Fuck you,
you took what you wanted and left, like locusts.
everything i gave to you, everything that we've been through
you bled me dry and then left, like leeches.
go, you got what you could now leave, like vultures

ripped apart in minutes what was built in seven years
the ink scarred on your back may as well of disappeared
for as long as i remember, you sold everything you owned
but now you sold our friendship, you're on your fucking own.
(because)

If I had it my way I'd slit your throat with the knife you left in my back
all the shame, all this guilt, all this regret, that's me
i'm inside of you and this is your world
fucking falling apart mate, from the inside out.
everything will fall at your feet - you got hell to pay

and you better fucking bow down to me
you better beg for mercy
get on your fucking knees and cry me a fucking river

sleep with one eye open
sleep with one eye open
sleep with one eye open
best friends means forever, cunt.




Lyrics submitted by xKissxHerxBruisesx

Track duration: 04:41


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    General Comment:i feel the exact way about my ex, first time we broke up she said she didnt want to lose me (her best friend), even though while we were dating i found out sh had been talking to a bunch of guys behind my back even though she promised she would never do it, to top it off she was the first girl i had trusted in 3 years since the one before her fucked me over in a horrible way.
    she was also going through so much shit with family and i helped her, stayed with her, got money to buy her neccecities since her mom wasnt doing shit but leaving from work to another town to fuck her boyfriend.
    just remembering it all makes my fucking hear scream and my blood boil.
    Flag Waruwarufoo1on August 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Are you guys retarded. The song is about one of his old friend, Jonny Hart.
    Like Samthestrange said, he used to be really close with Oli and sold merch for them.
    I'm not sure if the selling the clothes on eBay part is true or not, but I know he was stealing money from them.
    The "the ink scarred on your back may as well of disappeared" part refers to the tattoo on Jonny Hart's back, "Friends and Family" here's a picture of it.

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    Flag mrericbaueron April 10, 2011   Link
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    Lyric Correction:ok, after "but now you sold our friendship, you're on your fucking own" it actualy say
    "Sleep with one eye open!
    Yeah you sleep with one eye open!" before
    "Because
    If I had it my way I'd slit your throat with the knife that you left in my back"
    Flag SomeLyricLovingSchizoon March 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think your all wrong. I think this is about an enemy who used to be a friend, and the ex friend betrayed him. The ex friend treated the other guy like a slave, the slave idolised the other, worshiped him, he was obsessed with him. The ex broke it off with him, he felt betrayed went insane killed the ex, then himself.
    Flag xXmetalMaddinessxXon October 01, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:wow.. i love this song .. I can really relate to it ."you sold everything you owned but now you sold our friendship, you're on your fucking own." .. i absolutley love that line and i can relate to it
    Flag iluvbmth123on December 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i think its about a relationship and how he got backstabbed by the girl,
    they were together for 7 years and it was ripped apart in minutes
    and about how he wants a revenge, saying id slit your throat with the knife you left in my back
    Flag skittyxon September 24, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:No this is not about his ex girlfriend.

    "you bled me dry and then left, like leeches.
    go, you got what you could now leave, like vultures"

    As "leeches" & "vultures" are both plural he's refering to more than one person.
    Flag leonashley21on September 01, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:awesome song i think the best other than THE COMEDOWN especially the part were he sais, BOW!! BOW DOWN TO ME!!! fuckin beast mode right there
    Flag TJones129on August 29, 2009   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning:you lot are stupid cunts. this song goes with 'suicide season'. suicide season is about oli's friend who lose someone dear to him and because of that, oli's friend was never the same, thus losing him as a friend. now this song is about that same friend and how this friend has taken him for granted. THERE.
    Flag skeleton June 19, 2009   Link
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    Song Meaning:"Fuck you,
    you took what you wanted and left, like locusts.
    everything i gave to you, everything that we've been through
    you bled me dry and then left, like leeches.
    go, you got what you could now leave, like vultures "

    Sounds to me like friends, or more likely a lover that Oli was in a deep relationship with, suddenly left him and took everything from him.



    "ripped apart in minutes what was built in seven years
    the ink scarred on your back may as well of disappeared
    for as long as i remember, you sold everything you owned
    but now you sold our friendship, you're on your fucking own."

    odviously they had a fight, or a disagreement and in minutes a relationship of 7 years was over, the ink scarred on your back may be a tatoo of love for Oli.

    hmm, maybe she had a financial crisis and lost her home etc " you sold everything you owned "
    and now she sold what she had left which was her love for oli.

    the rest of the song goes on to talk about the reprucutions of screwing around with his emotions and their relationship, sleep with one eye open, is basicly saying you should never relax, because you fucked around with me Ill kill you

    " If I had it my way I'll slit your throat with the knife that you left in my back "






    Flag thefalzon April 23, 2009   Link

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