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It's not hard to understand
That the ringing in my ears
Is not only second hand
But it's for you
I try to find
Explanations for resentment, and purpose of your kind
So don't tell me that I'm wrong
Or you knew me all along
Every list you've ever wrote
Doesn't label you as strong
And I'm sure you've figured out
What the panic's all about
But I'm not interested in how you spent December
If I told you you were right
Would you wake me in the night?
Just to show me how the seconds tick away?
And how the dusk has turned to day?
I think it's time that you should go
Cuz the seats they are all taken, we have filled this entire row
But not for you
You get no time
To settle in this once, or ever in your life
So don't look at me right now
With that venom in your mouth
Or the creeping of a smile
That you know will tear me down
Every word you've ever spoke
Has not possessed a single ounce
Of the honesty you seem to be adverse to
If I told you you were right
Would you wake me in the night?
Just to show me how the seconds tick away?
And how the dusk has turned to day?
I know you mean it
When you mean everything at once
So no more second guesses
I'm never getting back that month you stole
If I told you you were right
Would you wake me in the night?
Just to show me how the moonlight melts away?
And how the dusk has turned to day?
If I told you you were right
Would you keep me up all throughout the night?
Would you cheer along the second hand, and watch it run away?
Or would you promise not to stay?
Please don't stay
Would you promise not to stay?
(I know you mean it)
Please don't stay
(When you mean everything at once)
That the ringing in my ears
Is not only second hand
But it's for you
I try to find
Explanations for resentment, and purpose of your kind
So don't tell me that I'm wrong
Or you knew me all along
Every list you've ever wrote
Doesn't label you as strong
And I'm sure you've figured out
What the panic's all about
But I'm not interested in how you spent December
If I told you you were right
Would you wake me in the night?
Just to show me how the seconds tick away?
And how the dusk has turned to day?
I think it's time that you should go
Cuz the seats they are all taken, we have filled this entire row
But not for you
You get no time
To settle in this once, or ever in your life
So don't look at me right now
With that venom in your mouth
Or the creeping of a smile
That you know will tear me down
Every word you've ever spoke
Has not possessed a single ounce
Of the honesty you seem to be adverse to
If I told you you were right
Would you wake me in the night?
Just to show me how the seconds tick away?
And how the dusk has turned to day?
I know you mean it
When you mean everything at once
So no more second guesses
I'm never getting back that month you stole
If I told you you were right
Would you wake me in the night?
Just to show me how the moonlight melts away?
And how the dusk has turned to day?
If I told you you were right
Would you keep me up all throughout the night?
Would you cheer along the second hand, and watch it run away?
Or would you promise not to stay?
Please don't stay
Would you promise not to stay?
(I know you mean it)
Please don't stay
(When you mean everything at once)
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This is one of those songs that has quite a number of meanings on many different levels. On one level, one can say it's about how the singer loves and hates her man at the same time. On another level, it's about how the singer wants to marry her man, but the storms of life seem to prevent it. There are still more levels on this song that I can't really see very well.