Hawthorne Heights – Ohio Is for Lovers

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Hey there
I know it's hard to feel like I don't care at all
Where you are and how you feel
With these lights off as these wheels
keep rolling on and on (and on and on and on)
Slow things down or speed them up
Not enough or way too much (and on and on and on)
How are you when I'm gone?

And I can't make it on my own
(and I can't make it on my own)
Because my heart is in Ohio
So cut my wrists and black my eyes
(cut my wrists and black my eyes)
So I can fall asleep tonight or die
Because you kill me
You know you do, you kill me well
You like it too, and I can tell
You never stop until my final breath is gone

Spare me just three last words
"I love you" is all she heard
I'll wait for you, but I can't wait forever

Spare me just three last words
"I love you" is all she heard
I'll wait for you, but I can't wait forever

And I can't make it on my own
(and I can't make it on my own)
Because my heart is in Ohio
So cut my wrists and black my eyes
(cut my wrists and black my eyes)
So I can fall asleep tonight or die
Because you kill me
You know you do, you kill me well
You like it too, and I can tell
You never stop until my final breath is gone

So cut my wrists and black my eyes
(my final breath is gone)
So I can fall asleep tonight

And I can't make it on my own
(and I can't make it on my own)
Because my heart is in Ohio
So cut my wrists and black my eyes
(cut my wrists and black my eyes)
So I can fall asleep tonight or die
Because you kill me
You know you do, you kill me well
You like it too, and I can tell
You never stop until my final breath is gone

Send "Ohio Is for Lovers" Ringtone to Cell


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Track duration: 04:04


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    My Interpretation:Okay, now I know that the band wrote it about their girlfriends but to me that makes the song sound kinda boring. I imagined the song was about being lonely and unrequited love because of the lyrics, e.g. "I can't make it on my own" and the title of the song "Ohio Is For Lovers". In other words, I thought the songwriter of Hawthorne Heights (forgotten his name!) was writing this about the overly sentimental, lovey-dovey couples of Ohio that make him feel like an outsider.

    But that's just my interpretation.
    Flag AThingForAstronautson December 31, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Does Anyone Know What casey Is screaming in the background between

    "You never stop until my final breath is gone"
    ..........
    So cut my wrists and black my eyes(Casey Screams In BG)

    (my final breath is gone)

    So I can fall asleep tonight...."

    He's Screaming it kinda throughout the whole song but you can understand it more during that part.
    It sounds like Hes saying "You.... Go.....Me...Why?"
    BTW
    R.I.P Casey Calvert. Your Missed Very Much,
    Flag akamarusbestfriendon August 19, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:lmao.
    its a gr8 songg<3
    lovin the beattttt
    Flag jenalisaon April 27, 2010   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:you guys are retarded the song is clearly... about them being on the road and touring with their lifes back in Ohio for their family there and they grew up there and from there duh!
    Flag alingleon February 24, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:this is my favorite song of all time, because of the meaning it has to me.


    rest in peace, casey calvert.
    Flag itzkatelynzapon December 01, 2009   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:why would you cut your wrists?
    or black your eyes?

    and does that mean you punch yourself in the face or throw on some makeup?

    either way, it is a little odd

    if you wanna get hurt, go get in a fight,
    im sure there will be plenty that will be glad to stomp on your face
    Flag iluvvsmp2on June 05, 2009   Link
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  • 0
    General Comment:Ok, just to clear everything up, this is what JT says in the cd booklet. "First of all, "Cut my wrists and black my eyes," is a figure of speech. Hawthorne Heights is strongly against suicide in any form. During the recording sessions, I remember everyone arguing with their girlfriends. This rarely happens. It must have been a full moon or something, but serioiusly each one of our girlfriends were mad at the same thing. We weren't in Ohio (and we weren't going to be for a long time). We were working 15 hours a day on our album and we all just wanted to sleep. I wrote the lyrics to this song solely in tribute to our girlfriends. I knew we were going to be putting them through a lot in the next year, so this is my get out of jail free card. There is no mistaking it. This song is about our girlfriends, who live in Ohio."
    Flag xlessthanthreexon May 21, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i like how his voice sounds when he says "Because my heart is in Ohio"
    sick song.
    Flag ninjawood7on April 02, 2009   Link
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  • 0
    General Comment:This is song is ok, but that screaming in the background just sounds i dunno, corny. I don't mind screaming but in this song it's all distorted and annoying. ok song though
    Flag mikesgotniceiceon January 06, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i love this song it rocks it is so sweet
    Flag unahppyon October 10, 2008   Link

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