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Am I better off dead?
Am I better off a quitter?
They say I'm better off now
Then I ever was with her
As they take me to my local down the street
I'm smiling but I'm dying trying not to drag my feet
They say a few drinks will help me to forget her
But after one too many I know that I'm never
Only they can see where this is gonna end
But they all think I'm crazy but to me it's perfect sense
[Chorus]
And my mates are all there trying to calm me down
'Cause I'm shouting your name all over the town
I'm swearing if I go there now
I can change her mind turn it all around
And I know that I'm drunk but I'll say the words
And she'll listen this time even though they're slurred
Dialed her number and confessed to her
I'm still in love but all I heard
Was nothing
So I stumble there, along the railings and the fences
I know if I faced her face, that she'll come to her senses
Every drunk step I take leads me to her door
If she sees how much I'm hurting, she'll take me back for sure
[Chorus]
She said nothing
Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing
Oh, I got nothing
Oh, I got nothing
Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing
Oh, sometimes love's intoxicating
Oh, you're coming down, your hands are shaking
When you realize there's no one waiting
Am I better off dead?
Am I better off a quitter?
They say I'm better off now
Than I ever was with her
[Chorus]
She said nothing
Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing
Oh, I got nothing
I got nothing
I wanted words but all I heard was nothing
Oh I got nothing
I got nothing
I got nothing
I got nothing
Am I better off a quitter?
They say I'm better off now
Then I ever was with her
As they take me to my local down the street
I'm smiling but I'm dying trying not to drag my feet
They say a few drinks will help me to forget her
But after one too many I know that I'm never
Only they can see where this is gonna end
But they all think I'm crazy but to me it's perfect sense
[Chorus]
And my mates are all there trying to calm me down
'Cause I'm shouting your name all over the town
I'm swearing if I go there now
I can change her mind turn it all around
And I know that I'm drunk but I'll say the words
And she'll listen this time even though they're slurred
Dialed her number and confessed to her
I'm still in love but all I heard
Was nothing
So I stumble there, along the railings and the fences
I know if I faced her face, that she'll come to her senses
Every drunk step I take leads me to her door
If she sees how much I'm hurting, she'll take me back for sure
[Chorus]
She said nothing
Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing
Oh, I got nothing
Oh, I got nothing
Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing
Oh, sometimes love's intoxicating
Oh, you're coming down, your hands are shaking
When you realize there's no one waiting
Am I better off dead?
Am I better off a quitter?
They say I'm better off now
Than I ever was with her
[Chorus]
She said nothing
Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing
Oh, I got nothing
I got nothing
I wanted words but all I heard was nothing
Oh I got nothing
I got nothing
I got nothing
I got nothing
Lyrics submitted by staticthreat0
Track duration: 04:32
"Nothing" as written by Stephen Kipner, Andrew Frampton, Daniel O'donoghue, Mark Sheehan
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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My girlfriend and I broke up 1 1/2 month ago and I feel just like the lead singer in this song.
I miss her and I still love her. When I get drunk it only makes it worse.
I feel like screaming her name in the street and drunk dial her.
If only one more chance to talk to her, I would tell her I love her and convince her that we can make it work.
In the afternoon, when I wake hungover and she's not by my side, the loneliness sets in and I feel like drowning myself,
instead of just drowning my sorrows.
However, this rings true in its simplicity. If you're here reading this .. then you've probably been in that terrible post breakup place where you're friends take you out to make you "forget." But eventually you reach a point where the alcohol does nothing but make you realize how hurt you are and you attempt to call that person up. You're convinced you can change their mind, you pour your heart out, and they don't respond with anything. You then proceed to be that drunk mess parading around the bars to which your friends exchange "knowing" looks regarding.
Depending on the severity of the breakup, you eventually stop trying to numb the pain. Whether it takes 5 or 50000 drinks, you'll realize that the only thing that numbs it is space and time.
"Oh sometimes love's intoxicating
Oh you're coming down your hands are shaking
When you realise there's no one waiting"
Because that moment when you realize that you've truly lost the person you love is the most painful. Whatever he had with his ex is ended, and that one moment when he realizes it is terrifying.
"She said nothing
Oh i wanted words but all I heard was nothing
Oh i got nothing, I got nothing"
I get goosebumps. It makes me wanna cry as if i'm feeling that way. It's like expecting the least you could from the person you loved so much and... nothing...