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I Hate The Way Lyrics

I hate the way I cry when you say you miss me.
But I love the way you hold me when I sleep.
I hate the way I bleed each time you kiss me.
But you say "Hey, sleeping beauty, go back to sleep."

We had pennies in our pockets,
We had hope in our eyes,
He said "Girl, you've got a million different faces.
So why'd you put on that disguise?"

Well, take what you want 'cos I have got nothing.
Pass me some pills, I'll go to bed.
But, however much I toss and turn
I feel a dark place up ahead.

Some nights I just sit back here, I remember,
I just remember, before it all got lost up in the mess.
He said "Not all men are bad and I am not like your dad,
And I will hold you even though you're slightly mad.
Cos I am not a man who will ever break you."

We had pennies in our pockets,
We had hope in our eyes,
He said "Girl, you've got a million different faces.
So why'd you put on that disguise?"

Well, take what you want 'cos I have got nothing.
Pass me some pills and I'll go to bed.
But, however much I toss and turn
I feel a dark place up ahead.

Do do do do do do do do do
My doctor says I've got to sing a happy tune
Do do do do do do do do do
A do do do but my body gave up too soon

Do do do do do do do do do
You know what?
I am just fine until I'm on my own
Do do do do do do do do
An do do do do oh somebody please come home

I hate the way I tremble when you touch me.
You're like a needle slowly piercing my skin.
I hate the my way stomach aches,
and I really hate these loveless mistakes.
Cos' I'm screaming for my rock who never picks up.
Why do you never pick up?

We had pennies in our pockets,
We had hope in our eyes,
He said "Girl, you've got a million different faces.
So why'd you put on that disguise?"

Well, you can take what you want 'cos I have got nothing.
Pass me some pills and I will go to bed.
But, however much I toss and turn
I feel a dark place up ahead.

Do do do do do do do do
My doctor says I'd got to sing a happy tune.

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Maybe if I skip my dinner,
Make myself pretty and thinner,
Maybe then he'll love me and stop looking at the other girls.
So you said I'm paranoid. I'm paranoid?
Well I nearly choked. And no more of that crap,
You cannot break someone whose just been broken.
You can't break somebody whose just been broken.

So take me now I'm naked.
As you watch, I'll let you take it.
Maybe then you'll love me and stop looking at the other girls.
So you said I'm paranoid. Well, paranoid?
Well, I nearly choked. And no more of that crap,
You cannot break someone whose just been broken.
You can't break somebody whose just been broken.

Then I think he'll love me and stop looking at those other girls.
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Cover art for I Hate The Way lyrics by Polly Scattergood

her voice is so heartbreaking and raw

i cried the last time my boyfriend played me this as i couldn't stand how so much of this song relates to my life and past, and she feels exactly the same way i feel/felt

btw i think it should be "Then I think he'll love me and stop LICKING OUT the other girls"

Intense...

Cover art for I Hate The Way lyrics by Polly Scattergood

I'm sorry, but the 'licking out' comment made me laugh. It just doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the song. It's just Polly's accent... I do admit it seems like that, but it just doesn't fit and seems ridiculous.

Anyway, fabulous song. It reminds me of a friend of mine who's in a tough relationship but won't leave because she loves him.

Cover art for I Hate The Way lyrics by Polly Scattergood

There's no way it's 'licking out'!

I think she's talking to a person who doesn't love the projections that she tries to be to please them, but who loves who she actually is. The last bit could be her dropping her pretences but still being self-conscious about it and not believing they'll actually accept her as she is.

Cover art for I Hate The Way lyrics by Polly Scattergood

I love this song but it cuts out before those last two verses on my version? Are they hidden on the cd or something? Because I downloaded mine :( lol.

It's on the CD. And I'd say it's on legit downloads.

 
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