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I'd arrest you if I had handcuffs
I'd arrest you if I had the time
I'd throw you down in the back seat
As if you'd committed a terrible crime
I'd break in a town's worth of houses
And rob whole families blind
I'd do it to you like you do it to me
If you knew you would get away fine
I'd drown all these crying babies
If I knew that their mothers wouldn't cry
I'd hold them down and I'd squeeze real soft
To let a piece of myself die
It's hard to be the better man
When you forget you're trying
It's hard to be the better man
I'd arrest you if I had handcuffs
I'd arrest you if I had time
I'd wait for you outside the courtroom
Taunting when all your appeals were declined
I'd drive my car off of a bridge
If I knew that you weren't inside
With a pedal to the floor who could ask for more
A fantastic way to kill some time
And you could lay on your back and be beaten
You could put up your fists and fight
You could try and be way up
Way up, way up, way up
Way up, way up, way up
It's hard be the better man
When you forget you're trying
It's hard to be the better man
When you're still lying
It's hard to be the better man
When you forget you're trying
It's hard to be the better man
When you're still lying, you're still lying
I'd arrest you if I had the time
I'd throw you down in the back seat
As if you'd committed a terrible crime
I'd break in a town's worth of houses
And rob whole families blind
I'd do it to you like you do it to me
If you knew you would get away fine
I'd drown all these crying babies
If I knew that their mothers wouldn't cry
I'd hold them down and I'd squeeze real soft
To let a piece of myself die
It's hard to be the better man
When you forget you're trying
It's hard to be the better man
I'd arrest you if I had handcuffs
I'd arrest you if I had time
I'd wait for you outside the courtroom
Taunting when all your appeals were declined
I'd drive my car off of a bridge
If I knew that you weren't inside
With a pedal to the floor who could ask for more
A fantastic way to kill some time
And you could lay on your back and be beaten
You could put up your fists and fight
You could try and be way up
Way up, way up, way up
Way up, way up, way up
It's hard be the better man
When you forget you're trying
It's hard to be the better man
When you're still lying
It's hard to be the better man
When you forget you're trying
It's hard to be the better man
When you're still lying, you're still lying
Lyrics submitted by prayingmantis84, edited by toadling17, contraddiction
Handcuffs Lyrics as written by Vincent Accardi
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no... this whole song is about society, and the anguish of people not trying to better themselves because they forget, that people don't wish to take responsibility, especially listen to the first few lines... if you could walk into anyones houses and steal their possessions w/o consequences...would you? and especially if you knew if YOU didn't steal their stuff, they would go and steal your stuff...
the line about babies being killed is about how far people take it.. that if you're going to rip off people, you may as well kill children.. no consequence, other than killing yourself inside.
the handcuffs part is about how quickly we judge others and wish them to be killed and screwed in jail, taunting them, saying we'd arrest and beat them if we caught them ourselves....but at the same time, many of us, would do the same if we knew no consequence.
so the question is, are people really trying to better themselves? or is the world trying to turn into a place without consequence...total chaos, if you truly open your mind, is the enemy of life.
@droptozro Perfect, explanation.