In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
We clawed, we chained, our hearts in vain
We jumped, never asking why
We kissed, I fell under your spell
A love no one could deny
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
I put you high up in the sky
And now, you're not coming down
It slowly turned, you let me burn
And now, we're ashes on the ground
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
And instead of using force
I guess I should've let you win
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
I guess I should've let you win
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
We jumped, never asking why
We kissed, I fell under your spell
A love no one could deny
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
I put you high up in the sky
And now, you're not coming down
It slowly turned, you let me burn
And now, we're ashes on the ground
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
And instead of using force
I guess I should've let you win
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
I guess I should've let you win
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
Lyrics submitted by jota2311, edited by xxmodernlove, HRM101, Pepsi90919, SamanthaAltice, iunice, neala1010, kittylover91
Wrecking Ball Lyrics as written by Sacha Skarbek Maureen Anne Mcdonald
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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Okay, I do not think this is about Liam and her break up at all, their relationship was not this intense. I think they both knew that their relationship wasn't meant to be taken too far, it was purely for publicity. I think this is about her and the music industry. She is saying how she wanted the music industry to let her in, so she came in like a "wrecking ball" and used force (Twerk incident, drastic hair change, style change, juicy j) to try and make them let her in, since she started off as Hannah Montana her image was 'innocent', once she decided she wanted in the music industry her image was in the way, so she used force to change the worlds opinion on her, which worked, but in a bad way. She is being forced to do all of this stuff to change an unwanted image. She is saying that the music industry is wrecking her. She is doing what she loves, singing, and it hits her hard... it wrecks her image. So, my view on this song is that she is saying the music industry is wrecking her, and her way to try and force them to accept her is by "using force" and "coming in like a wrecking ball". basically to sum it up, Music industry rejects her, she comes back and wrecks them and "breaks their walls" aka the barrier of acceptance, and the music industry just comes right back and wrecks her again. XD yeah
That's a really good interpretation! I think the song could be looked at in a variety of different ways and this one definitely sounds accurate. But of course, who knows in less we were to ask her ourselves right?:P
@PercyLou I would like to believe your interpretation, but I don't think she's that intelligent. If she was the "force for reason and honesty" she has tried to portray herself as, in the wake of the incomprehensible/nonsenscial "controversy" surrounding the video, she would not sing songs like this. Why not? Because they tacitly support discredited/oppressive/unreal concepts of "normal"/"abnormal" behavour within "relationships".
@PercyLou I agree with this. Everyone says it's about a relationship, I think that's obvious. But I think it means much more than that. And I think Mile is much smarter than she lets on, as it certainly suits the image she tries to portray.<br /> <br /> This song was easily one of the better of the 'trashy pop" songs that comes out of the US.<br /> <br /> I definitely think this was written with at least some thought of the music industry and media.
@PercyLou Miley DID NOT write the song. She did not write the song. MoZella and Stephen Moccio, and they've both made it clear it was about a relationship MoZella had ended just before they started writing the song. They didn't even know at first that they would offer it to Miley.<br /> <br /> "MoZella was extremely emotional that day. She was very frail because she had broken off her wedding during that week. She almost didn't end up making the session. "Wrecking Ball" in every way is about MoZella's toxic relationship and then the courage to say, "I can't go through with this." So here we are, Sacha and I holding this girl together who was just very emotional, trying to comfort her. "<br /> <br /> (Stephen Moccio on Songfacts, November 16, 2015<br /> <br />