Johnny Falls

Hedley

Johnny Falls
He throws his hands
Into the air, into these walls
He's freakin' out
He's got a gun
He'll get his way
He'll have his fun
You make a mess
You bruise my name
Try to cut me down with every word you say
If you wreck my day
If you wreck my day
You son of a bitch you're gonna get some

Now I'm tired
Of this stupid game
Running in circles from you again
Don't blame me
For what I gotta do
I won't hate myself to be loved by you

Johnny runs
He shuts his eyes
He only sees
From nine to five
Don't let him down
He's got a gun
He'll get his way
He'll have his fun
All you wannabes
Don't have what it takes
To take a shot at me
To put me in my place
If you wreck my day
If you wreck my day
You son of a bitch you're gonna get some

Now I'm tired
Of this stupid game
Running in circles from you again
Don't blame me
For what I gotta do
I won't hate myself to be loved by you

Don't push me
Don't blame me
Or you'll be sorry
Am I getting through
I won't back down
As of right now
I won't hate myself to be loved by you

Wo-ah, wo-ah, wo-ah

See me cry
See me smile
See me fall
See me cryin'

Now I'm tired
Of this stupid game
Running in circles from you again
Don't blame me
For what I gotta do
I won't hate myself to be loved by you

Don't push me
Don't blame me
Or you'll be sorry
Am I getting through
I won't back down
As of right now

I won't hate myself to be loved by you
Wo-ah, wo-ah, wo-ah
I won't hate myself to be loved by you
Wo-ah, wo-ah, wo-ah
I won't hate myself to be loved by you
Wo-ah, wo-ah, wo-ah
I won't hate myself to be loved by you
Wo-ah, wo-ah, wo-ah
I won't hate myself to be loved by you
Wo-ah


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    I don't think it's limited to bullies and mean girls, even though it does apply to that. I think it's about (as said earlier) any time you try to change yourself to accomodate someone else, realize you've always hated them anyway, and decided "well, fuck you."

    I had a job where I was supposed to lie to people. Call center, 8 hour shift, tell people someone was going to come fix something, or someone would call them back to negotiate a refund, or whatever, even though I knew full well these things would never happen. I could get better at lying, or I could say "I just realized what I was really hired for and I'm not going to be here tomorrow morning."

    I'm pretty sure it's relevant, because willful lying pisses me off, and I would hate myself if I willfully lied to people for a living.

    Tamaranison January 24, 2008   Link

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