"Hope" as written by and Jonne Wilson....
Why can't you see you torture me
You're already thinking about someone else
When he comes home you'll be in your arms and I'll be gone
But I know
My day will come
I know someday
I'll be the only one
So now you wait for his spark
You know it'll turn you on
He's gonna make you feel the way you want to feel
When he starts to lie when he makes you cry you know I'll be there
My day will come
I know someday
I'll be the only one
Call me selfish call me what you like
I think it's right to want someone for all your own
and not to share her love
And I'll have my way and won't have to say anyway
I've got you
You didn't stand a chance
You want perfection
I see your self destruction
You don't know what you want
It's gonna take you years to find out
I'm not giving up
And when you've had enough you'll take your bruised little head
And you'll come running back to me
You know that I'm gonna be the only one
You're already thinking about someone else
When he comes home you'll be in your arms and I'll be gone
But I know
My day will come
I know someday
I'll be the only one
So now you wait for his spark
You know it'll turn you on
He's gonna make you feel the way you want to feel
When he starts to lie when he makes you cry you know I'll be there
My day will come
I know someday
I'll be the only one
Call me selfish call me what you like
I think it's right to want someone for all your own
and not to share her love
And I'll have my way and won't have to say anyway
I've got you
You didn't stand a chance
You want perfection
I see your self destruction
You don't know what you want
It's gonna take you years to find out
I'm not giving up
And when you've had enough you'll take your bruised little head
And you'll come running back to me
You know that I'm gonna be the only one
Lyrics submitted by Psychedeliasmith
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personally I think this Song is about A guy who is in love with a good friend that already has a man and he's always the one thats there for her when something goes wrong.
"When he starts to lie when he makes you cry you know I'll be there"
he stays around and is always there for her in "hope" that he'll get her in the end no matter how much it tortures him to see her with another guy for now.
He starts with "Why can't you see you torture me?", meaning he likes her, but knows he has no chance with her. His excuse is that she has a boyfriend, but really he knows she is way out of his league.
By saying "You wait for his spark/cock, you know it'll turn you on", he means that her attraction to this other guy is purely sexual; ostensibly she will end up with the singer because of true love. However, he doesn't back this up with what he says. The whole thing is kind of condescending ("You don't know what you want, It's gonna take you years to find out"), and lines like "I'll have my way, you won't have a say anyway
Cause I've got you" make it sound like he's only interested in her as part of some kind of sadistic fantasy. Although the guy she's currently with is portrayed as using her, this is most likely the singer projecting his own personality onto the boyfriend through jealousy.
Sublime and Soul Asylum did some nice covers of this song, try searchin around.
Oh how I love this song... it's a moshing good time :)