| Beck – Lost Cause Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The person he's singing about has an addiction (to alcohol or drugs). She can't break her addiction and it's tearing him apart because he loves her and he wants to help her. She knows it, too. She's a lost cause because she is in complete denial of her addiction. "Your sorry eyes cut through the bone They make it hard to leave you alone Leave you here wearing your wounds Waving your guns at somebody new". To me: she knows she's an addict. When she's sober, she apologizes and says she will change...he believes her once again...but while in her alcohol or drug induced state, she is vicious and hurtful with her words. He also is hurtful with his words ("leave you here, wearing your wounds"). With no one else to attack she lashes out at the people closest to her...her children or other family members ("waving your guns at somebody new") "Baby you're a lost cause"...obvious that he feels she is beyond help and he is frustrated because he loves her and has tried to help. "There's too many people you used to know They see you coming, they see you go They know your secrets, and you know theirs This town is crazy; nobody cares". To me: All her friends are alcoholics or using some sort of drug. They know who she is (an addict). She goes to parties with them. But yet she has a "normal" family life with her children and husband. She volunteers at her children's school, she's on the PTO, she has a job. She's everyone's friend. She's perfect in everyone elses eyes. That's the secret...and...she knows everyone else in her circle of "friends" holds the same secret. But, she thinks she has all these "great" friends...they're not...she needs to get away from them so she can heal and become sober and happy. "There's a place where you are going You ain't never been before No one left to watch your back now No one standing at your door Is that what you thought love was for"? To me: She's in her own private hell. He won't be there for her anymore unless she changes. Her "friends" will not be at her door supporting her because they are sick (addicts) themselves. She mistankenly thinks that her friends love her...when it's impossible because they are addicts as well... |
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