Long Way To Happy Lyrics

Lyric discussion by KayteGirl1 

Cover art for Long Way To Happy lyrics by Pink

This song is about someone being raped. The first line 'One night to you, lasted six weeks for me' is saying that it may have only been one night, but to her, it lasted almost forever.

(If you think about it, the girl who gets raped is young, so six weeks is a while for her)

'A bitter little pill now, just to try to go to sleep' means that she can't get to sleep because of it, and she take a pill to do so.

'No more waking up to innocence Say hello to hesitance To everyone I meet'

This means that she can never wake up and be that innocent person she was. And that when she meets people she hesitates, because either she doesn't know if she can trust them, or she feels bad about what happened to her and feels uncomfortable around people.

'Thanks to you years ago I guess I'll never know What love means to me,but oh I'll keep on rolling down this road But I've got a bad, bad feeling'

This means that because of him (rapist), years ago when she was raped, she now can never truly have love, because being with a man will scare her, and she'll never truly want to be in a relationship. But, even though she feels this way, she'll keep going through life ('I'll keep rolling down ths road'), even though she will always have that memory of being raped, and that feeling that everyone knows and is judging her for it.

The chorus is her saying that she is going to take a long time to tust people again, and even though someone has hurt her, she will keep going, because even though it will take a long time, she wants to be happy again.

'Left my childhood behind In a roll away bed Everything was so damn simple Now I'm losing my head'

This is going over that she lost her childhood in a rollaway bed. Meaning, she lost her innocence (virginity) in a cheap bed and before it happened, everything was simple and happy, but now, after the experience, she can't think straight, and it's killing her inside.

'Trying to cover up the damage And pad out all the bruises Do you know I had it So it didn't hurt to lose it Didn't hurt to lose it'

Okay, firstly, this verse is all screwed up... It's meant to be... 'Trying to cover up the damage, and pad out all the bruises. To young to know I had it, so it didn't hurt to lose it Didn't hurt to lose it'

Interpretation: She doesn't want anyone to knwo it happened, so she's trying to cover it up by pretending it didn't happen, or hiding the scars. Also, with the too young part, she's saying that she was too young to know about virginity and when she lost it, she didn't know she was losing something she could never get back, so it didn't hurt then.

'Now I'm numb as hell and I can't feel a thing But don't worry about regret or guilt cause I never knew your name I just want to thank you Thank you From the bottem of my heart For all the sleepless nights And for tearing me apart yeah yeah'

She's basically saying that she can't feel anything, like love or anything like that, because of what happened. But she doesn't believe he is guilty, because he didn't know her, and she didn't believe he knew her. Also, this is another good sign of rape, because the two don't know each other, and so it was a sudden thing, not to be repeated. Also, with the thanking, she is having a moment of sarcasm and is telling whoever did it that he destroyed her life and she will never forgive him. (Makes sense?)

Thats my interpretation, and if you have any comments, don't hesitate to reply. I like to get feedback.

Thanks KayteGirl1 xxx

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