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Someone Must Get Hurt Lyrics
Please don't touch me, I've come to far to let you bring me down.
You think that I'm easy
But try as you might you can't have me now
These tedious dances, we run through but I've memorized them all.
I quietly melt down, and consent to you, if only just to ball
As I stare through you and I stand quite still,
And an alarm sounds just up the road
I can tell you'd like some company
But I can't fix you when you don't want me.
I call forth a witness, present the facts, right down to little things
They say the heart is resilient
In black and white you swore there'd be no strings
I sneak out the back door, but the gavel strikes and I can hear you cry
Under the sound of my footsteps, this time there will be no long goodbye
As I stare through you and I stand quite still,
And an alarm sounds just up the road
I can tell you'd like some sympathy
But I can't fix you when you don't want me
How can I trust you?
How could you need me now?
It's getting to be so cold, old
The decision is in and I won't break
You cut and you run with our lives at stake
Well someone might get hurt and it won't be me
The decision is in there will be no fight
It might sound cold but I know it's right
Cause someone must get hurt and it won't be me
You think that I'm easy
But try as you might you can't have me now
These tedious dances, we run through but I've memorized them all.
I quietly melt down, and consent to you, if only just to ball
And an alarm sounds just up the road
I can tell you'd like some company
But I can't fix you when you don't want me.
They say the heart is resilient
In black and white you swore there'd be no strings
I sneak out the back door, but the gavel strikes and I can hear you cry
Under the sound of my footsteps, this time there will be no long goodbye
And an alarm sounds just up the road
I can tell you'd like some sympathy
But I can't fix you when you don't want me
How could you need me now?
It's getting to be so cold, old
You cut and you run with our lives at stake
Well someone might get hurt and it won't be me
It might sound cold but I know it's right
Cause someone must get hurt and it won't be me
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These lyrics are all wrong...
It sounds sort of like a relationship that has gotten dull or repetitive. She may want a purely sexual relationship, no strings attached.
The chorus in my head plays out where I can imagine an ambulance up the road & He stares through her with hurt in his heart & an empty look in his eyes She's paining & he'd love to take her pain away... But she doesn't care And she doesn't want him.
& Over & over again she hurts him But as soon as she comes crying to him He breaks and returns to her For a short while they are good & happy But it all comes crumbling down again It's like a broken & he's sick of it At the end he finally lets go, though it hurts him to leave. He claims he wont be the one to be hurt, but it's BS.
"what's right cause someone must get hurt and it won't be me."....so similar to "now i do as i please & i lie through my teeth, someone might get hurt, but it won't be me" ..hmmm!
yup fade bright eyes is what i thought of too when i heard that part...but this is a wicked awesome song
I think this song is about the end of a relationship. This couple always goes through the same circumstances as if their relationship was a play. The person writing the song is basically saying that they've had enough and although they still love the other person, it's time to get out, regardless. This person doesn't want to be the one getting hurt again this time.
Haha. Divorce right? Gavel...
I think that it's "As I stare through you and I stand quite still, and an alarm sounds just up the road."
It makes more sense, and fits the beat of the song.
this is such an incredible song, i'm amazed more people have not commented. as for the meaning, i feel it is, like others have said, about a relationship, or something of that nature, after that, i get lost.
Haunted Choir parts?
Check.
On the "how can i trust you" line, he sounds spookily like the singer from The Mission.
The Mission are great.