Lyric discussion by lovelymemories 

Cover art for The Poison lyrics by All-American Rejects, The

prety sure its "don't you see the lie", cos then that would make sense, cos its followed by "that you tell yourself a thousand times. song meanings is such a great site, i've used it for a while now, but finally made an account. found this song through alice, and the melody and beats are truly amazing. defs a song worth of all americans. ignoring the fact that its for alice, my interperatation is that its about a lover talking about their counter part being more free - "you'd take me with you if you could but i wouldnt go" but i'm not too sure, hence why i'm here. fav line: you'll be the poison, you'll be the cure. gotta love oxymorons.

I, personally, think that this is the best song AAR has put out there. I loooove it. I actually haven't gotten around to seeing the movie yet, but if you didn't even know that this is from the soundtrack of Alice in Wonderland, it could have a meaning for the real world. My favorite part is when he sings 'and you fall down a hole', which could be the dark stage we sometimes have to go through. 'You'd take me with you if you could, but I wouldn't go.' That part makes me think that he wouldn't want to go,...