
Cheated by the opposite of love
Held on high from up up up above
Kept my high from the second one
Kept my eye on the first one
Now take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Take these rings and stow them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day
Lyrics submitted by scream&shake
"Cheated Hearts" as written by Karen Lee Orzolek Brian Chase
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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She is cheated by love because she cant have the one who she wants to be with and doesn't want to be with the one who wants to be with her.
"Kept my high from the second one
Kept my eye on the first one"
She keeps the rings of the men who want her and only puts them on when shes sad or cant have the one she wants.
"Take these rings and store them safe away
I'll wear them on another rainy day"
Tired of not being with her love, she begins to take off her inhibitions towards her "second". The "second" takes it off but is followed by the "first" as he gets jelous his own 'second' (karen o) not wanting him anymore... *make sense?*
"Well I’m take it take it take it take it taking it off
And she’s take it take it take it take it taking it off
And he’s take it take it take it take it taking it off
And we’re take it take it take it take it taking it off"
The sound is that of her second because she will always want her first more...
Well thats how i take it anyway...
even when it may seem like someone loves you
they may not
CHEATED BY THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE
the 'bigger than the sound' bit seems to me to be about love, sometimes she thinks she's above it. but she needs it, so she stays with him. '
i'll wear them on a rainy day' - she'll accept him when she begins to feel bad about herself.
just my thoughts. ;)
Kept my eye on the first one"
They say that you unknowingly will always hold a certain closeness to your first ever love.
Eveyone keeps their eye on their "first one", because thats where it all starts.
After coming out of something so pure, often your next serious relationship is with someone wild and exciting [kept my high from the second one].
But instead of singing it the right way around, Miss O ends with "kept my eye on the first one" because, without being able to explain it, no one ever forgets that first one.
That you can't help but think of your first love. To me that is perfectly spot on.
Also, "Take these rings and stow them safe away, I'll wear them on another rainy day" I don't think isnecessarily about rebelling against commitment. Maybe I'm taking it too literally but it makes me think of something her first love gave her, and when she's alone on a rainy day (when there's nothing to do) she puts them on and remembers what it was like with him...