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With your black hair smile
And your dark-eyed denial
You break me

With your sunglass mirrors
And your tank-top liars
You break me

I won't let you bring me down
I won't let you take me down

She's not worth it
She's not worth my time
I gave her everything
I gave her my pride
And now

I'll take it back
And I'll take it all
I'll take it back
And I'll give it to someone else

I won't let you break me
I won't let you take me down
To where I always fall
Into your palm I fall
Into your palm I fall

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cherrycola On Jan 07, 2002

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by xJGJx

22y ago

its about how alex falls in love with this girl even though he kinda doesn't want to. he looks at her and she just "breaks" him. but then he says he won't let her hurt him again. then he goes on to say that she's not worth the time and pain that she is causing him. she's taken everything from him and made him feel like crap, so now he's gonna get over it and regain himself so he can meet someone new. but then at the end, i get confused because he says "into your palm i fall..." so did he fall for her again? or is he saying thats what he used to do?

anyway, thats just MY take on the song. its my absolute fave PP song.

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