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Just when everything was making sense
You took away all my self-confidence
Now all that I've been hearing must be true
I guess I'm not the only boy for you
But that's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
How could me turn us into this?
After you just taught me how to kiss you
I told you I'd never say goodbye
Now I'm slipping on the tears you made me cry
But that's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
Why does it come as a surprise
To think that I was so naive
Maybe didn't mean so much
But it meant everything to me
But that's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
You took away all my self-confidence
Now all that I've been hearing must be true
I guess I'm not the only boy for you
But that's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
How could me turn us into this?
After you just taught me how to kiss you
I told you I'd never say goodbye
Now I'm slipping on the tears you made me cry
But that's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
Why does it come as a surprise
To think that I was so naive
Maybe didn't mean so much
But it meant everything to me
But that's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
That's what I get
Lyrics submitted by kare
Track duration: 04:31
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While I agree that this song is a little "whiny," what do you expect? Mental pain is often, if not always, a lot harder to get over than any physical wound. Cuts will scab over, scratches will heal, and there's always the option of taking a painkiller if it starts to get too intense. But you don't always have that option emotionally. Emotionally, you just have to sit there and take it. You have to suffer through every second of melodramatic hell (because it does feel like hell when you're going through it), pondering your own sanity and your ability to get through a situation that you had hoped and prayed you would never have to find yourself in--and you have no choice but to bitterly endure it.
And so, you do the only thing you can do to keep yourself sane: you acknowledge your own torment and you find a way to try and deal with it.
This is how Trent did that.
I guess I'm not the only boy for you) good song and it just spits emotions everywhere.
Thinking of the lines "but it meant everything to me" freak me out, this is '89 and I swear he's used a similar phrase with the same melody in a song... fuck which one is it? I can't think of it right now. Off the fragile I think. I don't think this was on purpose, either...
I echo Mr.SelfDestruct101. Pretty Hate Machine = A woman.
Anyways, this song is great, to me it's about a girl cheating on you after you put so much trust into her. She meant everything to you, but you didn't mean so much to her, because she went with some other kid. Sad song, I listen to Pretty Hate Machine after every break-up... Pretty Hate Machine = A women in my opinion.
Catchy beat tho.