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Hold You Down Lyrics
why can't i find somebody else
when i know
know that your doing wrong
it's so hard
hard to let go
i done went through just about two packs of tissues baby
and you're looking at me like you aint the issue baby
and though i tried to leave
i can't stop missing you baby
and i keep coming
i keep coming back
(keep going in circles, circles)
round and round
and while you're doing me so wrong i just keep holding you down
i feel so stupid
foolish
loving you this way
but what can i say ?
but i wanna go
(i wanna go but i keep coming back)
why i'm so confused
for you i have no answer boy
why i'm built to use by you just like a toy
it's a shame that you don't care enough to even give me half the love
i give to you
i live for you baby
im ashamed to say that I'm to blame for how you act
cause i keep coming
(i keep coming back)
(keep going in circles, circles)
round and round
and while you're doing me so wrong
i just keep holding you down
i feel so stupid
foolish
loving you this way
but what can i say?
but i wanna go
(i wanna go but i keep coming back)
i can't stop
i
i can't
i can't stop missing you baby
and i
i
i can't stop
i
i
i can't stop
I'll stay cause i love you but i hate that i stay
you know i wont go
that's why you treat me this way
i wanna be happy
though it hurts me so bad
don't know what it is that keeps me coming back
hold up wait up a minute ...
keep going in circles, circles
round and round
and why I'm doing me so wrong i just keep holding you down
i feel so stupid
foolish
loving you this way
but what can i say ?
but i wanna go
(i wanna go but i keep coming back)
going in circles, circles
round and round
and why I'm doing me so wrong i just keep holding you down
i feel so stupid
foolish
loving you this way
but what can i say ?
but i wanna go
(i wanna go but i keep coming back)
when i know
know that your doing wrong
it's so hard
hard to let go
and you're looking at me like you aint the issue baby
and though i tried to leave
i can't stop missing you baby
and i keep coming
i keep coming back
round and round
and while you're doing me so wrong i just keep holding you down
i feel so stupid
foolish
loving you this way
but what can i say ?
but i wanna go
(i wanna go but i keep coming back)
for you i have no answer boy
why i'm built to use by you just like a toy
it's a shame that you don't care enough to even give me half the love
i give to you
i live for you baby
im ashamed to say that I'm to blame for how you act
cause i keep coming
(i keep coming back)
round and round
and while you're doing me so wrong
i just keep holding you down
i feel so stupid
foolish
loving you this way
but what can i say?
but i wanna go
(i wanna go but i keep coming back)
i
i can't
i can't stop missing you baby
i
i can't stop
i
i
i can't stop
you know i wont go
that's why you treat me this way
i wanna be happy
though it hurts me so bad
don't know what it is that keeps me coming back
round and round
and why I'm doing me so wrong i just keep holding you down
i feel so stupid
foolish
loving you this way
but what can i say ?
but i wanna go
(i wanna go but i keep coming back)
round and round
and why I'm doing me so wrong i just keep holding you down
i feel so stupid
foolish
loving you this way
but what can i say ?
but i wanna go
(i wanna go but i keep coming back)
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I think this song is about being codependent: in love with/ addicted to an addict - "Why can't I find someone else when I know you're doing wrong?"
He's probably using often and treating her badly. Alcoholics/Drug Addicts usually don't accept responsibility for their actions. - "I done went through just about two packs of tissues baby, and you're looking at me like you aint the issue baby."
She's enabling him to continue the drug by staying with him. His behavior hasn't changed, so she should leave him, but is addicted to him. - "I'll stay cause I love you, but I hate that I stay. You know I won't go that's why you treat me this way." and "I'm ashamed to say that I'm to blame for how you act - 'cause I keep coming (I keep coming back.)"
Until she leaves him for good he's not going to have enough reason to change his behavior. By not setting boundaries or having consequences for him, she's literally enabling him/ keeping him from getting treatment. She's holding him down. - "and while you're doing me so wrong I just keep holding you down"
I think she is like many women who are devoted romantically to someone who is a "player." There may be but not necessarily drugs involved. But, there are other women and varying degrees of relationships with these others. She may be the most regarded of them all, but that doesn't alleviate the emotional pain it causes for her. She notices things or suspects and asks questions, but he lies and tells her things to "patch things up." That's all he's interested in. Nothing deeper. But, she is honest in her feelings, and naturally...
I think she is like many women who are devoted romantically to someone who is a "player." There may be but not necessarily drugs involved. But, there are other women and varying degrees of relationships with these others. She may be the most regarded of them all, but that doesn't alleviate the emotional pain it causes for her. She notices things or suspects and asks questions, but he lies and tells her things to "patch things up." That's all he's interested in. Nothing deeper. But, she is honest in her feelings, and naturally wants him to feel the same way. She may know in her hear what the truth is, but his lies are what she wants to believe. And really, unless you personally witness something, it is all a matter of interpretation and you can't know more than what you're being told for the most part, and not for sure. Although it's probably easy for him to keep leading her on because she probably always tends to give him the benefit of the doubt, because she is biased toward him and wants things to be okay. There are some who would say she is doing this out of love, and some who would say she is doing it out of dysfunction and co-dependence. It's probably some of both, although what she wishes for is for the relationship to be good and for him to be true to her, and that seems normal enough. I think if the heart is involved, it's not a fair game to play. Although the player would say that people take out what they want (to see, hear and believe), and don't see any problem knowing that the other is not on the same page, or consider themselves deceptive for employing this as a practice.