Empty With You

I see this song completely differently. To me, it's about being in relationship with someone who loves you with their heart & soul, but you don't feel the same way; never have & never will. But you just can't bring yourself to tell them to truth, to hurt them so deeply.

I haven't lost anything except my mind/ [he's gone a little crazy, being stuck in this situation] Expect a thousand confessions that you will not find/ [the confession being that he doesn't love her] I try to take off my head sometimes because I can't escape the memories/ [he just wants to get away from himself] I haven't lost anything except my mind/ [ '' ]

You could be empty/ [her without him] and I can be right here empty with you/ [or he can be empty, but make her happy] or You can be hollow/ [with out, typical unrequited love] and I can be right here hollow with you/ [he can be with her] If you want to say goodbye to everything/ [when she wants to end it,] I could say goodbye too/ [he'll be fine] I can be right here empty with you/ [he be with her, empty inside]

I haven't wasted anything except my time/ [he's wasting time with her] Forget the treasures we burned because we'll be just fine/ [forget about the past. it doesn't really matter] I try to take off my head sometimes because I can't escape for the life of me/ [he just wants to get away from her, from this fake relationship] I haven't lost anything except my mind/ [he's getting a little more crazy]

You could be empty/ [her without him] and I can be right here empty with you/ [or he can be empty, but make her happy] or You can be hollow/ [with out, typical unrequited love] and I can be right here hollow with you/ [he can be with her] If you want to say goodbye to everything/ [when she wants to end it,] I could say goodbye too/ [he'll be fine] I can be right here empty with you/ [he be with her, empty inside]

Instead of going underground/ [instead of breaking up] Instead of calling them out/ [instead of saying his true feelings] Instead of running, 'cause you're still creeping/ [instead of letting her go, he let her hold on] Instead of swallowing lies/ [instead of telling the truth] Instead of buried alive/ [instead of letting her world come crashing down] Let's twist the knife 'til they can't stop bleeding/ [the pain of this relationship is masochistic; he's twisting a metaphoric knife into his heart by continuing this lie because he loves her, but like a friend]

If you need a confession, I'm guilty/ [i never loved you] Let's twist the knife 'til they can't stop bleeding/ [ '' ] Do you think I feel sorry? Forgive me/ [he's sorry he couldn't love her back] Let's twist the knife 'til they can't stop bleeding/ [ '' ]

Instead of going underground/ [ '' ] instead of calling them out/ [ '' ] Let's twist the knife 'til they can't stop screaming/ [he's going to endure this until he can't any longer]

You could be empty/ [her without him] and I can be right here empty with you/ [or he can be empty, but make her happy] or You can be hollow/ [with out, typical unrequited love] and I can be right here hollow with you/ [he can be with her] If you want to say goodbye to everything/ [when she wants to end it,] I could say goodbye too/ [he'll be fine] I can be right here empty with you/ [he be with her, empty inside]