The meaning to this, to me at least, was obvious and painfully easy to relate to myself the moment I first heard it.
To me this is about a guy who used to love a girl unconditionally, he either does see the pain he feels because of her. Or he is unable to stop it/doesn't want to risk losing her by tackling it. This is him after realising how she treated him and made him feel. He's telling he doesn't need her to 'save him', he can live without her and wants to do just that.
"You're the voice of reason that I can't escape,
you cut me down a thousand times a day." - This is how this girl made me feel, she'd constantly come to me when she was upset, get my hopes up that I had a chance with her. Then ditch me as soon as I had given her whatever she wanted. The voice of reason bit may not fit with my personal example, but the rest hit home straight away.
"I don't need you anymore" - At this point in the song this is just a reply to the first two lines, the guy admitting he doesn't need the girl anymore. As simple as that is.
"I trusted you, and there was no one else,
all you did was make me doubt myself." - The one example that best fits this lyric (in my life, which was the first lyric to really make me go 'I could have written this about her') is this girl had just broke up with her boyfriend. She texted me asking how I was, we got talking. She said she'd been dumped, I tried to be casual about my replying, knowing how she got to me. We planned a trip to the cinema a few days later. Then she suddenly stopped texting, sent one text saying she couldn't make it. Then I found out through my friend her and her ex were back together. Not heard from her since.
Simply put, it made me doubt myself. Why wasn't I ever good enough for her. Was I just a safety net when she needed cheering up, and she knew I'd tell her she was amazing. That shattered my self-confidence.
"Don't believe you anymore,
don't believe you anymore." - This is how I feel now, I don't believe her lies. I know what she does, and I won't fall for it again, if she ever has the balls to try and come to me again.
"You bled me out,
you tore me down,
Your time is gone,
you can go." - Pretty much that last bit again, she tore me down. She made me feel like nothing. Now I've had enough, I've got better people in my life, I don't need her. She can go.
"'Cause you're a lie, lie,
all my faith has been wasted, wasted,
'Cause you're a lie, lie,
I don't need you to save me anymore." - Again, similar to the rest. All the time I felt like she was my best friend, that I could trust her with anything, and that she cared. That was all wasted. I don't need her, I have better friends who are there for me. She is effectively a lie.
"I am fragile, but I am not a fool,
I won't hear another word from you.
You won't hurt me anymore,
you won't hurt me anymore." - I've been hurt by her, so much that I find it hard to let people I don't know get close to me. I feel fragile, as if a small mistake with who I trust could break me. I'm not a fool sounds ironic reading this. I take it to mean that I know how well a person can act now. It won't happen again.
You won't hurt me anymore is, again, me letting her know I won't fall for this again, she's out my life for good. Unable to hurt me.
"Your hands are here to tear me down,
it's took so long now I know." - I felt that she was there to help me, the truth was she wanted me to help her feel better about herself, with total disregard for my feelings. And it took me way too long to realise that, but now I do.
"'Cause you're a lie, lie,
I won't sit here and take this anymore." - I've had enough, it's over. I'm not going to just let her do this again, I'm moving on and leaving her behind.
"You can say anything that you wanna say,
but my attention is long gone and turned away.
You're such a lie, you are only my enemy.
Everything you are I will deny." - Finally, (if there was one thing I'd tell her now, but I don't want to ever think about her again) this is the one thing that I would want to say to her, or send her.
No matter what she could possibly say to me, it wouldn't make me forgive her. I stopped caring ages ago, I never think about her (apart from when songs like this make me go, 'This could be about her.'), I've turned away from her, I have new friends in my life, and hopefully a new girl, who I am trying to trust despite what this one did to me. I have no reason to ever think about her again. She's the enemy is obvious by now. She wants to stop me ever being happy.
Finally, 'Everything you are I will deny' - This is me saying that I won't let her be the desperate, low person who uses others to boost her self-esteem when she is going through a bad patch. I'll try to deny her the chance to ever do this to anyone else.
Sorry this was so long and about myself more than the song. I hope people can see through this personal meaning, what I am trying to say the song means. Effectively that it's to someone you can now see for who they really are. I may put a general meaning up as I'm thinking about this song a lot now!
The meaning to this, to me at least, was obvious and painfully easy to relate to myself the moment I first heard it. To me this is about a guy who used to love a girl unconditionally, he either does see the pain he feels because of her. Or he is unable to stop it/doesn't want to risk losing her by tackling it. This is him after realising how she treated him and made him feel. He's telling he doesn't need her to 'save him', he can live without her and wants to do just that.
"You're the voice of reason that I can't escape, you cut me down a thousand times a day." - This is how this girl made me feel, she'd constantly come to me when she was upset, get my hopes up that I had a chance with her. Then ditch me as soon as I had given her whatever she wanted. The voice of reason bit may not fit with my personal example, but the rest hit home straight away.
"I don't need you anymore" - At this point in the song this is just a reply to the first two lines, the guy admitting he doesn't need the girl anymore. As simple as that is.
"I trusted you, and there was no one else, all you did was make me doubt myself." - The one example that best fits this lyric (in my life, which was the first lyric to really make me go 'I could have written this about her') is this girl had just broke up with her boyfriend. She texted me asking how I was, we got talking. She said she'd been dumped, I tried to be casual about my replying, knowing how she got to me. We planned a trip to the cinema a few days later. Then she suddenly stopped texting, sent one text saying she couldn't make it. Then I found out through my friend her and her ex were back together. Not heard from her since. Simply put, it made me doubt myself. Why wasn't I ever good enough for her. Was I just a safety net when she needed cheering up, and she knew I'd tell her she was amazing. That shattered my self-confidence.
"Don't believe you anymore, don't believe you anymore." - This is how I feel now, I don't believe her lies. I know what she does, and I won't fall for it again, if she ever has the balls to try and come to me again.
"You bled me out, you tore me down, Your time is gone, you can go." - Pretty much that last bit again, she tore me down. She made me feel like nothing. Now I've had enough, I've got better people in my life, I don't need her. She can go.
"'Cause you're a lie, lie, all my faith has been wasted, wasted, 'Cause you're a lie, lie, I don't need you to save me anymore." - Again, similar to the rest. All the time I felt like she was my best friend, that I could trust her with anything, and that she cared. That was all wasted. I don't need her, I have better friends who are there for me. She is effectively a lie.
"I am fragile, but I am not a fool, I won't hear another word from you. You won't hurt me anymore, you won't hurt me anymore." - I've been hurt by her, so much that I find it hard to let people I don't know get close to me. I feel fragile, as if a small mistake with who I trust could break me. I'm not a fool sounds ironic reading this. I take it to mean that I know how well a person can act now. It won't happen again. You won't hurt me anymore is, again, me letting her know I won't fall for this again, she's out my life for good. Unable to hurt me.
"Your hands are here to tear me down, it's took so long now I know." - I felt that she was there to help me, the truth was she wanted me to help her feel better about herself, with total disregard for my feelings. And it took me way too long to realise that, but now I do.
"'Cause you're a lie, lie, I won't sit here and take this anymore." - I've had enough, it's over. I'm not going to just let her do this again, I'm moving on and leaving her behind.
"You can say anything that you wanna say, but my attention is long gone and turned away. You're such a lie, you are only my enemy. Everything you are I will deny." - Finally, (if there was one thing I'd tell her now, but I don't want to ever think about her again) this is the one thing that I would want to say to her, or send her. No matter what she could possibly say to me, it wouldn't make me forgive her. I stopped caring ages ago, I never think about her (apart from when songs like this make me go, 'This could be about her.'), I've turned away from her, I have new friends in my life, and hopefully a new girl, who I am trying to trust despite what this one did to me. I have no reason to ever think about her again. She's the enemy is obvious by now. She wants to stop me ever being happy. Finally, 'Everything you are I will deny' - This is me saying that I won't let her be the desperate, low person who uses others to boost her self-esteem when she is going through a bad patch. I'll try to deny her the chance to ever do this to anyone else.
Sorry this was so long and about myself more than the song. I hope people can see through this personal meaning, what I am trying to say the song means. Effectively that it's to someone you can now see for who they really are. I may put a general meaning up as I'm thinking about this song a lot now!