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Wrap me in a bolt of lightning
Send me on my way still smiling
Maybe that's the way I should go
Straight into the mouth of the unknown
I left the spare key on the table
Never really thought I'd be able
To say that I'll merely visit on the weekends
I lost my whole life and a dear friend
I've said it so many times
I would change my ways no never mind
God knows I tried!

Call me a sinner, call me a saint
Tell me its over, I'll still love you the same
Call me your favorite
Call me the worst
Tell me its over I don't want you to hurt
Its all that I can say
So I'll be on my way

I finally put it all together, nothing really lasts forever
I had to make a choice that was not mine
I had to say goodbye for the last time
I kept my whole life in a suitcase
Never really stayed in one place
Maybe that's the way it should be
You know I've lived my life like a gypsy

I've said it so many times
I would change my ways, no never mind
God knows I tried!

Call me a sinner, call me a saint
Tell me its over, I'll still love you the same
Call me your favorite
Call me the worst
Tell me its over I don't want you to hurt
Its all that I can say
So I'll be on my way

I'll always keep you inside
You healed my heart and my life
And you know I've tried

Call me a sinner, call me a saint
Tell me its over, I'll still love you the same
Call me your favorite
Call me the worst
Tell me its over I don't want you to hurt
Its all that I can say
So I'll be on my way
So I'll be on my way
So I'll be on my way
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Cover art for Call Me lyrics by Shinedown

It's about being madly in love with someone and them losing their feelings for you because you couldn't be the kind of person they needed. And ending the relationship before feeling for each other get worse, because even though things aren't working out he truely loves her he isn't able to make her as happy as he wishes she was so he will step aside. Much like the saying If you love something, Set it free... If it comes back, it's yours, If it doesn't, it never was yours....

Man!!! I think you got the right meaning so far..............

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Yes exactly!!

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@ThatsMeGC going through that exact thing right now with my wife (eventually ex wife). In her words, I\'ve been the best person she could ever ask for. Love, care, support, friendship, no one ever gave her what I did. But, there were things I could NEVER do for her. And she fell out of love. She loves me, but not on love. She found a guy that gives her the things I could not. \r\n\r\nThis song perfectly describes our relationship and our ending. I wish I could go back and be that guy, because she\'s been my everything....

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I think it's about finding that a breakup was for the best, yet knowing that she'll still hold a special place in your heart because she helped you out of a dark place.

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When I first heard it I thought the song was basically saying "No matter what you think of me, I still love you". I still think it means this, although he could have written this about a past relationship it does not have to be about that. It could be anything or anyone.

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Cover art for Call Me lyrics by Shinedown

Awesome awesome song, my favorite on the new album.

To me the song is about the end of a relationship and understanding that it's time to move and have some closure. He knows it's over but just wants her to say it in black and white.

yeah i think its about a divorce because of the part "never really thought i'd be able To say that ill visit on the weekends" ehh idk

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Wow, Shinedown's first piano ballad is stunning.

Cover art for Call Me lyrics by Shinedown

The song is about losing the one you love the most. Listen to the chorus. He's telling her goodbye because he thinks he can save her some hurt. Painful, beautiful song...

Cover art for Call Me lyrics by Shinedown

Shinedown is such an amazing band, they have what is probably the best Simple Man cover ever, I actually prefer it to the original, and almost every song is gold, there's not one song that's total shit.

I might be the only one, but i like Us and Them more than the Sound of Madness, the two albums are halfway different genres

yes i agree different sounds but they are more mature now and it is showing in their music

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I love this song it's just amazing in every way, brings a tear to my eye when he says "i don't want you to hurt" :'(

and to "shiner4life" if you look on youtube there are a few acoustic sessions they done before the album was released of the crow and the butterfly and if you only knew, :) there might be a couple of others I didn't really check

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i would have to say the opposite of pedro.b i think it potrays the ultimate definition of love he is saying call me what you want but i will still be there in the end

Cover art for Call Me lyrics by Shinedown

my absolute favorite on this album, so great. very sad tho, and reminds me of a previous relationship of mine. the line "tell me its over i dont want you to hurt" is the line that gets me worst great great song absolutely gorgeous and i agree on the meaning as well he knows the relationship is ending and he wants her to just come out and say it in black and white he just cant believe its over, and he still loves her, but he wants her to be happy and he knows they cant go on its so sad, but so beautiful amazing

SPOT ON! amazing song..

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