I hate you for the sacrifices you made for me
I hate you for every time you ever bled for me
I hate you for the way you smile when you look at me
I hate you for never taking control of me
I hate you for always saving me from myself
I hate you for always choosing me and not someone else
I hate you for always pulling me back from the edge
I hate you for every kind word you ever said

(I'll bleed you dry now)
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
Shut your dirty, dirty mouth, I'm not that easy
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
I'm a dirty, dirty girl, I want it filthy
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
Shut your dirty, dirty mouth, I'm not that easy
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
I'm a dirty, dirty girl, I want it filthy

I love you for everything you ever took from me
I love the way you dominate when you violate me
I love you for every time you gave up on me
I love you for the way you look when you lie to me
I love you for never believing in what I say
I love you for never once giving me my way
I love you for never delivering me from pain
I love you for always driving me insane

(I'll bleed you dry now)
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
Shut your dirty, dirty mouth, I'm not that easy
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
I'm a dirty, dirty girl, I want it filthy
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
Shut your dirty, dirty mouth, I'm not that easy
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
I'm a dirty, dirty girl, I want it filthy

(I hate you, I hate you, I love-, love-)

Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
Shut your dirty, dirty mouth, I'm not that easy
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
I'm a dirty, dirty girl, I want it filthy
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
Shut your dirty, dirty mouth, I'm not that easy
Blood, blood, blood, pump mud through my veins
I'm a dirty, dirty girl, I want it filthy

(I hate you for every time you ever bled for me)


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  • +10
    My Opinion

    I believe the message is how some girls... (yes I am a girl myself) How we tend to ignore/ take for granted those who love/ care for us the most and we tend to fall for the ones who mistreat us the most. But that it what I get from the lyrics.

    PandaRade009on September 28, 2012   Link
  • +6
    Song Meaning

    It's just a way for us women to get over a man easier. This is really easy to understand, but hard to describe in text.

    It's about a breakup that hurt her emotionally. She wants to be able to move on, but she's having a hard time doing so because she keeps thinking about all the good things he did. And so the good things he did pisses her off, because it's keeping her from forgetting him and moving on. Hence the "I hate you for...(all the good things you did that keep me wanting you back)" in the first part.

    What makes it easier for us to say "screw you" and be able to move on, is focusing on the bad things a guy did or that we think he did, and getting pissed off about it. So in the second part, she loves him for all the crap she feels he did to her in the end, all the pain and suffering she feels the breakup has caused her, because it fuels her anger, which gives her strength to move on.

    uniquelyamon December 16, 2012   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    I believe it might be a song about being a drug addict, and the relationship the addict has with their enabler (usually their mom). For example the first verse talks about how i hate you for basically caring about me. and the now i'll bleed you dry makes me think about how an addict will spend all of their parents money on their drug of choice. bleeding them dry. and then the second verse makes me think the addict has gotten clean and realizes their mistakes and is aware of the problem behaviours. and loves their person for having not continued to enable them to use drugs. I dont know i could write more about it but if you think about it its pretty simple. This just my toughts.

    notsure501on November 17, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    would love to know what other people think this song means, all me and my friends have thought of so far is a couple different relationships that the song describes but thats as far as we got so far...

    Ledz3pon August 27, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    The song can be taken in many different ways. For me, because this is the way the lyrics have related to me. Is that this specific person treated her badly, and it was making it easy to walk away, but then had moments of being unbelievably reliable in which she clung to, therefore made it difficult to walk away. Maybe those moments of good were so rare, but that was what she looked forward to, even if for the most part things were horrible. That's just my take on it. Could be friendship/ or significant other.

    Jackie117on September 11, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I feel like she is making a stand against God while pledging allegiance to the Devil. I mean read/listen to the lyrics and apply them to that. Watch the video, look at how darkly she is dressed especially when she is wearing the black crown/tiara and holding up that apple that they were supposed to stay away from.

    I don't wan't to sound so evil, but it just seems to fit. Just thoughts from me.

    cjmurpheyon January 09, 2013   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning

    Honestly, this song is about a girl who loves it when her significant other has feelings for her. She likes being hurt and feeling pain. She wants to be made filthy. That's exactly what this song is about.

    tommykrauson January 14, 2013   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    It took me awhile to get into this song, but when I heard the lyrics it grew on me right away. It relates perfectly to the situation I am in right now. I'm in the process of letting go of two guys.

    The first one is a guy that was completely crazy about me. We tried to date for awhile but I ended it because it just didn't feel right. We didn't have that magic 'spark' or sexual attraction. He was constantly trying to push things forward at full speed and I just felt bad because I wasn't on the same page as him. I ended things and we remained friends, but it just ended up getting very annoying because he was constantly smiling at me with that 'lovey dovey' look in his eyes and telling me that he loved me. I felt horrible because I wasn't into him, so I really hated when he did this. The good thing is that he's finally pushing himself to move forward and see other girls, so I don't have to deal with this anymore.

    The second guy was one that I was crazy about before the first one really started pursuing me. He was very dominant and had no trouble making sexual moves on me. He never put up with any of the bullshit that I did, and he ended up moving on because I have commitment issues. Now he’s with another girl and even though I would really love to jump his bones every time I see him, I know I have to move on.

    So essentially, I think this song is about two different guys. The first one is a typical "nice guy" stereotype, while the second is more the "dangerous bad boy" type. And the chorus is basically just saying that she wants a chaotic relationship with a crazy good sex life. She gets turned on by the chase and the "roller coaster" type feeling you get in this situation.

    Celistaon January 26, 2013   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    I thought about it for a few months.. and to me this song is about someone who doesn't want people to do every thing for them, they can take the heat, pain, bumps in the roads.. etc themselves and doesn't want to be helped.. basically, they don't want everything handed to them, they don't mind fighting for what they want and/or believe in.. they're a strong and tough individual.. etc..

    LyricsLifeon February 27, 2013   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    I relate this song to myself a bit, because I believe it's sort of masochistic. If you look at it straight up without thinking deeply, she's singing about how she hates when he's good to her, and loves when he's horrible to her. He can abuse her and seemingly hate her but she sees it as love and wants more. It's a somewhat insane pleasure she gets from being abused.

    leopradluvon March 09, 2013   Link

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