I love this song because I related it to a relationship I was in that was difficult, dragged out and ugly at the end.
It reminds me of a couple who have completely destroyed their trust in each other and who now are angry at each other but who stay together because they have been through so much and because the lust is still there. The silence he talks about in the first lines 'these walls talk more than we ever will' and 'i could get used to this world, standing oh so still' to me just screams silence and alienation and distrust.
The chorus makes me think there was some cheating going on that led to the strain in the first place. 'oh please let me be, accused of everything'-the other partner is throwing their infedelity back in their face. To me it makes even more sense in the next lines when he talks about letting him bleed and leaving him with nothing(she ripped his heart out, left him bleeding and with nothing but anger and hatred). Also the next lines tell it too-"i can see through your hate, your words twist our faith"-he sees right through her lies and her words are straining their precarious trust even more.
The second part to me, is like them coming back together and having sex, trying to reclaim the old times, "skin ripped up(scratching), lips chapped(kissing), he is obviously trying to fool himself into thinking that with this new round of sex things can be okay because it's so good "i wish you'd never stop at all, I wish you'd never leave at all" but knowing that it's just lust speaking, that she destroyed his trust and it won't ever be the same. It even says as much in the next verse "put those filthy hands back in those dirty pockets"-saying to her to get her lying self off of him and out of his life and go back to her own life. Then he tells her to 'wipe her lips, we both know they've been everywhere' he's just reinforcing what he already knows-she cheated, her lips and hands are dirty and they both know it and that the relationship has reached it's end, they can't go on like this. Very sad.
Hope this made sense to someone, I think I understand it so well because I had a very similar experience and it tore me to pieces, this song made me think of what it was like to hang on to someone so tightly even though in the end they will just slowly destroy you.
I love this song because I related it to a relationship I was in that was difficult, dragged out and ugly at the end. It reminds me of a couple who have completely destroyed their trust in each other and who now are angry at each other but who stay together because they have been through so much and because the lust is still there. The silence he talks about in the first lines 'these walls talk more than we ever will' and 'i could get used to this world, standing oh so still' to me just screams silence and alienation and distrust. The chorus makes me think there was some cheating going on that led to the strain in the first place. 'oh please let me be, accused of everything'-the other partner is throwing their infedelity back in their face. To me it makes even more sense in the next lines when he talks about letting him bleed and leaving him with nothing(she ripped his heart out, left him bleeding and with nothing but anger and hatred). Also the next lines tell it too-"i can see through your hate, your words twist our faith"-he sees right through her lies and her words are straining their precarious trust even more.
The second part to me, is like them coming back together and having sex, trying to reclaim the old times, "skin ripped up(scratching), lips chapped(kissing), he is obviously trying to fool himself into thinking that with this new round of sex things can be okay because it's so good "i wish you'd never stop at all, I wish you'd never leave at all" but knowing that it's just lust speaking, that she destroyed his trust and it won't ever be the same. It even says as much in the next verse "put those filthy hands back in those dirty pockets"-saying to her to get her lying self off of him and out of his life and go back to her own life. Then he tells her to 'wipe her lips, we both know they've been everywhere' he's just reinforcing what he already knows-she cheated, her lips and hands are dirty and they both know it and that the relationship has reached it's end, they can't go on like this. Very sad.
Hope this made sense to someone, I think I understand it so well because I had a very similar experience and it tore me to pieces, this song made me think of what it was like to hang on to someone so tightly even though in the end they will just slowly destroy you.