This song is amazing. Probably my favourite song by Garbage. This is what I think it means (or at least what it means to me).
She starts off talking about how it's ironic, that even though she treats her boyfriend/whatever like crap, he still loves her. It's almost as if she feels bad about it.
The next line "I never said I was perfect", she's clearly saying that this is just the way she is, and she has faults.
The next part "I leap down your throat", meaning how insecure she is about herself. She doesn't want to lose this guy, even though she knows she's emotionally abusing him.
"I got down on myself..".. Now she's talking about herself. It's obvious that she hasn't had a great life, and she probably suffers from low self-esteem. She probably really loves this guy, but she can't bring herself to his level. She has strong feelings towards him, and tries to change, but fails. Because she can't. She's only herself and no one else. And it's starting to hurt her.
"I'm praying for a miracle". She wishes something great will just happen to the both of them, and they'll be content with eachother. She probably hates the fact that she's emotionally abusing this guy, but she loves him too much, and will let go if she has to. She mentions, "I won't hold my breathe". Meaning that if worse comes to worse, she'll have to leave him. Even though she loves him, she won't be able to put up with this anymore.
Anyway.. That's just what it means to me. I guess these lyrics mean a lot to me, since I've been on the opposite end of these lyrics.
This song is amazing. Probably my favourite song by Garbage. This is what I think it means (or at least what it means to me).
She starts off talking about how it's ironic, that even though she treats her boyfriend/whatever like crap, he still loves her. It's almost as if she feels bad about it.
The next line "I never said I was perfect", she's clearly saying that this is just the way she is, and she has faults.
The next part "I leap down your throat", meaning how insecure she is about herself. She doesn't want to lose this guy, even though she knows she's emotionally abusing him.
"I got down on myself..".. Now she's talking about herself. It's obvious that she hasn't had a great life, and she probably suffers from low self-esteem. She probably really loves this guy, but she can't bring herself to his level. She has strong feelings towards him, and tries to change, but fails. Because she can't. She's only herself and no one else. And it's starting to hurt her.
"I'm praying for a miracle". She wishes something great will just happen to the both of them, and they'll be content with eachother. She probably hates the fact that she's emotionally abusing this guy, but she loves him too much, and will let go if she has to. She mentions, "I won't hold my breathe". Meaning that if worse comes to worse, she'll have to leave him. Even though she loves him, she won't be able to put up with this anymore.
Anyway.. That's just what it means to me. I guess these lyrics mean a lot to me, since I've been on the opposite end of these lyrics.