I never know how to treat you
You say I love you but it ain't true
I'm walking away now
One step forward and back two

I'd like to grab you by the hair
And hang you up from the heavens

I don't know how to let you go
Or if I should keep you
I don't know how to let you know, hey
I really do got a reason

I'd like to grab you by the hair
And drag you to the devil

I never know why I push you
Just to, just to confuse you
I make the hole just to see how
See through me how I push you

I'd like to grab you by the hair
And hang you up from the heavens

I'd like to grab you by the hair
And sell you off to the devil

I never know in what mood you'll be
Be mine be kind or be cruel to me
I'm walking away now
One step forward and back three

I never know what I'm gonna do
I say I'm leaving but it ain't true
I got a lot I could do to you, hey
Nothing you can do to stop this

I wanna grab you by the hair
I wanna grab you by the hair
I wanna grab you by the hair
And hang you up from the heavens


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Hang You from the Heavens Lyrics as written by Dean Anthony Fertita Alison Mosshart

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    I think this song is about someone who wants to be abused and controlled by the other person but is actually the one hurting the other because they are forcing the speaker to wear the trousers in the relationship, and because the relationship isn't set up the way he/she wants it to be, they in turn become more destructive towards the other person and therefore ruin the relationship ("one step forward and back three"). This leads to indecisiveness where "I think I'm leaving but it aint true"- they want to leave to save both them and the other person from being in ruin but can't bring themselves to do it because despite building up a negative atmosphere between them, he/she still likes them.

    I say he/she because both Alison and Jack sing in this song so it's sort of asexual, but you get the point.

    VortexOfLanguageon January 16, 2010   Link

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