I sleep with my hands across my chest,
And I dream of you with someone else,
I feed my body with things that I don't need,
Until I sink to the bottom,
Don't act like it came as a surprise,
Don't believe me? Then look into these eyes

This cant go on so I should just,
Regret it, regret it, regret it,
And even though I led you on I'll,
Forget it, forget it, forget it

I'm going missing for a while,
I've got nothing left to lose,
Ooh I'll/Don't (Album insert says don't) listen to anything

I still remember how you moved,
And I taste your scent upon my lips,
How it started, I will never know,
But now I've reached my limit

This cant go on so I should just,
Regret it, regret it, regret it,
And even though I left you I'll,
Forget it, forget it, forget it

I'm going missing for a while,
I've got nothing left to lose,
Don't listen to anything,
I'm going missing for a while,
I've got nothing left to lose,
Don't I'll listen to anything

Do you ever want to wear your body out,
Until there's nothing left to take,
The rain began to push you away,
Has midnight come too soon again?

I'm going missing for a while,
I've got nothing left to lose,
Don't I'll listen to anything,
I've got nothing in defence,
I've got nothing left to lose,
Don't listen to anything

I sleep with my hands across my chest,
And I dream of you with someone else



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    General Comment:Perfectly sums up the end of a relationship, where its severed at one end but the other half is left completely in love but utterly alone.

    Its saying the exact opposite we'll stay friends, that point where the only possible reaction is to just go missing and get away from them. That point where you feel your lowest and you feel like you've lost everything.
    Always see this as perfect prequel to 'Apply Some Pressure', which I think of as just picking everything up after you feel like you've lost everything.


    PERSONAL BACKSTORY: My first love and girlfriend of 3 years cheated on me, broke up and wanted us to stay friends. But when she started sleeping with the guy she left me for and I really couldn't just stick around anymore. Felt like I'd lost so much; friends, wasted time, love. But staying friends is too much false hope atleast while you still feel the love, have literally just decided to go missing for lack of a better phrase and start to find how to start again.
    Flag Domorphoon November 23, 2012   Link
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    Song Meaning:In my opinion and my opinion only, I think there's more to it.
    But my opinion is just totally based on things that happened in my love life, just so you know :)

    I think it could also be about a relationship, in wich the guy thinks he can't give the girl what she needs. He loves her, she loves him. He can't bear to see her with another, but he knows he has to go, because he thinks she deservers better? That's why he is going missing, so she can get over him..
    The nothing left to lose sentence could point out the "i've already lost you, so i've got nothing left to lose" thing.

    Maybe it's just that I interpretate it like this because my ex dumped about 10 weeks ago. Saying he still loves me, but he just needed to. After that I found out he always thought he couldn't give me enough attention and love...
    "Don't act like it came as a surprise,
    Don't believe me? Then look into these eyes" Is exactly what my exboyfriend said.
    But the stupid thing is, I really didn't see it coming.

    All by all I just love this song. Expeciallu the "I sleep with my hands across my chest, and I dream of you with someone else." For me that indicates to dying whenever you think of your ex-lover with somebody else... Any thoughts on that?
    Flag midnightsun90on November 02, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about something that started out casual but she started to like him more and he knew this but didn't want anything serious but contiued on with it which is 'even though i led you on'.

    but he now sees that he did like her but is too late. he's trying to tell himself to forget it and move on and just put it down as a regret but he can't and is struggling. "I feed my body with things that I don't need, Until I sink to the bottom" seems like a reference to getting drunk to help try forget about it but its not really working. "I sleep with my hands across my chest, And I dream of you with someone else" is him thinking about her but all he thinks about is her being with someone else instead of him.

    "Going missing" is cause she is starting to consume his thoughts and he can't get over the fact he had a chance and didn't take it and just needs to get away from everything. its not going to happen so he just wants to get over her asap and sees that just doing his own thing for a while might help him do that.

    Can totally relate to this song, was in a position like the above but didn't realise i liked her til it was too late. the regret haunts me.

    Flag roche1983on August 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Actually, I think the singer might be dead.

    "I sleep with my hands across my chest"

    The traditional corpse in coffin pose.

    "I still remember how you moved,
    And I taste your scent upon my lips,
    How it started, I will never know,
    But now I've reached my limit"

    Reached my limit= reached his alloted time on earth

    "This can't go on so I should just regret it"
    "And I dream of you with someone else"

    Like he hopes she'll stop mourning him at some point and be happy with someone else.
    Flag Jia_Mekareon June 26, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think the

    "i sleep with my hands across my chest and i dream of you with someone else"

    is hinting that he misses her and it's as if he wants to shut himself out after breaking up with someone.

    the whole "nothing left to lose" part could mean that him and his ex keep arguing but he doesn't really cure because she's not his.

    idk really, that's just my take :)
    saw them in october in glasgow, totally amazing live and paul is really witty

    x
    Flag dancingatdiscos.on December 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:paul smith said when i saw them in concert that this song was about being at the end of one's tether or rope or soemthing like that
    Flag tricksinesson November 18, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"I feed my body with things that I don't need,
    Until I sink to the bottom"

    Could be a total mis-reading of the lyrics but to me this references alcohol, basically drinking himself into oblivion, hence going missing...basically hiding himself away from society and everyone to get over it, there is nothing for him to lose from giving up on the outside world.....
    Flag sandimanon August 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:what i feel it means is that this guy and girl messed around, he was never really into her even though it was all his idea. now he feels he needs to get away for a while because this girl has gotten clingy or something... all in all this guy is a minipulator
    Flag mozzy_moeon June 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"I sleep with my hands across my chest,
    And I dream of you with someone else"

    i love that bit. just another emo song for me to melt in loneliness
    Flag leaveandletgoon January 26, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:" Do you ever want to wear your body out,
    Until there's nothing left to take,"
    my favourite lines by far.
    Flag zennoron March 16, 2006   Link

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