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.
You take away
I feel the same
You take away
I feel the same
All the promises you made to me
You made in vain
I lost myself inside
Your tainted smile again
'Cause you can't feel my anger
You can't feel my pain
You can't feel my torment
Driving me insane
I can't fight these feelings
They will bring you pain
You can't take away
Make me whole again
I feel betrayed
Stuck in your ways
And you rip me apart with the
Brutal things you say
I can't deal with this shit anymore
I just look away
'Cause you can't feel my anger
You can't feel my pain
You can't feel my torment
Driving me insane
I can't fight these feelings
They bring only pain
You can't take away
Make me whole again
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
You take away
I feel the same
All these promises
You promised only pain
If you take away
And leave me with nothing again
'Cause you can't feel my anger
You can't feel my pain
You can't feel my torment
Driving me insane
I can't fight these feelings
They will bring me pain
You can't take away
Make me whole again
You will feel my anger
You will feel my pain
You will feel my torment
Driving you insane
I can't fight these feelings
They will bring you pain
You won't take away
I'll be whole again
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
I feel the same
You take away
I feel the same
All the promises you made to me
You made in vain
I lost myself inside
Your tainted smile again
'Cause you can't feel my anger
You can't feel my pain
You can't feel my torment
Driving me insane
I can't fight these feelings
They will bring you pain
You can't take away
Make me whole again
I feel betrayed
Stuck in your ways
And you rip me apart with the
Brutal things you say
I can't deal with this shit anymore
I just look away
'Cause you can't feel my anger
You can't feel my pain
You can't feel my torment
Driving me insane
I can't fight these feelings
They bring only pain
You can't take away
Make me whole again
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
You take away
I feel the same
All these promises
You promised only pain
If you take away
And leave me with nothing again
'Cause you can't feel my anger
You can't feel my pain
You can't feel my torment
Driving me insane
I can't fight these feelings
They will bring me pain
You can't take away
Make me whole again
You will feel my anger
You will feel my pain
You will feel my torment
Driving you insane
I can't fight these feelings
They will bring you pain
You won't take away
I'll be whole again
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
Mudshovel, mudshovel
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this is a great song. and like everyone else is saying the relationship gets screwed up the girls cheats and the guy gets back at her. That's also really clear in the music video ^_^