So Kameradin almost nailed it, I also think it's about a guy who has been cheated.
But in my view he is also about to kill his girlfriend, this song is a speech he does to her before he kills her. Notice how he's talking not 'about' her, but 'directly' to her, in second person.
I tried to love you I thought I could
I tried to own you I thought I would
I want to peel the skin from your face
Before the real you lays to waste (he wishes to keep her innocent-looking face with him before the "real" her, the cheater that she is, "lays to waste", dies by his hand)
You told me I'm the only one
Sweet little angel, you should have run (he is locked with her somewhere and now she can't flee, he did so after she confessed to him she cheated)
Lying, crying, dying to leave (she tries to lie, cry, implore to leave the place where they're locked)
Innocence creates my hell
Cheating myself, still you know more (he's ironizing how killing her would be his end, yet she is the one who understands more of cheating out of them both)
It would be so easy with a whore (contemplating how sleeping with a whore would be easier than this relationship)
Try to understand me, little girl
My twisted passion to be your world
Lost inside my sick head
I live for you but I'm not alive (again with irony, he says his life is hers, but he's not alive anymore after what she did)
Take my hand before I kill (he's telling her to stop him before he loses control and kills her)
I still love you, but, I still burn (he's telling her he still loves her, but also hates her)
Yeah, love, hate, love
Yeah, love, hate, love
Yeah, love, hate, love
Oh, Love, hate, love
Yeah, Love, hate, love
So Kameradin almost nailed it, I also think it's about a guy who has been cheated. But in my view he is also about to kill his girlfriend, this song is a speech he does to her before he kills her. Notice how he's talking not 'about' her, but 'directly' to her, in second person.
I tried to love you I thought I could I tried to own you I thought I would I want to peel the skin from your face Before the real you lays to waste (he wishes to keep her innocent-looking face with him before the "real" her, the cheater that she is, "lays to waste", dies by his hand) You told me I'm the only one
Sweet little angel, you should have run (he is locked with her somewhere and now she can't flee, he did so after she confessed to him she cheated) Lying, crying, dying to leave (she tries to lie, cry, implore to leave the place where they're locked) Innocence creates my hell
Cheating myself, still you know more (he's ironizing how killing her would be his end, yet she is the one who understands more of cheating out of them both) It would be so easy with a whore (contemplating how sleeping with a whore would be easier than this relationship) Try to understand me, little girl My twisted passion to be your world
Lost inside my sick head I live for you but I'm not alive (again with irony, he says his life is hers, but he's not alive anymore after what she did) Take my hand before I kill (he's telling her to stop him before he loses control and kills her) I still love you, but, I still burn (he's telling her he still loves her, but also hates her)
Yeah, love, hate, love Yeah, love, hate, love Yeah, love, hate, love Oh, Love, hate, love Yeah, Love, hate, love