Beware! Criminal Lyrics

Lyric discussion by EternalTearsOfSorrow 

Cover art for Beware! Criminal lyrics by Incubus

I too believe it's about a guy who was in a relationship with a girl who promised him things all the time, leading him on but at the same time only was using him for money so he would always spend money on her. As he was spending money on her and hanging on her false promises she never fulfilled those promises and also even occasionally cheated on him. *She may even have gone as far as using sex for power, withholding it at times to get what she wanted from him.

ie - Did you think did you think I wouldn't notice Did you think did you think did you really think I wouldn't care and A swimmer who has seen a shark, I should Really be more wary of the water

those two lines speak to my last point there.

All in all this, in general, speaks to a betrayed guy who's been dragged through the mud by a girl who was never ever who she portrayed herself to be. She stole money from him (essentially, he lies kept the relationship going, so he'd spend money on her) and she stole his heart while cheating on him and giving more sex to others then to him. Lastly she never loved him and he was simply there to drive her places and be her robot boy she could manipulate and control at her whim.

My Interpretation