Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Broken promises
But you don't really mind
It's not the first time
And you know know it, don't you now
Tell me why it is
You only smile inside?
When you break me into nothing
Don't you know?
It's not like
I haven't tried
Over and over again
Stupid fights
Wrong or right
Goodbye
I remember when
You came with me that night
You said forever
That you would never
Let me go
And here I am again
With nothing left inside
No I don't wanna
But I gotta
Let you go
You're my the one mistake
I really didn't mind
So beautiful
Unmerciful
It took me down
Too little and too late
See now I know your kind
You fake it easy
Just to please me
Don't you know?
It's not like
We haven't tried
Over and over again
Sleepless nights
Wrong or right
Goodbye
I remember when
You came with me that night
You said forever
That you would never
Let me go
And here I am again
With nothing left inside
No I don't wanna
But I gotta
Let you go
I gotta let you go
It's you
There's nothing I can do
Let me go
And here I am again
With nothing left inside
No I don't wanna
But I gotta
Let you go
But you don't really mind
It's not the first time
And you know know it, don't you now
Tell me why it is
You only smile inside?
When you break me into nothing
Don't you know?
It's not like
I haven't tried
Over and over again
Stupid fights
Wrong or right
Goodbye
I remember when
You came with me that night
You said forever
That you would never
Let me go
And here I am again
With nothing left inside
No I don't wanna
But I gotta
Let you go
You're my the one mistake
I really didn't mind
So beautiful
Unmerciful
It took me down
Too little and too late
See now I know your kind
You fake it easy
Just to please me
Don't you know?
It's not like
We haven't tried
Over and over again
Sleepless nights
Wrong or right
Goodbye
I remember when
You came with me that night
You said forever
That you would never
Let me go
And here I am again
With nothing left inside
No I don't wanna
But I gotta
Let you go
I gotta let you go
It's you
There's nothing I can do
Let me go
And here I am again
With nothing left inside
No I don't wanna
But I gotta
Let you go
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Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
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Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
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This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
i love this song. its my favortie song at the moment.
i think it means that he doesnt want to leave this person but they have tried and it didnt work anymore and hes got a broken heart and that she was the mistake he didnt mind cuz she would "fake" please him. and because of all the lying and the cheating he just has to leave here eventhough he doesnt want to.
yeah i agree with everyone else, this is definitely going to be a summer hit.