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What you did to me made me
See myself something different
Though I try to talk sense to myself
But I just won't listen
Won't you go away
Turn yourself in
You're no good at confession
Before the image that you burned me in
Tries to teach you a lesson
What you did to me
Made me see myself somethin' awful
A voice once stentorian
Is now again weak and muffled
It took me such a long time to get back up
The first time you did it
I stand tall, I had to get it back
And all this seems I've now bit it
My peace and quiet was stolen from me
When I was looking with calm affection
You were searching out my imperfections
What wasted unconditional love
On somebody
Who doesn't believe in this stuff
You came up on me like a hipnik jerk
When I was just about settled
And when it counts you recoil
With the cryptic wording you leave a love belittled
Oh what a cold and a common old way to go
I was feeding on the need for you to know me
Devastated on the rage you fell below me
What wasted unconditional love
On somebody
Who doesn't believe in this life
Oh well
See myself something different
Though I try to talk sense to myself
But I just won't listen
Won't you go away
Turn yourself in
You're no good at confession
Before the image that you burned me in
Tries to teach you a lesson
What you did to me
Made me see myself somethin' awful
A voice once stentorian
Is now again weak and muffled
It took me such a long time to get back up
The first time you did it
I stand tall, I had to get it back
And all this seems I've now bit it
My peace and quiet was stolen from me
When I was looking with calm affection
You were searching out my imperfections
What wasted unconditional love
On somebody
Who doesn't believe in this stuff
You came up on me like a hipnik jerk
When I was just about settled
And when it counts you recoil
With the cryptic wording you leave a love belittled
Oh what a cold and a common old way to go
I was feeding on the need for you to know me
Devastated on the rage you fell below me
What wasted unconditional love
On somebody
Who doesn't believe in this life
Oh well
Lyrics submitted by maxivolt
Track duration: 03:41
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I Love You Fiona! I Can not wait for the next album! Spring 2011!!
And she tells him to go away, before her anger for the way he made her look at herself tries to get revenge (Before the image that you burned me in Tries to teach you a lesson).
And it seems he was someone who she dated twice, and he let her down the first time, and it was really difficult for her to feel better again, and now he hurts her again (It took me such a long time to get back up The first time you did it).
And the line "When I was looking with calm affection You were searching out my imperfections" for me means, while she was happy and in love, he was secretly trying to figure out if she was the kind of woman he likes, trying to find her imperfections.
My favorite line is this: "I was feeding on the need for you to know me", because in several songs she has stated her partners don't know her at all, and she thought this one was going to be the one she was gonna be able to open up with, and at the end it didn't work out, she wasted this illusion on him, because he doesn't believe in love.
Anyway the song is that she was with a guy who cheated on her. But she had such an unconditional love for him she wouldn't let him go, but he kept doing it again and hurting her over and over again.
This song is absolutely beautiful and I lve singing to it and when I listen hard enough I cry because I feel her loss.
What you did to me made me
See myself something different
Though I try to talk sense to myself
But I just won't listen
Won't you go away
Turned yourself in
You're no good at confession
Before the image that you burned me in
Tries to teach you a lesson
What you did to me made me see myself somethin' awful
A voice once stentorian is now again meek and muffled
It took me such a long time to get back up the first time you did it
I spent all I had to get it back, and now it seems I've been outbidded
My peace and quiet was stolen from me
When I was looking with calm affection
You were searching out my imperfections
What wasted unconditional love
On somebody
Who doesn't believe in the stuff
You came upon me like a hypnic jerk
When I was just about settled
And when it counts you recoil
With a cryptic word and leave a love belittled
Oh what a cold and common old way to go
I was feeding on the need for you to know me
Devastated at the rate you fell below me
What wasted unconditional love
On somebody
Who doesn't believe in the stuff
Oh, well
who can't relate to that?
My favorite line is the same one. ""When i was looking with calm affection / You were searching out my imperfections"
My favorite line is the same one. ""When i was looking with calm affection / You were searching out my imperfections"