You make it hard to breathe
It's as if I'm suffocating
And when you're next to me
I can feel your heartbeat through my skin
It makes me sad to think
This all could be for nothing
I wish there was a way
For you to see inside of me
I've never felt this way
About anyone or anything
Tell me
What do I have to do to make you happy?
What do I have to do to make you understand?
What do I have to do to make you want me?
And, if I can't make you want me
What do I have to do?

I know exactly what you're thinking
But I swear this time I will not let you down
I'm not as selfish as I used to be
That was a part of me that never made me proud
Right now I think I would try anything
Anything at all to keep you satisfied
God I hope you see what loving you would do to me
All I want is one more chance, so tell me...
What do I have to do to make you love me?



Lyrics submitted by Nuklear

Track duration: 04:07

"What Do I Have to Do?" as written by Andy Kubiszewski, Walter Flakus, James Eric Sellers, Christopher Hall

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:"What do I have to do to make you love me"?
    Flag Thia007on November 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:chris hall knows exactly how i feel at all times its kind of anoying in a sence
    Flag He Wants revengeon December 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:beginning of this song
    --->he is saying how much he cares for her and that its sad to think that my love for her might just be for nothing and that he is trying to tell her that it has never been like this before and the

    cores
    --->he is saying what do i have to do to keep you around because he loves her so much that he would just do anything just to keep her with him


    Second part of the song
    --->he is saying that look i know before that i was selfish and a jerk to you but i am telling you this time i have changed for you and i sitting her saying that i will do anything for you to just see how much i have changed and that i really hope you see how much i really dont want to loose and if i do then it will not be good {i have heard it so many times}

    at the end of the song
    --->he is saying what do i have to do to forget you because she is driving him crazy with not just seeing how much she really meant to him
    Flag Bri Loves Nirvanaon November 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:litlbit thats about perfect

    i read the song and think thats sounds just like my relationship now...went out with a girl...would have given my life for her...then she realizes that she doesnt love me anymore...and now were working things out, but i feel exactly like the guy in the song..."what do i have to do"
    Flag FuryofFiveon April 23, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Hell's Angels? Is that a huge biker gang or a cult?
    oh, yeah-great song.
    Flag greendudeon March 29, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I totlaay love this song. It can go both ways. It s phycotic in a way because its about this poor guy who is pining ove this one gir. He wants the is girl to tell him what to do to keep her. Like he can't live his his lif wiht out her. I can do the sam wahy form a gir's POV as well. One thing though there has bee a mistake in the last lin of the lyrics.

    *points to lyrics above* says If I can't make you want me

    Correct lyrics:
    If I can make you love me
    Flag HellsAngel666on February 11, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This song is me at this very moment... second... I never thought I would ever have to go through this.

    It's always good to have Stabbing Westward's breakup music to help you cope.
    Flag Willowbearon October 18, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This kick ass song is about how a girl left Christopher Hall when he was on tour. She started going out with her personal trainer.

    Hall said it himself. There is a live version of this song in which he says it in the intro
    Flag River Wolfon April 04, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:to me this song is about someone loving someone so intensely that they can actually feel their very being-and the other person really doesnt know how they feel --so what do they have to do (needing to express love but afraid of chasing someone away) and then what if the other person never comes around or what if they do and their feelings arent mutual and it was all for nothing

    for me this song speaks of a very special relationship --exactly like this song and it was all for nothing
    this song is so awesome you can feel the very passion that it's sang with
    Flag litlbiton February 06, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:"God I hope you see what losing you would do to me "

    Powerful line, Stabbing Westward is the most underrated band of all time.
    Flag phily911on March 21, 2005   Link

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