I know
That you're an ocean
After the storm has come
To stay

I know
That you're the silence
After the sound has gone away

I know
That just the smallest
Part of the world belongs
To me

You know
I am not a blind man
(But) truth is the hardest thing
To see

I know
That you're the worst thing
In all of the world
For me

I know
That you're the worst thing
In all of the world
For me


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You Are the Worst Thing in the World Lyrics as written by Joshua L Eustis Charles Wesley Iii Cooper

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    General Comment

    blows me away

    amnesiac618on December 02, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation

    I finally, from my own perspective, gained an understanding of these lyrics the other day :)

    minutemanon March 15, 2011   Link
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    General Comment

    FWIW, some years ago, about a 1/6,000,000,000 part of the world used to belong to me. I knew she was the worst thing in all of the world for me, but I loved her madly. She was very beautiful in non-traditional ways, like a stormy sea or a dusking, pumpkin sun. In the end, we couldn't help but hurt each other because we cared so much for each other. This song reminds of those feelings of impotence and frustration of a love we both knew couldn't be, but we both also couldn't help.

    Anonymous4321on June 22, 2011   Link
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    General Comment

    The lyrics are beautiful. Totally think it's about a girl in a relationship.

    Androgyneon June 20, 2013   Link
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    General Comment

    Late to the party. My two cents: this song is about a drug.

    An ocean - endless depth to drown in, inescapable, smashed around by the waves. The storm comes to stay, like the addiction.

    The silence - singular, overwhelming, drowning everything else out. The hit makes the outside world disappear. Only the drug remains, after everything else has gone away.

    The smallest part belongs to me. Me belongs to me, not to the drug. I'm not blind, but I have a hard time seeing that there is more to me than this drug. That I am in control of me.

    The drug is the worst thing for me. It bears repeating, so it does not get forgotten. The drug is the worst thing.

    BotBotBotBoton October 30, 2022   Link

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