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Just talk yourself up
And tear yourself down
You've hit your one wall
Now find a way around
Well, what's the problem?
You've got a lot of nerve
So what did you think I would say?
No, you can't run away
No, you can't run away
So what did you think I would say?
No, you can't run away
No, you can't run away
You wouldn't
I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay
I put my faith in you
So much faith
And then you just threw it away
You threw it away
I'm not so naïve
My sorry eyes can see
The way you fight shy
Of almost everything
Well, if you give up
You'll get what you deserve
So what did you think I would say?
No, you can't run away
No, you can't run away
So what did you think I would say?
No, you can't run away
No, you can't run away
You wouldn't
I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay
I put my faith in you
So much faith
And then you just threw it away
You threw it away
You were finished long before
We had even seen the start
Why don't you stand up
Be a man about it?
Fight with your bare hands about it now
I never wanted to say this
(Say this)
You never wanted to stay
Well, did you?
I put my faith in you
So much faith
And then you just threw it away
I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay
And I put my faith in you
So much faith
And then you just threw it away
And tear yourself down
You've hit your one wall
Now find a way around
Well, what's the problem?
You've got a lot of nerve
So what did you think I would say?
No, you can't run away
No, you can't run away
So what did you think I would say?
No, you can't run away
No, you can't run away
You wouldn't
I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay
I put my faith in you
So much faith
And then you just threw it away
You threw it away
I'm not so naïve
My sorry eyes can see
The way you fight shy
Of almost everything
Well, if you give up
You'll get what you deserve
So what did you think I would say?
No, you can't run away
No, you can't run away
So what did you think I would say?
No, you can't run away
No, you can't run away
You wouldn't
I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay
I put my faith in you
So much faith
And then you just threw it away
You threw it away
You were finished long before
We had even seen the start
Why don't you stand up
Be a man about it?
Fight with your bare hands about it now
I never wanted to say this
(Say this)
You never wanted to stay
Well, did you?
I put my faith in you
So much faith
And then you just threw it away
I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay
And I put my faith in you
So much faith
And then you just threw it away
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
Track duration: 03:48
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I'm not sure who wrote the song because it could have been one of the guys who wrote it and changed the words slightly to let it fit for Hayley.
Whenever I think about the title, it makes me think that the person is hoping things could get better, but truth be told, they fear for the worst.
As for the song itself, it reminds me of a girl I know. She constantly lies to try and please everyone and make herself look better but whenever I catch her out, she always shouts at me and portrays myself and everyone else to be the villain. We are very close and she tells me things she wouldn't tell others, but she can also lie to me and tell other people different things which confuses everyone. But what makes me feel really stupid and naive is the fact that at one point or another, every one of her so called friends bitches about her and I'm the only one who defends her. However, when I'm with her friends, they tell me stories about things she says behind my back. I can't believe I'm admitting this online but earlier in the year, she told me she was pregnant. I thought she was lying so the next day, I spoke alone to her face to face only for her to shout at me and she told me I'm better off dead. I suffer from atypical depression and after that, I tried to end it via od. In the end, she was lying about the pregnancy. Back to the song, whenever I think of it, I think of her and the numerous lies she tells me. I don't know if I'm still friends with her out of sympathy or if I'm convincing myself that I can help her to change but the line "I put my faith in you, so much faith and then you, just threw it away" is how I feel to sum it up.
Sorry for being a tad depressing. But this is a great song. I also think Hayley is kinda sexy ;)
Take care :)
To me, the title means that the person always thought they were a pessimist (looked on the negative side of things) but then after this person let them down they realised how much hope and faith they'd put into that person.
As other people have said, it's basically about someone who you believed in ("I put my faith in you, so much faith") and then they let you down ("And then you just threw it away"). It could be about Jeremy or Hunter leaving, but I don't know about that.
Another way of thinking of it is that Hayley wrote it about Josh and how they broke up, although this probably isn't right because the song was written by Hayley AND Josh, and surely she would've written it with someone else if she was so angry with him?
Anyway, that's what I think it means.
Optimistic: someone who hopes for the best.
In other words, the title meaning is: The person is someone who usually expects the worst. But they were hoping that the other person would become a better person and change. Considering the lyrics, obviously their faith in that person was somewhat pointless.
:)
cos in the lyrics it says
'I never wanted to say this' like she never wanted to tell him she was pregnant
and
'You were finished long before
We had even seen the start
Why don't you stand up
Be a man about it?'
like he gave up before they had even tried and she tells him to be a man about it and to take his responibility