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I used to know this girl
Who gave her love away
To every guy she met
And with all the games they played
She never seemed to cry
She never got upset
And one by one they came
And one by one they left
I thought that I could fix her
If she would let me in
But all of my advances
Were shut down in the end
When days turned into months
I begged her to explain
And this is what she sang
It's not like I'm a slut
Or that I really like to fuck
I just want every boy I see
To walk away with part of me
Until there's nothing left to hold
Until there's nothing left to hate
I appreciate your help
But even you can't save me from myself
I used to know this boy
Who took notes in a book
But he ripped out all the pages
Before I got a look
At all the words he scribbled
At all the lines he filled
But the ink stains on his fingers
Told me he was skilled
At capturing a feeling
That most of us just miss
The simple pain of living
With goodbyes on our lips
I found one of the pages
Crumpled by her bed
And this is how it read
It's not like I am weak
Or that I don't know how to leave
It's just that every time you cheat
You bring me closer to defeat
Until there's nothing left to love
Until there's nothing left to say
I know that you need help
But even I can't save you from yourself
Who gave her love away
To every guy she met
And with all the games they played
She never seemed to cry
She never got upset
And one by one they came
And one by one they left
I thought that I could fix her
If she would let me in
But all of my advances
Were shut down in the end
When days turned into months
I begged her to explain
And this is what she sang
It's not like I'm a slut
Or that I really like to fuck
I just want every boy I see
To walk away with part of me
Until there's nothing left to hold
Until there's nothing left to hate
I appreciate your help
But even you can't save me from myself
I used to know this boy
Who took notes in a book
But he ripped out all the pages
Before I got a look
At all the words he scribbled
At all the lines he filled
But the ink stains on his fingers
Told me he was skilled
At capturing a feeling
That most of us just miss
The simple pain of living
With goodbyes on our lips
I found one of the pages
Crumpled by her bed
And this is how it read
It's not like I am weak
Or that I don't know how to leave
It's just that every time you cheat
You bring me closer to defeat
Until there's nothing left to love
Until there's nothing left to say
I know that you need help
But even I can't save you from yourself
Lyrics submitted by MozOnFire
Track duration: 03:48
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this song is about her. and about me, i think. i have hundreds of pages, my journal, all typed out, about her and me, i thought i was writing the greatest love story ever written. but shes finally gone. the girl in this song, reminds me of her. and i love her. and i stuck around now, for months after "i begged her to explain." she could never give me any straight answers.
i never meant to fall in love with her. i did though, and she tore me up from the inside out, because she couldnt love me how i love her. she just couldnt. and it had nothing to do with me, and when i realized it was her, and something inside of her that was broken, i tried to fix her, and it kills me that i couldnt. she left me for a boy, just a few days ago. i dont know what to do. it hurts to know that shes gone, and i couldnt make her better. i couldnt save her.
when i heard this song i broke down, and let myself cry.
The guy that likes her, despite his tries, is unable to show her what he sees in her.
It comes down to the 'I don't love me, so how can you love me?' idea.
So . Pretty much. Beginning of this song seems to talk about a girl that throws herself at every and any guy. Not because she wants this "fun and love". It' because she hates herself.
"I just want every boy I see
To walk away with part of me
Until there's nothing left to hold
Until there's nothing left to hate
I appreciate your help
But even you can't save me from myself"
... until there's nothing left to hate. She doesn't want "any more" of herself, if that makes any sense. she wants "all of her" to be gone "until there's nothing left to hold/hate".
And they writer, I took it, was the guy she was dating but cheated on:
"It's not like I am weak
Or that I don't know how to leave
It's just that every time you cheat
You bring me closer to defeat
Until there's nothing left to love
Until there's nothing left to say
I know that you need help
But even I can't save you from yourself"
Every time she cheats... he loves her less(?) and he can't say as much... he wants to help her but he knows he can't because the problem is inside of her.
Depressing song about a sad (dare i say hopeless?) girl.
i LOVE this song, and I kind of get what I made someone feel like.
i LOVE this song, and I kind of get what I made someone feel like.