When Love And Hate Collide Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tigress 

Cover art for When Love And Hate Collide lyrics by Def Leppard

ur change of heart turns my love for u into hate... still it hurts to hate u as much as it hurts to love ya... i feel like a prisoner locked in this misery since i knw u... knwing i meant nothin to u... i'm hurt becoz i cnt shake frm this love i have for u...

@tigress

I don't think it's about the conflict of emotions within himself. I think it's a conflict of emotions between the two of them.

This is a break up. He's done something to upset her. That's why she won't take his calls. Maybe deep down she still loves him, we don't know, because we only get his side, but right now, at this moment, for whatever reason, she feels like she hates him. But he still loves her and that's what hurts. That is the collision of love and hate. "I can't stop the...

@tigress

Just further to that, what I'm saying is reinforced by the lines "do you have a heart of stone" and "do you have a heart at all"

She is the one with the hate, or presumed hate. It's not an internal conflict. It's a collision between the two of them. Much simpler than you are making it by over analysing it. Def Leppard are Yorkshiremen and they are known for saying it how it is. Most of their lyrics are very straight forward. Look at Animal! Take care.