This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
The air was cold the night I fled,
your eyes were more than I could take;
I ran so fast, I ran like hell,
and still wasn't able to escape...
The picture's still fixed in my head:
the stage was all set at my request;
you took the role, you played it well,
I knew it would be easy for you.
Strike me harder now,
push me to the ground.
Pain is sweeter coming from your hand,
I love you when you hurt me the most.
So fell the lash repeatedly,
the icy words cut me deeper still;
I begged for more, you gave no less,
surrendering fully to the game.
You took control, I took the blame,
you had enough so you looked away;
deprived of love, deprived of pain,
no choice but to keep on sinking.
Strike me harder now,
push me to the ground.
Pain is sweeter coming from your hand,
don't you leave me when I need you the most.
No pain or love left for your slave;
my heart is torn yet you smile the same.
I'll break the vow,
I'll tell myself the words that free me from you.
Strike me harder now,
push me to the ground.
Pain is sweeter coming from your hand,
take your hate and drive it through my head,
but please don't leave me when I need you the most.
The air was cold the night I fled,
the pain was more than I could take.
You've learned your role; you'll play it well,
I know it will be easy for you.
your eyes were more than I could take;
I ran so fast, I ran like hell,
and still wasn't able to escape...
The picture's still fixed in my head:
the stage was all set at my request;
you took the role, you played it well,
I knew it would be easy for you.
Strike me harder now,
push me to the ground.
Pain is sweeter coming from your hand,
I love you when you hurt me the most.
So fell the lash repeatedly,
the icy words cut me deeper still;
I begged for more, you gave no less,
surrendering fully to the game.
You took control, I took the blame,
you had enough so you looked away;
deprived of love, deprived of pain,
no choice but to keep on sinking.
Strike me harder now,
push me to the ground.
Pain is sweeter coming from your hand,
don't you leave me when I need you the most.
No pain or love left for your slave;
my heart is torn yet you smile the same.
I'll break the vow,
I'll tell myself the words that free me from you.
Strike me harder now,
push me to the ground.
Pain is sweeter coming from your hand,
take your hate and drive it through my head,
but please don't leave me when I need you the most.
The air was cold the night I fled,
the pain was more than I could take.
You've learned your role; you'll play it well,
I know it will be easy for you.
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First thing that I thought of,
Something that started as consensual S&M, "the stage was all set at my request; you took the role, you played it well,"
"Pain is sweeter coming from your hand, I love you when you hurt me the most."
"begged for more, you gave no less, surrendering fully to the game."
Yet ended up turning abusive, "The air was cold the night I fled, your eyes were more than I could take; I ran so fast, I ran like hell, and still wasn't able to escape..."
"No pain or love left for your slave; my heart is torn yet you smile the same. I'll break the vow, I'll tell myself the words that free me from you."
"the pain was more than I could take."
I agree. She tries to flee but it appears to be something she cannot live wothout anymore.
I think...its more to do with a relationship that she wants to be in...but...they dont go well together..she wants the dominace....the.strength of him..but at times..he jsut hurts her.. on her own deprived of it all so she sorta stivk in the whether its physically or emotionally.......<br /> <br /> Bittersweet.... He loves her...but its bitter sweet...one minute strong love..other times....harsh ..cold... sometimes...reminds me of my own relationship.....<br /> <br /> Scared of being alone so she sticks wiht it..or runs back to him...scared of being left alone...feeling like she needs him......<br /> <br /> Thats kinda a loose interpretation.....Have to admit the s & m one was good too though.<br /> <br /> I love this song...it literally depicts me right now.....<br /> <br />
eughhh and stupid touchpad scrambles up my sentances :/ still..i thinik you'll kinda get what i mean.