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Lesser Things Lyrics
you look good, but you don’t look great
she’s got you saying things on tape
you wouldn’t tell your best of friends
you think this cycle never ends until you are old
it’s sad, just how old you are
if you make it out alright
if you make it up for air
i promise you i won’t go
before the sun gets to rise
i’ll ask this one more time
will you have me in spite of her?
she has told you what she’d bring
you’re entertained by lesser things
you’ve got to step it up a bit
step it a bit more until you’re sure
there’s nothing left inside to hurt this pretty mind
'cause pretty eyes will see right through you
she’ll find out
she’ll break down
stop this now
if you make it out alright
if you make it up for air
i promise you i won’t go
before the sun gets to rise
i’ll ask this one more time
will you have me in spite of her?
you’re barely breathing tonight
she’s got you saying things on tape
you wouldn’t tell your best of friends
you think this cycle never ends until you are old
it’s sad, just how old you are
if you make it up for air
i promise you i won’t go
before the sun gets to rise
i’ll ask this one more time
will you have me in spite of her?
you’re entertained by lesser things
you’ve got to step it up a bit
step it a bit more until you’re sure
there’s nothing left inside to hurt this pretty mind
'cause pretty eyes will see right through you
she’ll break down
stop this now
if you make it up for air
i promise you i won’t go
before the sun gets to rise
i’ll ask this one more time
will you have me in spite of her?
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I'm pretty sure this is about him cheating on his girl friend, of some such, and he's afraid she'll find out so he has to "you�ve got to step it up a bit step it a bit more until you�re sure there�s nothing left inside to hurt this pretty mind 'cause pretty eyes will see right through you"
And yeah that's pretty much what this song is all about..I think
I think the singer is criticizing someone who is cheating on someone, and being that they are entertained by lesser things (sex, superficial qualities), they need to stop cheating to avoid hurting the person being cheated on. perhaps. Really good sounding song.
To me the song is about a guy who is cheating on his girlfriend and he is speaking to the girl he's cheating with. "if you make it out alright if you make it up for air i promise you i wont go before the sun gets to rise ill ask this one more time will you have me in spite of her?"
He's asking the girl hes cheating with if she will have him inspite that they are both hurting his girlfriend.
"theres nothing left inside to hurt this pretty mind 'cause pretty eyes will see right through you she'll find out she'll break down stop this now" He's telling the girl they have to stop this because he knows that his girlfriend will be badly hurt.
I see this as a girl who has a "friend" who is her confidant that basically she goes to for advice. This girl tells her how to dress, who to hang with, who to date. And now she found someone she would not approve of. Who will wait until she gets the balls to tell her pretty "Friend"/puppet master that she is no longer hers to control.