Lyric discussion by Bampa 

Cover art for I Want You To Hurt Like I Do lyrics by Randy Newman

Randy generally songs in character to illustrate some failing in that character, and not himself. I think that is the case here. I find it particularly nasty when he tells his son ‘I just want you to hurt like I do’ and I have immense dislike for him for saying it. I think the message is that serially running out on people and then adding further hurt is not the way to behave etc.

My Interpretation