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Well you're just across the street
Looks a mile to my feet
I want to go to you
Funny how I'm nervous still
I've always been the easy kill
I guess I always will
Could it be that everything goes round by chance
Or only one way it was always meant to be
You kill me you always know the perfect thing to say
Hey hey
I know what I should do but I just can't walk away
I can picture your face well
From the bar in my hotel
I wish I'd go to you
I'll pick up put down the phone
Like your favorite Heatmeiser song goes
It's just like being alone
Oh god please don't tell me this has been in vain
I need answers for what all the waiting I've done means
You kill me you've got some nerve but can't face your mistakes
Hey hey
I know what I should do but I just can't turn away
So go on love
Leave while there's still hope for escape
You gotta take what you can these days
There's so much ahead
And so much regret
I know what you want to say
I know it but can't help feeling differently
I loved you
And I should have said it
Tell me just what has it ever meant
I can't help it baby this is who I am
Sorry but I can't just go turn off how I feel
You kill me you build me up but just to watch me break
Hey hey
I know what I should do but I just can't walk away.
Looks a mile to my feet
I want to go to you
Funny how I'm nervous still
I've always been the easy kill
I guess I always will
Could it be that everything goes round by chance
Or only one way it was always meant to be
You kill me you always know the perfect thing to say
Hey hey
I know what I should do but I just can't walk away
I can picture your face well
From the bar in my hotel
I wish I'd go to you
I'll pick up put down the phone
Like your favorite Heatmeiser song goes
It's just like being alone
Oh god please don't tell me this has been in vain
I need answers for what all the waiting I've done means
You kill me you've got some nerve but can't face your mistakes
Hey hey
I know what I should do but I just can't turn away
So go on love
Leave while there's still hope for escape
You gotta take what you can these days
There's so much ahead
And so much regret
I know what you want to say
I know it but can't help feeling differently
I loved you
And I should have said it
Tell me just what has it ever meant
I can't help it baby this is who I am
Sorry but I can't just go turn off how I feel
You kill me you build me up but just to watch me break
Hey hey
I know what I should do but I just can't walk away.
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My girlfriend just broke up with me and this song fits rather perfectly to my situation right now.
After listening to this song you know you're not alone with these kind of problems, which maybe doesn't help at this time but it's good to know...
The way those words culminate at the end of the bridge make it one of my favorite songs ever. I agree with the above comment except for the "strung along" aspect, as it doesn't need to occur that way for the emotion to be relevant.
Of course, referencing Elliot Smith in any way makes this song awesome.
So what does the title "Kill" mean? I think it's a severe way of saying, "I've been totally disarmed by you, I'm putty in your hands."
...this girl apparently doesn't like putty.
Mainly written from the perspective of the person looking back over the years, at what they did and that the other person had good reason for doing what they did, but the writer still dosn't agree with it.
Ends with him saying that he's not going to change to suit how someone else wants him to be, that they've strung him along for years to see if he would change and then dropped him when he didn't
I have strong feelings, but I'm nervous as hell...no matter how much I want to say something, I can't. I know I probably should just let go...but I just can't bring myself to do it. It all comes back to that last chorus:
I can't help it baby
This is who I am
Sorry but I can't just go turn off how I feel
Truer words were never spoken. People may frown upon me feeling the way I do, people may not like it, even the person for whom I have feelings might not like it if I were to tell them...but I can't just turn off how I feel. You never can.
You're just across the street
Looks a mile to my feet
I want to go to you
Funny how I'm nervous still
I've always been the easy kill
I guess I always will
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Typical "so close, yet so far" situation. He wants to be with a girl he's already fallen for ("easy kill"), but it's hard to face her because of this. He's the type who falls for girls way too easily, and he accepts that it's a flaw.
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Could it be that everything goes around by chance
Or only one way that it was always meant to be
You kill me
You always know the perfect thing to say
I know what I should do but I just can't walk away
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He's questioning the genuine-ness of his feelings of love. Could it be destiny? Or is it just random? In any case, the fact is he loves this girl but at the same time is struggling to get over it (since it is implied that it is unrequited).
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I can picture your face well
From the bar in my hotel
I wish I'd go to you
I pick up, put down the phone
Like your favorite Heatmiser song goes:
'It's just like being alone...'
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He thinks about her constantly.
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Oh God, please don't tell me this has been in vain
I need answers for what all the waiting I've done means
You kill me
You've got some nerve but can't face your mistakes
I know what I should do but I just can't turn away
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He's hurting badly, he's thought about her for way too long without any reciprocation or signs on her part, and he even crosses the line over to bitterness ("you've got some nerve..."), and he knows he should just forget about it this love and move on.
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So go on, love
Leave while there's still hope for escape
Got to take what you can these days
There's so much ahead
And so much regret
I know what you want to say
I know it but can't help feeling differently
I loved you
And I should have said it
But tell me
Just what has it ever meant
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Best verse in the song. This is his final confession to his love. He can't walk away, so he's telling her to get out of his life, implying slightly that being with him would be bad for her anyway ("leave while there's still hope for ESCAPE"... escape implies to get away from something negative). He's being introspective, coming to terms with the reality of the situation ("gotta take what you can these days... so much ahead... regret"). "I know what you want to say" means he already knows she doesn't love him, but next lines just reiterate the hurtful fact that he loves her anyway. "But tell me just what has it ever meant" is him being bitter about love, of course.
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I can't help it baby
This is who I am
Sorry but I can't just go turn off how I feel
You kill me
You build me up but just to watch me break
I know what I should do but I just can't walk away
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You build me up but just to watch me break.
"So go on, love
Leave while there's still hope for escape
Got to take what you can these days
There's so much ahead
And so much regret
I know what you want to say
I know it but can't help feeling differently
I loved you
And I should have said it
But tell me
Just what has it ever meant"
One of the best verses of all time. Damn, unrequited love hurts like a bitch.
Anyway, listening to the lyrics...shit it sounds like my life! I noticed that my life is repeating itself this year like last year with various things that I am doing, and to top it all off the guy that came into my life during that exact segment last year, has made small appearances in my life now! However we keep missing each other...and I'm scared of actually seeing him again. However I want to. 'I know what I should do but I just can't walk away'. Because as they say...'I need answers for what all the waiting I've done means'. I feel that I have missed a lot of chances the past year because I'm looking/waiting for him.
This bit really really makes me feel emotional:
'I know it but can't help feeling differently
I loved you
And I should have said it
But tell me
Just what has it ever meant'
I maybe should have made it more obvious...or just said something to get it out.
However, I feel if we did meet this summer because 'Could it be that everything goes around by chance
Or only one way that it was always meant to be', then I'm ready. So ready to finish this and get closure by establishing what happened!
So much of this song just hits me! I feel that if we saw each other again, how it is described in the song would be exactly how I would feel. I am so the singer!
Too many signs recently...it's creeping me out!
it's so stupid how you can know on some level that someone is bad for you, but you 'just can't walk away'.