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Leave It Alone Lyrics
Throw me aside and I'll leave it alone
So I can bury my own
Tear at this pain, this darkness I've known
This time it has won
Retreat inside until the threat is gone
Oh how we've buried our way
Throw me aside and I'll leave it alone
Once I feel it, once it's in my head, I know
This time I'm leaving for all the times that you did before
Throw me aside and just lead us astray
But may the rest of our days somehow reveal that it was all just a waste
And how could we have known?
And where in the world has our good fortune gone?
We've got to find it some way
And how in the world did we end up alone?
Once I feel it, once it's in my head, I know
This time I'm leaving for all the times that you did before
Once I feel it, when all trust is dead, I know
This time I'm leaving for all the wrong that you did before
(Solo)
Once I feel it, once it's in my head, I know
This time I'm leaving for all the times that you did before
Once I feel it, when all trust is dead, I know
This time I'm leaving for all the wrong that you did before
So I can bury my own
Tear at this pain, this darkness I've known
This time it has won
Retreat inside until the threat is gone
Oh how we've buried our way
Throw me aside and I'll leave it alone
This time I'm leaving for all the times that you did before
But may the rest of our days somehow reveal that it was all just a waste
And how could we have known?
And where in the world has our good fortune gone?
We've got to find it some way
And how in the world did we end up alone?
This time I'm leaving for all the times that you did before
This time I'm leaving for all the wrong that you did before
This time I'm leaving for all the times that you did before
This time I'm leaving for all the wrong that you did before
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I think this song is about having a relationship, either with friends, family, or a significant other, that is so violently up-and-down that you wish it would just end for good.
Both the opening line "Throw me aside and I'll leave it alone" and the chorus "Once I feel it, once it's in my head, I know/This time I'm leaving for all the times that you did before" seem to be begging for a relationship that has caused so much suffering to finally become irreparable, just so they can "leave it alone" and be done with it. The verses talk about the feeling of trying again and again to get through the rough times and get back to what once was, with lines like "Retreat inside until the threat is gone" and "And where in the world has our good fortune gone?/We've got to find it some way." But at the same time, it laments wondering what's the point of building it back up just to fall apart again, especially with "But may the rest of our days somehow reveal that it was all just a waste."
This could be Mark talking about his relationship with Scott Stapp, as this was written in 2012, right around when relations between them cooled again after making up in '08/'09.