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Hostage of Love Lyrics
You make yourself a prisoner of me
You blind yourself so you don't have to see
You turn your life to a power above
You make yourself a hostage of love
You turn from me, you turn from the strain
Devote yourself to the power again
Distance yourself from all that we've vowed
You broke those rules, you're my hostage now
I am a sinner and I am a saint
I am a devil, I am a ghost at the wake
I feed the swell and pull of your tears as they break
I am the limit of the load you can take
You are the pulley and I am the winch
I am salvation and you're herald of sin
I'll take you beyond your limits of trust
Ransom yourself, hostage of love
You say you have been born again
Since you've slept there in that liar's den, den
You cannot be saved
You gave your innocence away, ohh
I've turned my cheek and I've suffered the blow
Truth of my story is widely unknown
Words of derision, I have swallowed with a smile
For telling my story I have been crucified
Now like a mad man, I give my laurels to you
Like a hero, forsake my trophies for you
Though a disciple of this devil that is in our blood
Am I not also your hostage of love?
You say you have been born again
Since you've slept there in that liar's den, den
You cannot return
Until your innocence is earned
And you say you got to live alone
Though it hurts, you'll make it on your own, own
You cannot be saved
You gave your innocence away, ohh
You will remain a hostage of love
Hostage of love, hostage of love
You blind yourself so you don't have to see
You turn your life to a power above
You make yourself a hostage of love
Devote yourself to the power again
Distance yourself from all that we've vowed
You broke those rules, you're my hostage now
I am a devil, I am a ghost at the wake
I feed the swell and pull of your tears as they break
I am the limit of the load you can take
I am salvation and you're herald of sin
I'll take you beyond your limits of trust
Ransom yourself, hostage of love
Since you've slept there in that liar's den, den
You cannot be saved
You gave your innocence away, ohh
Truth of my story is widely unknown
Words of derision, I have swallowed with a smile
For telling my story I have been crucified
Like a hero, forsake my trophies for you
Though a disciple of this devil that is in our blood
Am I not also your hostage of love?
Since you've slept there in that liar's den, den
You cannot return
Until your innocence is earned
Though it hurts, you'll make it on your own, own
You cannot be saved
You gave your innocence away, ohh
Hostage of love, hostage of love
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WHAT?Best song on the album and no comments?Listen to the song,people!I love it.
this really is one of the best songs of the new album
He's speaking of being the heartbreaker. He got off a relationship and he's seeing how this girl is living her life. [You turn from me, you turn from the strain Devote yourself, to the power again Distance yourself from all that we vowed You broke those rules, your my hostage now]
She is containing the feelings she truely has for him, as in deep inside, there is hurt and she won't show it. He is seeing past her surface and knows there is a private hell she is going thru. She claims to ignore the past they had,and without knowing it; she still harbours a negativity towards him. Therefor, she's a hostage of love.If she can't completely let go of the strain she has for him; she's a hostage of love. She's hurt and it's love's fault.
he's saying taht we are all sinners. Johnny was interested in Catholism when he was writing the new album so included this track with a biblical theme running through it. He's not preaching. I think this song is about a girl that's cheated on him ( "since you slept in that liar's den") and now he cant forgive her because she's hurt him, i.e. she's not innocent anymore. and until she proves that she isn't a cheat, he cant forgive her "you cannot return until your innocence is earned" (small mistake in the lyrics.
I completely agree. It's so beautiful, though it seems like it may be based on religion.
erm, what's wrong with basing a song on religion?
yeh I agree great song!
should it not be innocence instead of innocents
nice songk
johnny borrell thinks he's jesus
oh whatever
oh whatever
he IS jesus by the way :D
he IS jesus by the way :D
i didnt mean that in a bad way :S just by the lyrics ;)
i didnt mean that in a bad way :S just by the lyrics ;)
I'm not totally sure but I think its about how when you fall in love you lose yourself in it and you become a "hostage," to it. In this case the narrator is speaking as if he were love itself. So it helps to understand it more if you follow the verses as if love was personified and singing the song.
I want to add that I don't think the whole song is him speaking as love personified. So it makes it a bit confusing.
I want to add that I don't think the whole song is him speaking as love personified. So it makes it a bit confusing.
Something makes me feel like it's about Persephone and Hades. If you don't know the story, look it up.