Don't even think about reachin' me, I won't be home
Don't even think about stoppin' by, don't think of me at all
I did, what I had to do, if there was a reason, it was you...

Aah...don't even think about gettin' inside
Voices in me head...ooh, voices
I got scratches, all over my arms
One for each day, since I fell apart
I did...oh, what I had to do, if there was a reason, it was you

Footsteps in the hall, it was you, you...oh...
Pictures on my chest, it was you, it was you...

Hey...I did, what I had to do...oh, and if there was a reason
Oh, there wasn't no reason, no
And if, there's something you'd like to do
Just let me continue, to blame you

Footsteps in the hall, it was you, you...oh...
Pictures on my chest, it was you, you...oh...


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Footsteps [Cassette] Lyrics as written by Stone C. Gossard Eddie Jerome Vedder

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    The song is actually a singular entity and it's about a guy who commits suicide after his girlfriend breaks up with him.

    Don't even think about reachin' me, I won't be home (because he's dead) Don't even think about stoppin' by, don't think of me at all I did, what I had to do, if there was a reason, it was you... (He killed himself because of her - in his mind)

    Aah...don't even think about gettin' inside Voices in me head...ooh, voices I got scratches, all over my arms (Slit wrists, and/or track marks from drugs) One for each day, since I fell apart (Cutting himself) I did...oh, what I had to do, if there was a reason, it was you (see above)

    Footsteps in the hall, it was you, you...oh... (Metaphor for remembering her visits to him in the past) Pictures on my chest, it was you, it was you... (He was looking at pics of her as he lay dying)

    Hey...I did, what I had to do...oh, and if there was a reason Oh, there wasn't no reason, no (Acknowledgement that he is using her as an "excuse" for his deep rooted depression, and that this was inevitable) And if, there's something you'd like to do Just let me continue, to blame you (Again, acknowledging that he is "blaming" her for his sad state of mind)

    Footsteps in the hall, it was you, you...oh... Pictures on my chest, it was you, you...oh...

    esmjlm080507on November 01, 2012   Link

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