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Meet you dowstairs in the bar and hurt,
Your rolled up sleeves in your skull t-shirt,
You say 'What did you do with him today?',
And sniffed me out like I was Tanqueray,
'Cause you're my fella my guy,
Hand me your Stella and fly,
By the time I'm out the door,
You tear men down like Roger Moore,
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good,
Upstairs in bed with my ex boy,
He's in a place but I can't get joy,
Thinking on you in the final throes,
This is when my buzzer goes,
Run out to meet you, chips and pitta,
You say 'were we married?',
'cause you're not bitter,
'There'll be none of him no more',
I cried for you on the kitchen floor,
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good,
Sweet reunion Jamaica and Spain,
We're like how we were again,
I'm in the tub, you on the seat,
Lick your lips as I soap my feet,
Then you notice likkle carpet burn,
My stomach drop and my guts churn,
You shrug and it's the worst,
Who truly stuck the knife in first
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good,
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good.
Your rolled up sleeves in your skull t-shirt,
You say 'What did you do with him today?',
And sniffed me out like I was Tanqueray,
'Cause you're my fella my guy,
Hand me your Stella and fly,
By the time I'm out the door,
You tear men down like Roger Moore,
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good,
Upstairs in bed with my ex boy,
He's in a place but I can't get joy,
Thinking on you in the final throes,
This is when my buzzer goes,
Run out to meet you, chips and pitta,
You say 'were we married?',
'cause you're not bitter,
'There'll be none of him no more',
I cried for you on the kitchen floor,
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good,
Sweet reunion Jamaica and Spain,
We're like how we were again,
I'm in the tub, you on the seat,
Lick your lips as I soap my feet,
Then you notice likkle carpet burn,
My stomach drop and my guts churn,
You shrug and it's the worst,
Who truly stuck the knife in first
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good,
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good.
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I do think the line is "Who truly stuck the knife in first?" (or maybe "YOU truly stuck the knife in first"), as if she's making a bleak attempt to defend her actions by saying "Yeah, I cheated, but maybe I wouldn't if you showed me that you care more often", because he's clearly not possessive of her or concerned about what she's doing when he's not around. Even though she realizes that she's responsible for her wrong-doing, she can't help but feel resentful of the fact that he knew she had a tendency to stray and did nothing to stop it ("I told you I was trouble..."). He's very nonchalant about it, and even brushes it off with a joke (as described in the first verse and later on when he says "Were we married?" to dismiss her apology).
I'm not so sure about the line "Then you notice likkle carpet burns"... I know that 'likkle' is patois for 'little', but it just seems random and out of context here (except for the fact that she mentions Jamaica in the same verse, but that's a bit of a stretch). I always thought she was just saying "Then you notice the c-carpet burns", like she's just stuttering the beginning of the word for stylistic emphasis. But I can't confirm that, since the official lyrics (according to Amy) don't seem to be published anywhere online. I'm gonna have to check the liner notes!
Anyway, great song! I'm glad that this song was almost as big a hit off of Back to Black as Rehab was, since most people don't have a chance to realize her amazing lyrical songwriting abilities just from listening to Rehab.
This song is Amy's best song, including Frank and Lioness: Hidden Treasures.
This song is really worked lirically. Not her best lyrics, like He Can Only Hold Her or October Song, but surely the ones that tells her story the best.
"I'm No Good" is the thoughts that Amy has of herself. THis line shows it clearly:
"Run out to meet your Chips and Peter
You say when we're married 'cause you're not bitter
There'll be none of him no more
I cried for you on the kitchen floor"
And it's also really poetic.
"Sweet Reunion, Jamaica and Spain
We're like how we were again
I'm in the tub, you're on the seat
Lick your lips as I soak my feet"
Truly a masterpiece
He calls her up to meet her for a drink and confronts her about her being out with the other guy earlier in the day.
She tries to put it off as nothing and hes not falling for it and breaks it off.
She goes back to her ex but during sex she thinks of the last moments she had with the 1st guy and how much she hurt him and she cant stand it.
She calls him up and meets him for lunch and all is forgiven but if they are getting married there will be no more of this. She agrees stating how shes been tortured over it (crying on the kitchen floor)
Now they are taking a trip together and relaxing in the bathroom when he notices shes back to her same old same old. She feels really bad about it but just cant help it.
She doesnt know why she does it...
She knows its bad
She cant stop
Also, "He's in a place, but I can't get joy" to me means the guy is giving her head ("a place"), but she can't enjoy it 'cause she's thinking of someone else.
(Unless, you really did mean "it is NOT physically IMPOSSIBLE". In that case, nevermind.)
Meet you dowstairs in the bar and hurt,
Your rolled up sleeves in your skull t-shirt,
You say 'What did you do with him today?',
And sniffed me out like I was Tanqueray,
'Cause you're my fella my guy,
Hand me your Stella and fly,
By the time I'm out the door,
You tear men down like Roger Moore,
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good,
Upstairs in bed with my ex boy,
He's in the place but I can't get joy,
Thinking on you in the final throes,
This is when my buzzer goes,
Run out to meet you, chips and pitta,
You say 'were we married?',
'cause you're not bitter,
'There'll be none of him no more',
I cried for you on the kitchen floor,
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good,
Sweet reunion Jamaica and Spain,
We are like how we were again,
I'm in the tub, you on the seat,
Lick your lips as I soap my feet,
Then you notice likkle(little) carpet burn,
My stomach drop, yeah, and my guts churn,
You shrug and it's the worst,
To truly stuck(don't know why its not stick)
the knife in far (rrr trails off)
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good,
I cheated myself,
Like I knew I would,
I told you I was trouble,
You know that I'm no good.
Kyomara got the first verse correct.
I agree with crabbygrrl's interpretation of the second verse, except I think she is cheating on him at that moment as well.
I think Kyomara got the last verse right as well.
I really believe it is "To truly stuck the knife in far" where she trails off at the end. She already feels guilty and mad at herself, and then the fact that her boyfriend is not angry, not surprised, or even emotionless is sticking the metaphorical knife in far.
I'm simply wondering if she means the sweet combination of those two places that she seems to like or Reunion Island in the Indian ocean. I'd be amazed if she knew such a remote place.
thanks for Answering