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What's That You Say Little Girl Lyrics
You must have thought, “Hey what’s going on?
I’m gonna stop what I’m doing and clear up.”
The mess you made,
Things like that just can’t be saved,
You put your faith in time and moved on,
What a thing to have done.
What’s that you say little girl?
What’s that you say about your world falling through?
What could I do?
Five years go by and you sit and wonder why,
You didn’t stick to your guns in the first place,
‘Cause now he’s here,
He’s made his intentions clear,
You’re going to have to do it all again,
Some kind of friend.
So what’s that you say little girl?
What’s that you say about our world falling through?
What could I do?
You told me that he was your friend,
And often he’d show you the bend,
But you never thought you’d go round it,
Ten years have passed,
And each one of them little years clashed,
With the colour of your thoughts most of the time,
Tell me wont be the best time.
So what’s that you say little girl?
What’s that you say about your world falling through?
Don’t be so stupid little girl,
You’re never going to change this world,
There is no power in one,
I’ll tell you what I’ll do,
There’s power in two.
You must have thought, “Hey what’s going on?
I’m gonna stop what I’m doing and clear up.”
But you, you fucked up.
I’m gonna stop what I’m doing and clear up.”
The mess you made,
Things like that just can’t be saved,
You put your faith in time and moved on,
What a thing to have done.
What’s that you say about your world falling through?
What could I do?
You didn’t stick to your guns in the first place,
‘Cause now he’s here,
He’s made his intentions clear,
You’re going to have to do it all again,
Some kind of friend.
What’s that you say about our world falling through?
What could I do?
And often he’d show you the bend,
But you never thought you’d go round it,
Ten years have passed,
And each one of them little years clashed,
With the colour of your thoughts most of the time,
Tell me wont be the best time.
What’s that you say about your world falling through?
Don’t be so stupid little girl,
You’re never going to change this world,
There is no power in one,
I’ll tell you what I’ll do,
There’s power in two.
I’m gonna stop what I’m doing and clear up.”
But you, you fucked up.
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I think this song refers to a girl who messed up their relationship and moved on..then later hers worlds falling through...but he cant do anything cos hes not with her and its her own fault "what could i do?" I then think that she messed up by maybe having an affair with someone she told him was friend? "You told me that he was your friend, And often he’d show you the bend. But you never thought you’d go round it" and so she tried to move on... but this "friend" has come back and is ruining her next relationship? " I’ll tell you what I’ll do, There’s power in two" he then was maybe thinking about helping her? or gettin back with her... or something along those lines so maybe shed get her act together... but then he decided not too or maybe she messed things up again" But you, you fucked up"
The one thing that confuses me is if Stephen is saying the girl left him and went with someone else (first stanza) or if he's saying the girl knew there were problems in her relationship, but she felt time would fix them. Then the years keep going by and the problems persist.
"Five years go by and you sit and wonder why, You didn’t stick to your guns in the first place"
The girl is wondering why she didn't leave when the problems first started.
His girl left him and thought there was something better out there that she'd find with time. She obviously doesn't and her world is sort of crumbling, but Stephen can't help her now.