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So much for your promises
They died the day you let me go
Caught up in a web of lies
But it was just too late to know
I thought it was you
Who would stand by my side
And now you've given me, given me
Nothing but shattered dreams,
Shattered dreams,
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
You said you'd die for me
Woke up to reality
And found the future not so bright
I dreamt the impossible
That maybe things could work out right
I thought it was you
Who would do me no wrong
And now you've given me, given me
Nothing but shattered dreams,
Shattered dreams,
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
You've given me, given me
Nothing but shattered dreams,
Shattered dreams,
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
From this empty heart
I thought it was you
Who said you'd die for love
And now you've given me, given me
Nothing but shattered dreams,
Shattered dreams,
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
You've given me, given me
Nothing but shattered dreams,
Shattered dreams,
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
Oh no no no
You said you'd die for me
Oh oh, oh oh, die for me
So much for your promises
They died the day you let me go
Caught up in a web of lies
But it was just too late to know
Who would stand by my side
Nothing but shattered dreams,
Shattered dreams,
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
You said you'd die for me
And found the future not so bright
I dreamt the impossible
That maybe things could work out right
Who would do me no wrong
Nothing but shattered dreams,
Shattered dreams,
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
Nothing but shattered dreams,
Shattered dreams,
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
Who said you'd die for love
Nothing but shattered dreams,
Shattered dreams,
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
Nothing but shattered dreams,
Shattered dreams,
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
You said you'd die for me
Oh oh, oh oh, die for me
So much for your promises
Song Info
Submitted by
magicnudiesuit On Dec 24, 2001
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This song is awesome. Self explantory. She broke up with him and he's left with nothing but regret and pain.
Thanx!
Thanx!
This one hurts, over and over. The melodies are just as beautiful as the dreams that the singer used to believe in, and the song repeatedly describes those dreams from the past and the pain in the present.
The meter of the lines has a precision that adds to the cruelly inevitable outcome. Those first four lines all end on an emotional negative. We know from the second line (in fact, from the title) how the story ends, but the singer seems to find it most galling that his earlier expectations were so badly betrayed.
Many songs repeat the hook because they don't have much to say, but in this case, the repetition comes across as the way a suffering person keeps reevaluating the unpleasant past and finds it just as bleak every time. But the sweetness of those soaring upbeats keeps setting us up for the heartache that immediately follows.
I think this song is about a very painful breakup with someone who broke her promise to stand by her man through thick and thin and he is mourning the end of the relationship.
I LUV THIS SONG.
@dark_eyez_666 the meaning of THIS song reminds me of the meaning of " broadway " by the goo goo dolls
@dark_eyez_666 the meaning of THIS song reminds me of the meaning of " broadway " by the goo goo dolls