Inside my mouth I can hear all the voices say,
"Do not lean over the ledge"
I shouldn't look down and I shouldn't have found
That your lips I still taste in my head
Raising my glass to the head of the class
As she powers out steps one through ten
I think I'll be fine if I'm covered in wine
I still hate you and love you again
And see you again
And see you again
Weary and worn
Little monster is born
Tell me lies and I'll justify them
I'm desperate today and it's making me pay
For that night, for that kiss, for your bed
Whoever dared to love someone not there
I don't need a balloon and a pin
The name of the game is outrunning the blame
So I hate and love you
We're friends
Guess we'll be friends
I guess we'll be friends
Oh why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me in your arms now?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me in your arms now?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me?
Better stop crying, hello and goodbying
Go on through me, slip on through my hands
You get your time and the other half's mine
It's okay, this love weighs fifty men
It's okay, this love weighs fifty men
It's okay, this love weighs fifty men
Oh why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me in your arms now?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me in your arms now?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me in your arms now?
Why can't you take me?
Ahh Ahh Amen
Ahh Ahh Amen
Ahh Ahh Amen
Amen
"Do not lean over the ledge"
I shouldn't look down and I shouldn't have found
That your lips I still taste in my head
Raising my glass to the head of the class
As she powers out steps one through ten
I think I'll be fine if I'm covered in wine
I still hate you and love you again
And see you again
And see you again
Weary and worn
Little monster is born
Tell me lies and I'll justify them
I'm desperate today and it's making me pay
For that night, for that kiss, for your bed
Whoever dared to love someone not there
I don't need a balloon and a pin
The name of the game is outrunning the blame
So I hate and love you
We're friends
Guess we'll be friends
I guess we'll be friends
Oh why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me in your arms now?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me in your arms now?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me?
Better stop crying, hello and goodbying
Go on through me, slip on through my hands
You get your time and the other half's mine
It's okay, this love weighs fifty men
It's okay, this love weighs fifty men
It's okay, this love weighs fifty men
Oh why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me in your arms now?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me in your arms now?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me?
Why (why)
Can't (can't)
You take me in your arms now?
Why can't you take me?
Ahh Ahh Amen
Ahh Ahh Amen
Ahh Ahh Amen
Amen
Lyrics submitted by cristinaish
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That's what I got out of it at least...either way, it is a beautiful song that pulls at my heart strings for these exact reasons.
Do not lean over the ledge'
Ok so basically she's talking about how everyone always told her to be careful.
'I shouldn't look down and I shouldn't have found
That your lips I still taste in my head'
She's remembering the night she made the mistake that changed everything.
'Raising my glass to the head of the class
As she powers out steps one through ten'
This I think is the night of the mistake, at a graduation, prom or something like that?
'I think I'll be fine if I'm covered in wine
Nice to hate you and love you again'
This she talks about getting ready to see her mistake again, and she'll be okay if she's drunk.
'And see you again
And see you again'
Even though she's angry/scared/sad to see him again, she's still longing for him.
'Weary and worn little monster is born
Tell me lies and I'll justify them'
Ok, so her mistake was that she had a one night stand and got pregnant. The man didn't want anything romantic, but decided to stick around.
'Desperate today and it's making me pay
For that night for that kiss for your bed'
She's thinking back to that one night and she feels sad and longing.
'Whoever dared to love someone out there
I don't need a balloon and a pin'
She's turned very pessimistic with love, and doesn't need a slap back into reality.
'The name of the game is outrunning the blame
So I hate you and love you we're friends'
Even though he did take responsibility for the kid, it affected her life the most. She hates him and loves him because she's in love with him and wants to be a family, but he just wants to be friends.
'Guess we'll be friends
I guess we'll be friends'
She doesn't want to be friends.
'Oh why (why) can't (can't) you take me in your arms now?
Why (why) can't (can't) you take me?
Why (why) can't (can't) you take me in your arms now?
Why (why) can't (can't) you take me?'
She's attached to him and doesn't understand why things have to be like this and she doesn't understand why they can't be a couple.
'Better stop crying hello and goodbye-ing
Go on through me slip right through my hands'
This, I feel like, is singing about the kid. It's the father's turn to have it and she now pretty much feels like she has nothing when her child is at her dad's, the man that she loves.
'You get your time and the other half's mine
It's okay this love weighs fifty men
It's okay this love weighs fifty men
It's okay this love weighs fifty men'
I think this part she's singing about the joint custody to the dad but she's okay with it because she buries herself into other men to not feel so alone.
'Oh why (why) can't (can't) you take me in your arms now?
Why (why) can't (can't) you take me?
Why (why) can't (can't) you take me in your arms now?
Why (why) can't (can't) you take me?
Why (why) can't (can't) you take me in your arms now?
Why can't you take me?'
Again she's so desperate for him.
'Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen'
The end.
So simple but the beautiful harmonies just take it to some other level.
I think it's about the aftermath of a relationship that led to a brief intimacy, which ended the relationship as it used to be...
She recalls it and still feels the need for him, and the regret after him.
He's gone beyond that, left the 'place' she's lingering in where she's still struggling to move on.
That's my understanding anyway.
Regardless, it's one of the best songs on the album.
I haunted me for...2 maybe 3 months?
Im on my schools drill team, and we hosted a competion and a school did a modern to this song and i tried fnding it for months but the only thing i could remember was " Do not lean over the ledge" and " i guess we'll be friends" Yeah that got me far.
I think its about a love lost; something that was once there but isnt anymore and she fights the battles with herself just to be content with the fact that they arent together even though she has a proclivity to want him back.
"Why (Why) can't (can't)
you take me in your arms now?
Why (Why) can't (can't) you take me?
Better stop crying, hello and goodbying
Go on through me, slip on through my hands"
Yeah.
Amen to that.
and has been literally haunting me up til today.