The Veronicas – Mouth Shut

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I kept my mouth shut from the start
I guess I left you in the dark
You thought you knew me but you don't
You say you'll love me but you wont
When you find out who I am

I kept my mouth shut for too long
All this time you got me wrong
Now we're in this way too far
I'm about to break your heart
Tear everything we had apart

'Cause I'm feeling lost
When I'm in your arms
The reasons are gone
For why I was holding on to you
I tried so hard
To be the one
I don't like who I've become

Won't keep my mouth shut anymore
I've had my share of closing doors
Now I know I'm not afraid
I know exactly what you'll say
But I'm sorry it's too late

'Cause I'm feeling lost
When I'm in your arms
The reasons are gone
For why I was holding on to you
I tried so hard
To be the one
I don't like who I've become

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
(I kept inside of me for all this time)
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
(Thought that I could make it work if I just tried)
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
(But I'm sorry to admit that I have lived a lie)

'Cause I'm feeling lost
When I'm in your arms
The reasons are gone
For why I was holding on to you
I tried so hard
To be the one
I don't like who I've become

I kept my mouth shut for too long
Now I know that it was wrong

I wish I told you from the start
That this was never meant to last
We should've never gone this far

Won't keep my mouth shut anymore

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Track duration: 03:38

"Mouth Shut" as written by Jessica/origliasso Origliasso

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    General Comment:I think maybe what 'So...' is telling the correct meaning. Also it could mean she was lieing throught the relationship. Maybe she was lieing about who she was "I kept my mouth shut from the start, and I left you in the dark." She was lieing about who she was. Now she's in too deep and she has to tell him the truth, in risk of losing her relationship with him.
    Flag piper888on July 26, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:this so is soo me i met this guy and he was so awesome but he was t oold so i told him that i was older and i keept it away from him for to long and I REGRET IT and i kept my mouth shut and he didnt want me when i told him the truth and i broke his heart im soooo SORRY MATT LUV U xoxoxo
    Flag demizennon February 17, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:when i heard this song. it reminded me of me. but the way i see it. is not like how anyone else thought the meaning was..
    i cheated on my ex with someone. and i told him. we ended. now we're getting back together. but. i sort of had sex with someone else and really didnt want to. and i should have told my ex. but im keeping my mouth shut. and he thinks im someone im not. so its like i feel the meaning is keeping a secret. yeh.
    Flag karenmateon September 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:When you love someone and they loves you back, but you know you aren't being yourself around them. When your whole relationship was based on one concept that, when under the microscope, cracked and splintered and you found yourself wondering what sort of foundation the love was even based on. You had let him speak for both of you because you had wanted it so badly, or maybe because you had no idea what you wanted but he was a nice enough person. Then, when you realize that he loves the surface of you and not the deep dark monster, and you have an epiphany: you would rather be the monster than a lie.
    Flag sunnyxon January 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song actually reminds me of me... Because I led this guy on to believe i was someone who im not and then it was too late to tell him!! :O Great vocals!
    Flag Oh_Sunshineon August 04, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think that this song is about the fact that she was with this one guy and maybe she had done bad things in the past which she doesn't want him to know about so she thinks that if she tells him the truth he wonn't love her anymore and he'll leave her, but she has realised that lying is not the way to go and she really needs to tell him the truth if she loves him. Overall i luv this song great for when you're feeling down catchya xx
    Flag so...on July 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I believe that the song was suppose to be about a girl who wanted this guy so bad, that she pretended to be "his type" so he would like her. She wasn't planning on actually falling in love with him, and vice versa. Now she knows that they were in way too deep and she has to come clean and break up with him, because she knew that she was decieving him the whole time, and living a lie. She felt lost in his arms because he wasn't hugging her, he was hugging the person she pretended to be.
    Flag Quincyxloveron December 28, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I feel as though marusushi is wrong. Extremely wrong. Honestly, nothing in this song could be symbolism for anything you said. Sorry.
    Flag Sydney Is Radon August 06, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I agree 100% with Purity.
    Flag klouf87on May 16, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:this song is great! one of my favourites from their album
    Flag so_fetch!on April 10, 2006   Link

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