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Cuts Like A Knife Lyrics
Drivin' home this evening
I coulda sworn we had it all worked out
You had this boy believin'
Way beyond the shadow of a doubt
Then I heard it on the street
I heard you mighta found somebody new
Well who is he baby - who is he
And tell me what he means to you
I took it all for granted
But how was I to know
That you'd be letting go
Now it cuts like a knife
But it feels so right
It cuts like a knife
But it feels so right
There's times I've 'bin mistaken
There's times I thought I'd 'bin misunderstood
So wait a minute darlin'
Can't you see we did the best we could
This wouldn't be the first time
Things have gone astray
Now you've thrown it all away
Now it cuts like a knife
But It feels so right
It cuts like a knife
But it feels so right
I coulda sworn we had it all worked out
You had this boy believin'
Way beyond the shadow of a doubt
I heard you mighta found somebody new
Well who is he baby - who is he
And tell me what he means to you
But how was I to know
That you'd be letting go
But it feels so right
It cuts like a knife
But it feels so right
There's times I thought I'd 'bin misunderstood
So wait a minute darlin'
Can't you see we did the best we could
Things have gone astray
Now you've thrown it all away
But It feels so right
It cuts like a knife
But it feels so right
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I think its about someone loving another person but the other person never really loves them back. The other person leads them on, but just like in the past, they hurt the other person. "It cuts like a knife but it feels so right" this to me is saying that it hurts, but the pain is so familiar that it almost feels right.
It's an okay song,great guritar riff,but eh as far as I care. The video the girl gets undressed and dives into an empty pool- my mother was like "Whaaaaaaaa"??? Couldn't wrap her bean around it...
The song lyrics evoke the age-old story of the pain of rejection, of someone being dumped and seeing their lover, or ex-lover, with someone else.
The video brilliantly builds on that with sharp visual metaphors. The band plays the song in a dried-out, empty pool. Our protagonist uses a knife to cut up an apple (a tool to extract nourishment, but one that brings risk of pain), but stops, tosses the knife and apple, and joins the band. He's given up on providing something. The girl walks in, contemplates, then removes her chains of love (heart pendant), undresses, and dives in at the other end, the deep end. She emerges satisfied, sopping wet, but not courtesy of our dry protagonist-musician: she's getting it from somewhere else. Cuts like a knife. Maybe the "but it feels so right" is what she says! Or maybe, ironically, he gets off on being dumped or betrayed.
I think this song is about someone loving someone, but them not loving them back, so they break up and even though it hurts its the right thing to do. Maybe, maybe not.
i realy like the unplugged version. its their best
great song thank god theres no posts like on the summer of 69 holy shit thats insane read this rothflmfao
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