I heard you driving in my car
Then in a frozen bar
And I claimed I didn't care for you
But your verse got trapped inside my head
Over and over again
You played yourself to death in me

I thought I'd drop you easily
But that was not to be
You burrowed like a summer tic
So you invade my sleep and confuse my dreams
Turn my nights to sleepless itch

Stuck on you 'till the end of time
I'm too tired to fight your rhyme
Stuck on you 'till the end of time
you've got me paralyzed

Holding on the telephone
I hear your midrange moan
You're everywhere inside my room
Even when I'm alone I hear your mellow drone
You're everywhere inside of me

Stuck on you 'till the end of time
I'm too tired to fight your rhyme
Stuck on you 'till the end of time
You got me trapped inside

I can't escape your incessant whine
When you beam it out all across the sky
No I can't escape
(stuck on you 'till the end of time)
your insipid rhyme
(I'm too tired to fight your rhyme)
When you shoot it deep
(stuck on you 'till the end of time)
Straight into my mind



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    General Comment:paramore did not do the original any justice what-so-ever and being a failure/ken andrews fan myself I was pretty disgusted hearing paramore's version. they lost all of the original's meaning and mood and turned it into some sappy piece of crap. btw, it is indeed about heroin addiction, listen to Failure's entire album Fantastic Planet, it's clear as day that a majority of the album is about the band's struggle with the drug which is alleged one of primary reasons they broke up.
    Flag s1l3nc3on September 16, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:this sounds but i don't care.

    1. this song is about a person who does not like the person their with but they cant let go. they feel stuck and they feel that no one can love them anymore because their in this mess. you wanna let go, but you don't want to suffer, and you don't want that other person to suffer so you just deal with it.

    2. its about a person with drug abuse. your so addicted that its like a song that you cannot stop singing all day long. you want to quit, but you don't know how first of all, and don't want to second of all. you lost all hope, so why even try stopping now, when your so close to death. you will either end up dying, or you will caught. but you don't think this right now, but sin will catch up to you. and when you do get caught, the truth will set you free.
    Flag TrentMichaelon February 24, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:spoon33 hit it right on the head in my opinion, but I think there is also another way to look at this that combines two of those theories. I don't know about anyone else, but when I date someone, or have any kind of relationship, there is always some kind of music that still ties them in my memory. One way this song hit me was in the idea that the writer is hearing a song that reminds them of a person who was once significant in their life, but no longer is. The person can't get away from everything that reminds him/her of all that they once had. Just my two cents on it.

    "You're everywhere inside of me" - couldn't be worded any better
    Flag canuck13on October 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:someone told me this song was about how the singer had a song stuck in his head, i think it was today by the smashing pumpkins. but that was what someone told me.
    i take no credit for other's thoughts, just saying.
    Flag xbestxomistakex3on October 05, 2009   Link
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    My Interpretation:Isn't this song about, well, a song?

    It's about "insipid rhyme" and "play[ing] yourself to death in me", right? How could it not be about a song that got stuck in someone's head? It's happened to me before and I end up giving in, downloading the song and playing it over and over and over until I'm sick of it.

    Even if the original song was about someone's heroine addiction, I don't think the lyrics imply it.
    And it's not about relationships either. That doesn't make sense through the whole song. Parts, yes. But not all the way through.
    Flag txgirl09on July 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song. i listen to music that has the same idea or llikkke u no things going on in my life. any bands to recomend?
    Flag ellabella1423on October 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Yeah its by failure and it was written about his heroin addiction.
    Flag raaron June 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:All of you people who are talking about how it's "about someone breaking up with someone and they can't get over them", you're 1/3 right.

    It's 3 metaphors in one song. It's a metaphor of a song getting stuck in your head that is also used to describe a failed relationship (or possibly having a crush on someone?), but also, if you looked deeper into the song, you'd see that it's also a metaphor for a drug addiction.

    Ken Andrews (the lead singer of failure..the band who originally did this song) had some drug issues, and used his music to talk about alot of his problems (see: Dirty Blue Balloons, The Nurse Who Loved Me, etc.).
    Flag Spoon333on February 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:sandedchildhood1791 you've read my heart .. .thats exactly how I interpret it when i look at my own situation =(
    Flag DreamersDiseaseon February 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about someone who's in love with another but just keeps trying to avoid acknowledging it. Perhaps their heart was previously broken and they don't want to admit they're back in love again? Either way, he/she doesn't want to admit it, so they think they can just drop the person and move on. "I thought I'd drop you easily. But that was not to be. You burrowed like a summer tic. So you invade my sleep and confuse my dreams. Turn my nights to sleepless itch."
    Flag sandedchildhood1791on January 24, 2008   Link

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