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Don't Make Me Laugh Lyrics
I epitomise restraint,
but time has tempered my discretion,
I'm bound to betray myself someday,
i'm hittin the road and sayin goodbye,
I'll never walk backwards,
let the sun get in my eyes.
Oh, don't make me laugh,
you're not fooled by the way i come over,
don't make me laugh,
and don't make me cry,
so long goodbye.
This parted history we share,
poorly wrapped and hardly mentioned,
An unreciprocal glint in your eye,
it's hard to know,
who's telling a lie.
You'd never say never,
wouldn't see your vanity deprived.
Oh, don't make me laugh,
you're not fooled by the way i come over,
don't make me laugh,
and don't make me cry,
so long goodbye.
Don't make me laugh,
there is no other way I could know her,
don't make me laugh,
and don't make me cry,
so long goodbye.
Don't make me laugh,
you're not fooled by the way i come over,
don't make me laugh,
and don't make me cry,
so long goodbye.
Don't make me laugh,
there is no other way I could know her,
don't make me laugh,
and don't make me cry,
so long,
so long,
so long,
goodbye
but time has tempered my discretion,
I'm bound to betray myself someday,
i'm hittin the road and sayin goodbye,
I'll never walk backwards,
let the sun get in my eyes.
you're not fooled by the way i come over,
don't make me laugh,
and don't make me cry,
so long goodbye.
poorly wrapped and hardly mentioned,
An unreciprocal glint in your eye,
it's hard to know,
who's telling a lie.
wouldn't see your vanity deprived.
you're not fooled by the way i come over,
don't make me laugh,
and don't make me cry,
so long goodbye.
Don't make me laugh,
there is no other way I could know her,
don't make me laugh,
and don't make me cry,
so long goodbye.
you're not fooled by the way i come over,
don't make me laugh,
and don't make me cry,
so long goodbye.
Don't make me laugh,
there is no other way I could know her,
don't make me laugh,
and don't make me cry,
so long,
so long,
so long,
goodbye
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"I epitomise restraint, but time has tempered my discretion,"
man...this intro just gives me the thrills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He´s starting to not being so sure of himself in terms of moving on from an relationship. And that´s a little scary to me, cause right now I´m feeling the same way he does. sad and wonderfull song!
From my point of view this is a song about a guy who is infatuated with a girl. She knows this and is stringing him along to satisfy her own vanity, It makes her happy to have someone around that is completely doting. He has now realised this and has decided that the only thing he can do is to just give up and move on. "I epitomise restraint" means that he is happy to wait, "but time has tempered my discretion" means he has now waited long enough. Betraying himself means that he will do something he regrets so there for he's just going to walk away now. "I'll never look backwards let the sun get in my eyes" means he doesn't want to turn around and look at her as he goes as he will be blinded by her and will go back to his doting self.
The chorus is all about him saying that "he knows that she know he likes her" as it were. and the fact that she knows this makes her stringing along much harsher than if she was oblivious to it.
In the second verse he talks about her "unriciprocal glint" in her eye, he's recognised that she is never going to change her mind about how she feels about him. and when he says "it's hard to know who's telling a lie" he's referring to the fact that she's lying to string him along and that he's lying to himself about his knowledge of her feelings. in the finall part of the verse he says "you'll never say never, see your vanity deprived" this is because he knows she'll never just turn him down because she enjoys having someone around who loves her.
I bloody love this song. A perfect end to an album.