He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
I could only be myself with you around
Oh, with you around
And now there's nothing left for me to think about
Whoa, to think about.
And it hurts like hell
To be torn apart
And it hurts like hell
To be thrown around
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
You stepped with a heavy tread,
And left your mark
Oh, your mark on me
The space you used to fill is now this great black hole
Oh, you're out of sight but not out of my mind
And it hurts like hell
To be torn apart
And it hurts like hell
To be thrown around
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, with you around
And now there's nothing left for me to think about
Whoa, to think about.
And it hurts like hell
To be torn apart
And it hurts like hell
To be thrown around
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
You stepped with a heavy tread,
And left your mark
Oh, your mark on me
The space you used to fill is now this great black hole
Oh, you're out of sight but not out of my mind
And it hurts like hell
To be torn apart
And it hurts like hell
To be thrown around
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
We were born to be together
Torn apart
Torn apart
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Lyrics submitted by imhauntingyou
Torn Apart Lyrics as written by Daniel James Traynor Daniel Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Well it's simple, in my opinion, the singer has found the love of his life, maybe his soulmate, but they are not together anymore.That hurts him and he has realized that he can do nothing to change things and their break up was inevitable, like fate, so he says'' we are born to be together, torn apart'' believing that even though they are apart they connect in some way too .