That's close I think a simple wish, but when I hear it, I hear the singer switching between two states in his head. Carolyne, the woman he's in love with, and he's so infatuated by her, that it's literally killing him, and he's asking her to kill him, and release him from his torment.
just leave my memory away
and try, i'll try and make my case
[Everyone gives him the hard talking to, about how this woman isn't the right one for him, or that he should just let her go.]
and you give me authority, you give me authority, you give me authority
to lie
[However, being around her gives him the ultimate authority, to lie to everyone, including himself, that this is the right woman, that he's in love with her, and it's worth it all]
kill, kill me carolyne
i know you love me, but you'd feel better
if you just suck it up and
kill, kill me carolyne
you know its nothing sentimental
but i really really need you
[The chorus is him lying, he knows deep down she doesn't love him, and it really is sentimental to him, that's the authority she gave him to lie. So he's asking her, "Please, please kill me and get this over with."]
taste, taste the bitter pill
and hurt, hurt the way it feels
cause you give me eternity, you give me eternity, you give me eternity
to die
[He's struggling with the bitter pill of rejection, it hurts, and all he can think is, she won't cut me loose, she's going to give me eternity in this hell, but he can't let go thinking she loves him, the lie continues to grow in his head.]
That's close I think a simple wish, but when I hear it, I hear the singer switching between two states in his head. Carolyne, the woman he's in love with, and he's so infatuated by her, that it's literally killing him, and he's asking her to kill him, and release him from his torment.
just leave my memory away and try, i'll try and make my case
[Everyone gives him the hard talking to, about how this woman isn't the right one for him, or that he should just let her go.]
and you give me authority, you give me authority, you give me authority to lie
[However, being around her gives him the ultimate authority, to lie to everyone, including himself, that this is the right woman, that he's in love with her, and it's worth it all]
kill, kill me carolyne i know you love me, but you'd feel better if you just suck it up and kill, kill me carolyne you know its nothing sentimental but i really really need you
[The chorus is him lying, he knows deep down she doesn't love him, and it really is sentimental to him, that's the authority she gave him to lie. So he's asking her, "Please, please kill me and get this over with."]
taste, taste the bitter pill and hurt, hurt the way it feels cause you give me eternity, you give me eternity, you give me eternity to die
[He's struggling with the bitter pill of rejection, it hurts, and all he can think is, she won't cut me loose, she's going to give me eternity in this hell, but he can't let go thinking she loves him, the lie continues to grow in his head.]