"What a pathetic string of words
just leave them laying on the floor
..the warning posted on the door
not over here, not anymore"
Imagine a "do not disturb" or "privacy"
I think he's revealing that he has finally let someone in, probably his wife.
"There was a place it could have been
step over all that used to be
Since you have let yourself come in
some things I'd rather you not see"
His first thought is that he doesn't want her to see everything. Unfinished pieces. Imperfections. Imagine the lyrics for Hurt, lyring on the floor of his bedroom. Imagine a girl randomly picking up the notebook and reading that kind of private revelation. Then imagine everyone else reading it.
"See I keep lying to myself
don't know what else there is to do
if I could be somebody else
well I think I would for you"
He releases these private revelations to everyone. He knows that he's lyring to himself when he says "some things I'd rather you not see". He has discovered that opening the doors brings him relief and gratification. If he could be more open and honest then, "well i think i would for you"
"Didn't it seem like something more?
so long I can't remember when
All this has happened all before
and this will happen all again
and I only have myself to blame
and I only have myself to bla-"
At the time, when he was in the process of revealing something new, like his self destructiveness. It seemed like something huge. But after stepping over all that he used to be, it's hard to relate. It happened once, then it happened many more times. His loneliness, emptiness, etc.
"See I keep lying to myself
don't know what else there is to do
if I could be somebody else
well I think I would for you
See I keep lying to myself
don't know what else there is to do
if I could be somebody else
well I think I would for you"
I think this is where the genius of the song becomes clear. The revelation to himself that He only lies to others because he is lying to himself.
"What a pathetic string of words just leave them laying on the floor ..the warning posted on the door not over here, not anymore"
Imagine a "do not disturb" or "privacy" I think he's revealing that he has finally let someone in, probably his wife.
"There was a place it could have been step over all that used to be Since you have let yourself come in some things I'd rather you not see"
His first thought is that he doesn't want her to see everything. Unfinished pieces. Imperfections. Imagine the lyrics for Hurt, lyring on the floor of his bedroom. Imagine a girl randomly picking up the notebook and reading that kind of private revelation. Then imagine everyone else reading it.
"See I keep lying to myself don't know what else there is to do if I could be somebody else well I think I would for you"
He releases these private revelations to everyone. He knows that he's lyring to himself when he says "some things I'd rather you not see". He has discovered that opening the doors brings him relief and gratification. If he could be more open and honest then, "well i think i would for you"
"Didn't it seem like something more? so long I can't remember when All this has happened all before and this will happen all again and I only have myself to blame and I only have myself to bla-"
At the time, when he was in the process of revealing something new, like his self destructiveness. It seemed like something huge. But after stepping over all that he used to be, it's hard to relate. It happened once, then it happened many more times. His loneliness, emptiness, etc.
"See I keep lying to myself don't know what else there is to do if I could be somebody else well I think I would for you See I keep lying to myself don't know what else there is to do if I could be somebody else well I think I would for you"
I think this is where the genius of the song becomes clear. The revelation to himself that He only lies to others because he is lying to himself.