Lyrics for 9 Crimes as interpreted by xXlastgoodbyeXx

9 Crimes Lyrics
leave me out with the waste this is not what i do
it's the wrong kind of place to be thinking of you
it's the wrong time for somebody new
it's a small crime and i got no excuse
and is that alright yeah?
i give my gun away when it's loaded
is that alright yeah?
if you don't shoot it how am i supposed to hold it?
is that alright yeah?
i give my gun away when it's loaded
is that alright yeah, with you?
leave me out with the waste this is not what i do
it's the wrong kind of place to be cheating on you
it's the wrong time she's pulling me through
it's a small crime and i got no excuse
and is that alright yeah?
if i give my gun away when it's loaded
is that alright yeah?
if you don't shoot it how am i supposed to hold it?
is that alright yeah?
i give my gun away when it's loaded
is that alright?
is that alright with you?
is that alright yeah?
if i give my gun away when it's loaded
is that alright yeah?
if you don't shoot it how am i supposed to hold it?
is that alright yeah?
i give my gun away when it's loaded
is that alright
is that alright with you
and is that alright yeah?
is that alright
is that alright
is that alright with you?
no?

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tastesthatgood
09-26-2006

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This song is so hauntingly beautiful; I cannot wait for Damien's new album.

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NuclearBlast
09-30-2006

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This song is gorgeous. I'm not sure about the meaning, but I'm hoping the rest of the songs also tie into the album title ("9"). I love it when Damien and Lisa's voice overlap.

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Crzy
10-02-2006

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yeah im also wondering what this song means?

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Bluestars
10-02-2006

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This is one of Damien's best songs in my opinion. I saw him do this live without Lisa and it was amazing, though I do love it with Lisa because there voices fit so perfectly.

To me this song is about someone who falls in love while they are still with someone else. It is hard for them because they no longer love the person they are with but fell guilt for falling for someone new.

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JojoCupcakes
10-16-2006

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Theres no doubt about this song - it's about cheating. I think Bluestars has it spot on.

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luvd
10-16-2006

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Wow, so glad the new album seems to be living up to the pretty much expected hype.. So rare that I love a song on first listen.. and yeah:

Seems to be about being in a relationship with someone and then one of you finds someone new..

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juiceroxmysox!!!
10-19-2006

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does anyone knoe what it means when they say give my gun away when its loaded. and
if you dont shoot it. how am i suppose to hold it?.
hella i love this song.
its awesome,

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Hoyay
10-22-2006

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This song is absolutely beautiful. I'm glad that Damien and Lisa are back. Hopefully the album will be as good as the single.

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stepped_on_a_leaf
10-22-2006

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to juiceroxmysox!!!:
in my opinion, the line "give my gun away when it's loaded" has something to do with loving someone when your already in love with someone eles, like 'how can i love you when i love him'... but i'm not really a literary-type of person so im likely wrong :P

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lilimarilyn
10-25-2006

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*Heard this song for the first time today, burst into tears!! had to download it straight away, find the lyrics and join song meanings to see what everyone else thinks. This song is too beautiful, definately about someone not being in love with their partner anymore and thinking of someone else when they are with them. They don't like themselves for doing it hence "leave me out with the waste"....Thats what I think anyway.*

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lilimarilyn
10-25-2006

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maybe "if you don't shoot it,how am i sposed to hold it" means if you don't do it for me anymore, how am I sposed to just stay with you? Just guessing, but its kinda like if you don't light my fire, how am I sposed to hold a torch for you? Maybe? what dya reckon? x

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geordie_bri
10-27-2006

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Heard this song on Xfm last night in the car, and I had to pull over because this song was that breathtaking. I wasn't that much of a Damien Rice fan, but this song has made me consider it. a hauntingly beautiful song, this has got to be one of the best songs he's realised, and possibly one of the best songs of the year.

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DSGB
10-29-2006

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Damn, Ive been waiting for his new CD for a minute now. Great song. Hopefully the album is as good or better than O. Cold Water, Cheers Darling, I Remember, and Praque are his best in my opinion and Lisa Hannigan's voice is damn soothing... great vocalist. Anyone know when the album is coming out?

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xxsazwilsxx
10-29-2006

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** Talk about a song that touches you right there **
Like most other people - i was amazed by this song. Heard it at work...had a tear in my eye.
It's so beautiful - unbelievable - another cracker from Damien Rice
xx

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Insurance Fires
11-03-2006

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this song is so beautiful. damien rice never fails to amaze me. he has a way of touching your soul with his words.

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tjwells
11-05-2006

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they say "with you" after every "is that alright", not just the last one.

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davidecoyote
11-07-2006

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I too, have not been able to get through listening to this song without welling up as of yet. In addition to that, I get goosebumps when the chorus of "is that alright"s drops off into a single "no...".

Damien Rice has certainly done it again. I know of no other songwriter who can consistantly affect me as much as he.

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Drazhar106
11-07-2006

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This is one of the best songs I have ever heard, perfect song...

To me it sounds like two people who broke up, but still are in love with eachother.

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Damon
11-08-2006

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mazing song.

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letterstonoelle
11-09-2006

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Yes, first time I heard this song (last night) I thought, "This is the best song I've heard in forever if not ever". And I'm being completely honest. This has every element of a great song and a Damien Rice song. I'm so excited for this album.

Lisa's voice is beautiful and I love when they sing duets :)

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Failingnow
11-10-2006

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A close friend of mine warned me of how this song can just grab you when you least expect it and leave you in a state of emotional turmoil.
Having been travelling I was anxious to hear this the moment I returned, I was driving when the song came on the radio, via the fine show form zane lowe, i immediately knew how it was even before the singing started.
For me the track has an unbelievable quality heard from the first few bars, the piano, i feel can be heard in my chest before it goes to the ears.
Another dynamite display from Mr Rice on how a moment of unrequited love is never far away.

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amylhaynes
11-10-2006

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I believe that both individuals are referring to the other person as their "gun.” They know that the potential for love is there and "loaded" in the gun, but it means nothing if it's not being expressed. They question how they are supposed to hold onto each other, when neither of them express their emotions and love (“If you don’t shoot it, how am I supposed to hold it?”). Although they ask if it’s “alright” to let each other go, I think it’s more of a sarcastic and bitter realization that it’s over. They’ve realized that the love between them was never enough. Asking if it’s “alright” to let the other person go is sarcastic in that it shouldn’t matter if it’s alright with the other person. They have come further to realize that these “small crimes” are exactly what they say they are – small. Usually, someone would use the excuse that they are in pain from the relationship ending and need some sort of distraction. Because the relationship never amounted to its full potential, they cannot use the excuse that they are in pain from the relationship ending. Perhaps pain is there, but it’s not from love being lost – it’s from wasting time on each other and waiting for something to amount from nothing. Even though he says it’s the wrong time and place to be cheating on her, it’s more of what it should feel like rather than what it does feel like. He’s found someone else to pull him through whatever he’s going through. Based on society's norms, he should feel guilty about it, but how can you feel guilty when a strong relationship was never there to begin with?

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Batesy_predator
11-19-2006

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I read through the comments so far and just took some of the lines and said what I think they could mean (or at least what came to my mind)

Leave me out with the waste – wanting the other person to end things so that they don’t have to?

This is not what i do – they’re not the type of person to jump ship just because it’s sinking/there might be something else out there – would like to fix things

It's the wrong kind of place – place as in time – time of life? Something happened to make the circumstances wrong

It's the wrong time
For somebody new – too much invested in current relationship to throw it away; wants there to be something there

It's a small crime
And I've got no excuse – don’t need an excuse for your emotions? Or just can’t find one, however hard they try, coz they don’t want to lie to this other person? Trying to minimise the guilt?

Is that alright? – with the other person? In their own minds?

Give my gun away when it's loaded – break these ties at the wrong time

If you dont shoot it how am i supposed to hold it – takes the two of them to keep things working and together, if they don’t work together anymore then what’s the point? Can't carry on trying alone?

I like the idea that the "Is that alright"s are sarcastic, said with a twinge of hoping for a real answer to finish things, one way or the other.

I'd also like to think that (with Damien and Lisa both singing roughly the same lines) both people in the relationship feel the same way and that if they just told each other how they felt they could sort it out so much more easily. As it is they're too scared of hurting each other and it's killing them both.

Anyways I've rambled. That's what I think.

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missblackeyeliner
11-20-2006

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Leave me out with the waste
This is not what i do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you
It's the wrong time
For somebody new
It's a small crime
And i've got no exuse

*The first part of this song is to the "forbidden" love. All pretty cut & dry. He knows it's wrong, and shouldn't be doing it.

Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright?
If you dont shoot it how am i supposed to hold it
Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright
Is that alright with you?

*Is that alright - I have to agree, seems to be more a sarcastic. Like "Is that o-f*ing-kay with you?".
*Give my gun away when it's loaded - give my heart away when it's supposed to be "taken" hence, the "small crime" as said previously. Just like the metaphor - Loaded Question, well here, the heart is the loaded gun. Someone can get hurt.
*If you don't shoot it, how am I supposed to hold it - I took this as, if you don't force me to do something, what choice do I have, what am I supposed to do?

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what i do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be cheating on you
It's the wrong time
but she's pulling me through
It's a small crime
And I've got no exuse

*Again, pretty cut and dry, but this time, this is to the person he is "with". Doesn't want to cheat, know's it's wrong. But he's drawn to her, he cannot forget her, regardless of how wrong it is, and how badly it's going to end (and trust me, it always does).

**The lesson here - familiar in a sense to Joan Armatrading's The Weakness In Me. What the heart wants, and what you feel you sometimes have to do sometimes out of obligation, sometimes out of necessity, can leave a person feeling torn. Usually everyone involved, including the one who is torn, ends up getting hurt.

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snoochieboochies
11-23-2006

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heard this on greys anatomy.
Such a beautiful song.

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