Lyric discussion by SeenItAllBefor 

Cover art for What You Need lyrics by Bring Me the Horizon
  • These are my thoughts and my opinions -

"You're hypnotized, can't see the signs I'd like to help you but I think it's too late Made up your mind and now you're blind I guess it's easier than making mistakes"

This person(guy) has a friend(girl) or someone closer that keeps making the same mistakes over and over again. Never learning from the first time, so this person is getting frustrated with her.

"Don't ask me why then roll your eyes at the answer You want a fight, but I won't bite on the bait And I'm not trying to change your eyes so don't panic Cause I'm not selling"

This friend always cries to this person so the he possibly confronts the her and tells her the truth. The friend takes offence for she doesn't want to hear it. She pushes him away even though he tries to help her and this guy is slowly getting tired of it.

"So don't tell me what I can't see Cause we both know it's you, not me You don't want this but it's what you need And you'll see it when you believe"

This friend attacks the person that tries to help. He starts to get annoyed and slowly realizes that the only way that this friend will get better is if she hits rock bottom. He see's that this she can't be helped till she see's what she is doing to herself.

"You'll see it, you'll see it You'll see it when you believe You'll see it, you'll see it And you'll see it when you believe"

The friend keeps coming back to cry on him, but refuses to help for he is waiting for the friend to hit the bottom.

"Give me a break cause I can't take Another second, you're a fucking headache I ain't got time to change your mind How can I move you when you're stuck in your ways"

This person is getting angrier at the friend and is losing hope of helping her. He is starting to care less about her for he is getting sick and tired of it.

"Don't ask me why then roll your eyes at the answer You want a fight, but I don't bite on the bait And I'm not trying to change your eyes so don't panic I'm just saying, well I'm just saying"

"Don't come crawling back to me when you break down Cause you dug yourself into this hole all by yourself Don't come crawling back to me when you break down You can find somebody else"

This person bluntly told the friend this. He is now at the point where he gave up on the friend. He feels that he can't do it anymore. This person is put through unneeded stress due to his friend so he is explaining his thoughts.

"So don't tell me what I can't see Cause we both know it's you, not me You don't want this but it's what you need And you'll see it when you believe"

"Don't tell me what I can't see Cause we both know it's you, not me You don't want this but it's what you need And you'll see it when you believe"

"You'll see it, you'll see it You'll see it when you believe You'll see it, you'll see it And you'll see it when you believe"

"Yeah, hell yeah You make me wanna slit my wrists and play in my own blood Yeah, hell yeah You make me wanna kill myself just for the fucking fun (Alright) Yeah, hell yeah You make me wanna slit my wrists and play in my own blood Yeah, hell yeah You make me wanna kill myself just for the fucking fun"

  • Alright, when some people hear this, they tend to take this literally. To me, I feel that this person is angry. - He feels anger, frustration, disappointment, annoyed,and so on towards his friend. This symbolizes that this person would rather deal with physical pain than to hear her pointless complaints. He is pushed so far off the edge that he could give no f**** anymore. He is just done with her and everything that she cries about.

"So don't tell me what I can't see Cause we both know it's you, not me You don't want this but it's what you need And you'll see it when you believe And you'll see it when you believe"

  • I've personally been through this many times in my life so I can totally understand where this person is coming from. I hope my thoughts on this song helped you understand it better, but for all I know, I could be wrong about his so please share your thoughts as well! ^_^ -
My Interpretation