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I can remember days
Things weren't always this way
I used to make you smile
If only for a while
But now you can't get through
There's no way I can lose
I know some days are hard
But don't you make mine too
Cause I can't stand it when you come home
And we just fight for hours
But I won't show it
No, I'll just hold my breath and keep it quiet
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak, going unheard
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
I won't say a word
Every time you hug me
I know that it's working
Making you mine
Every clap of thunder
Only makes me stronger
On the inside
How many countless nights
I try my best to hide
Soon as you slam the door
My tears fall to the floor
I know that people change
Maybe you're not to blame
But must you burn a hole
So deep into my soul
Cause I can't stand it when you come home
And we just fight for hours
But I won't show it
No, I'll just hold my breath and keep it quiet
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak going unheard
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
I won't say a word
Every time you hug me
I know that it's working
Making you mine
Every clap of thunder
Only makes me stronger
On the inside
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak going unheard
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
I won't say a word
Every time you hug me
I know that it's working
Making you mine
Every clap of thunder
Only makes me stronger
On the inside
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
Things weren't always this way
I used to make you smile
If only for a while
But now you can't get through
There's no way I can lose
I know some days are hard
But don't you make mine too
Cause I can't stand it when you come home
And we just fight for hours
But I won't show it
No, I'll just hold my breath and keep it quiet
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak, going unheard
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
I won't say a word
Every time you hug me
I know that it's working
Making you mine
Every clap of thunder
Only makes me stronger
On the inside
How many countless nights
I try my best to hide
Soon as you slam the door
My tears fall to the floor
I know that people change
Maybe you're not to blame
But must you burn a hole
So deep into my soul
Cause I can't stand it when you come home
And we just fight for hours
But I won't show it
No, I'll just hold my breath and keep it quiet
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak going unheard
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
I won't say a word
Every time you hug me
I know that it's working
Making you mine
Every clap of thunder
Only makes me stronger
On the inside
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak going unheard
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
I won't say a word
Every time you hug me
I know that it's working
Making you mine
Every clap of thunder
Only makes me stronger
On the inside
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
Every little earthquake
Every little heartbreak
Every little landslide
Catch it in my hand
Lyrics submitted by liliroze
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This song has a lot of meaning to me personally. Very obviously a song depicting an very unhealthy relationship. This is what it means, kind of in the context of my own experience which this song helped me through.
[I can remember days Things weren't always this way I used to make you smile If only for a while]
What this says to me is basically that it wasn't always so bad.
[But now you can't get through There's no way I can lose I know some days are hard But don't you make mine too]
Specifically the last 2 lines stick out to me. Mostly because they coincide with my own experience. Almost in that way victims try to rationalize what their abusers do. Kind of like saying "he's just been really stressed out at work lately."
[Cause I can't stand it when you come home And we just fight for hours But I won't show it No, I'll just hold my breath and keep it quiet]
Very simple. The abuser comes home and a fight starts, the victim hates it. But they don't speak up. They don't tell anyone. By their tongue and suck it up.
[Every little earthquake Every little heartbreak, going unheard Every little landslide Catch it in my hand I won't say a word Every time you [hurt] me I know that it's working Making you mine Every clap of thunder Only makes me stronger On the inside]
The first bit is kind of the same as that last verse. Every earthquake, every landslide. Those are the fights. And again, biting their tongue, sucking it up. And in the end all those fights are making the victim stronger. Eventually the victim will (hopefully) find the strength to get out of the relationship