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Why Don't You Come Over Lyrics
It's been a crazy tome for us
Of pushing all our limits
Snapping necks and breaking balls
Now you'd have done the same
But you were baking biscuits
While I bent the law
Sacrificing something
As you counted all my flaws
So why don't you come over
Oh, why don't you come over
Why don't you come over and walk in my shoes?
You wanna live freely
Don't wanna die
You want it?
You got it
You chase the high
You wanna be out there
You wanna race
You wanna take over
Just gotta play
So why don't you come over
Oh, why don't you come over
Why don't you come over and walk in my shoes?
I'm a good person
Don't wanna fight no-one
But you piss me off
You keep pushing, pushing
You'd best step off the gas, girl
All bets are off
Fuck you
You taste like toxic poison
I wash my hands of you
Of pushing all our limits
Snapping necks and breaking balls
Now you'd have done the same
But you were baking biscuits
While I bent the law
Sacrificing something
As you counted all my flaws
Oh, why don't you come over
Why don't you come over and walk in my shoes?
Don't wanna die
You want it?
You got it
You chase the high
You wanna be out there
You wanna race
You wanna take over
Just gotta play
Oh, why don't you come over
Why don't you come over and walk in my shoes?
Don't wanna fight no-one
But you piss me off
You keep pushing, pushing
You'd best step off the gas, girl
All bets are off
Fuck you
You taste like toxic poison
I wash my hands of you
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this reminds me of certain married fling i had once, and how many times he said to me "why don't you cone over tonight?" and was always wanting to control my life outside him. especially about the "you wanna live freely..." because he used to critisize about me using drugs, while he drank as much as anyone and got his thrills by "playing" his wife. "you best step off the gas, girl..." feels like the good advice i gave myself in beginning that i obviously didn't listen to.
basically the story ends that he can just "fuck off and die..."
This is just what the song makes me think about. idk. i don't think it was written about cheating bastards in particular, just people who you generally can't take anymore that at one point in time could have cared about.
Very confrontational song!
this song is a bit confusing, i mean, at the start it sounds like she's saying i'm a bad girl, come a join my life, but then towards the end she's saying "i'm a good person... you piss me off... you taste like toxic poison" still a greato song!
i love this, and I don't know why, but at the end I think she sounds a bit like Patti Smith. In fact she sounds more and more like Patti Smith from the moment she says : you wanna live freely, and even more when she says : I'm a good person, etc until the end. And I especially love the way she says : and walk in my shoes...
It sounds to me like a person who's involved with someone rebellious and naturally inclined to be a rulebreaker, and has basically assumed a part of this other person's identity and tried to live the same way. But it seems at this point, she's admitting that it's not her (she's especially tired of being the one who actually does the bad stuff: "you were baking biscuits"), and it's time for the other person to reciprocate and try being good for a while (hence the invitation in the title and chorus). The second verse describes the partner's personality, while the third seems to show that she's not really too optimistic about their chances of staying together (and not sorry about that, either).
You'd best step off the gas, girl All bets are off Fuck you You taste like toxic poison I wash my hands of you
i love the fuck you part. it's awesome
Shirley has said this is a 'fuck off and die' song.
To me it says "You think you can do all I have to do? Not even if you tried." And then "I'm a good person, but you piss me off...." is saying, "I'm not one to start shit, but I will fucking finish it and win.
I'd say Vicious Cupcake got it right. I also think it seems political, like quite a few others on the album. It seems to be criticizing rich politicians who say they're working for the people when they really don't know anything about them or how to help.