Despite What You've Been Told

This song is about the emptiness of meaningless sex and how in the end it is just meaningless. He has come to terms with it: "You know you could be anyone/ God forgive my tasteless tongue" but regrets losing someone he actually loved: "And you you’re just a substitute/For the one that I hold dear". He holds no illusions about what this is going to be and knows she doesn't either: "And I only came here for escape/You, you’re just my next mistake/Like me to you" but wants to be forgiven because he is not just taking advantage of her because at least they are both aware of what this is going to be. This is not his first time doing this and obviously has a reputation: "But despite what you’ve been told/I once had a soul" and is doing this is almost in a mechanical way, but deep down longs for nothing more than the return of his true love.

Wait, wait: But Steena wears my only suit is now my all-time favorite misinterpreted lyric on songmeanings. Steena? Really? Fantastic. I think this and "trembling of the rose" are my two favorite tracks on this album--for an extra treat head over to daytrotter.com for some in-studio recordings by TWO GALLANTS that are fairly incredible.

I don't believe it's the loss of a specific girlfriend that's feeding his emotion, but rather the jaded resolution that we're all covering up our scars only to do the same thing over again. There just seems to be a more fatalistic and hopeless reasoning to everything. "You, you're just my next mistake/like me to you" and "god forgive your unborn sons/i hope they dont end up like me" are good examples, not to mention great lyrics.

the skin i wear is my only suit

i agree, i think he's singing to a rebound girl, he knows he's still in love with his last girlfriend, and he's trying to move on, but he just can't, he's still completely emotionally attached. he feels bad for what he's going to do, and he knows its a mistake. he's lost in his thoughts of how he wishes he was someone else, and he knows he will never love this new girl, its just something to do in the meantime.

This song questions the identity of the writer and their audience. It questions their split idea as two forms of medium and what kind of form it is.

I don't write for free at all.

here are the correct lyrics or at least much closer in some ways

I guess by the bloodstain of your lips And the wander of your fingertips I should prove true to my emptyness And stay here

Well i’m just a kid of ill repute But Skin wears my only suit ????? And you you’r just a substitute For the one that i hold dear

You know you could be anyone God forgive my tasteless tongue I never should have been set free

I carve my eyes, i skin my face And beg some how to be replaced That’s how we deal with boys like me

i guess by this world so sick with loss And your services so free of cost I should climb down of my rugged cross And lay with you

But you know by now it’s half past late And i only came here for escape You, you’re just my next mistake Like me to you

You know you could be anyone God forgive your unborn sons I hope they don’t end up like me

I drag my mind through streets of shame Blame myself, forgive the game That’s how we deal with boys like me

But despite what you’ve been told I once had a soul Left somewhere behind A former friend of mine

And i hate to speak so free But you mean nothing to me So if the streetlights they shine bright I’ll be home tonight

I guess by the dim light in your eyes And that to you all things come as a surprise I should set the steel trap of your thighs And dive right in

To you i’m just a confused child Insecure or in denial Go raise your robes, go have your trial I’ll let you in

You know i could be anyone God forgive what i should have done My thoughts enough to kill tv

And yes, i guess i made this bed But i’ll take the sidewalk instead That’s how we deal with boys with me

But despite what you’ve been told I once had a soul Left somewhere behind A former friend of mine

And i hate to sound so true But i mean nothing to you So with the streetlights they shine bright I’ll be home tonight

Pretty simple song... about being in love with somebody and not being about to have that person, so you find somebody to fill that void, a substitute, but deep down you know there is nothing there and it's f***ed up and cruel but it's the truth and he's bitter about what he can't have and just being honest with her. I love this song because I been in that boat and when I hear him sing and have so much passion about it, it just really touches me. Wonderful song!

This song is my "You're so vain" song. The most important part that I think was missed is that it's a two way street of depression. While he may feel dead and empty so does she and they both use each other.

Also, it's "Go raise your robes, go hold your trial" and my Thoughts enough to kill TV should be "My thoughts enough to guilty be".

anyone have or know of where to find accurate tabs for this song besides the chords on ultimate guitar?