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There's a war inside of me
Do I cause new heartbreak to write new broken song
Do I push it down or let it run me
Right into the ground
I feel like I wouldn't like me
If I met me
Well I can't stop talking
For fear of listening to unwelcome sound
And you haven't called me in weeks
And honestly it's bringing me down
I feel like I wouldn't like me if I met me
I feel like you wouldn't like me if you met me
And don't you worry, there's still time
There's nothing to live for
When I'm sleeping alone
And I wash the windows outside
In hopes that the glare
Will bring you around
Sunshine is days away
I won't be saved, I know all the words
I can't say that I'll love you forever
I won't say that I'll love you forever
Do I cause new heartbreak to write new broken song
Do I push it down or let it run me
Right into the ground
I feel like I wouldn't like me
If I met me
Well I can't stop talking
For fear of listening to unwelcome sound
And you haven't called me in weeks
And honestly it's bringing me down
I feel like I wouldn't like me if I met me
I feel like you wouldn't like me if you met me
And don't you worry, there's still time
There's nothing to live for
When I'm sleeping alone
And I wash the windows outside
In hopes that the glare
Will bring you around
Sunshine is days away
I won't be saved, I know all the words
I can't say that I'll love you forever
I won't say that I'll love you forever
Lyrics submitted by yournamehere, edited by Tommy12
Track duration: 02:56
"You Wouldn't Like Me" as written by Tegan Quin Sara Quin
Lyrics © NAKED IN A SNOWSUIT PUBLISHING
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The same applies for your personal opinion of yourself if you were to meet yourself now.
The part about the windows is I think an attempt to improve yourself and work on being a better person. "and i wash the windows outside in hopes that the glare will bring you around." "Don't you worry, there's still time."
I love that she says the sunshine is days away. I think that refers to her opportunity for people to see she's changed, and that she's shined the windows and improved....
Sorry that my sentence structure is crap and I'm sort of unclear haha! I'm baked =D I love Tegan and Sara! They are so cute too.
Sometimes it can be quite a serious neurosis, always self deprecating, especially if you have been in a bad relationship in the past, you sometimes stop yourself from edging forwards into really committing to the person. If it's all new and things are just getting started, it's more difficult to pour out your head and heart so it just makes it more difficult to know what the other person is thinking.
That is what I think this song is about. It comes as such a surprise when your other actually says something otherwise to what you have been thinking. I wasn't sure if the girl I had started seeing liked me, or if she was serious about me, or if she had it in her head already that she wanted to end things (as we sometimes do, but don't know how to) and one night we were lying there talking about each other and how things had happened so fast and she said "I feel like I can only be happy when I'm with you". It really shocked me :)
I wasn't sure what to make of these lines:
sunshine is days away
i won't be saved, i know all the words
i can't say that i'll love you forever
i won't say that i'll love you forever
It does work with my theory above - it is just a 'safety', a way of not taking that full commitment that she tells herself in case things don't work out?
But she tries to look on the bright side of it all.
"There's still time"
Do I push it down or let it run me right into the wind
I see the song as someone who doesn't like themselves too much, they're insecure, it could just mean in simple toward anyone and everyone they come across. They could indeed present a self that isn't them to others, and if they showed their true self they fear others just simply won't like them for who they are. They might sit around and worry why this person or that person hasn't come around for a long awhile as well.
So, the girl has a very low self esteem because she knows that her real personality is hard to deal with and wishes someone would love someone just for her. When she is in a relationship, her partner is getting to know her better and the girl gets scared and pushes him/her away. She doesn't want to, but she can't help it. She is fighting with herself because one minute she doesn't want to be with this person, but she doesn't want them to leave her either.
I guess the other person is getting confused and sick of it, so they stop calling. The girl doesn't want to be alone but is saying that she might end up pushing them away again. "I can't say that I'll love you forever"
anyway... just what I thought.
Or maybe just you wouldn't like me if you knew the real me, which is the same for me too.
Or the whole internet dating shit, maybe, but I don't think so. That's not the best subject for a song.