Matchbox Twenty – Girl Like That

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  My Interpretation:I think it's about a girl who believes her boyfriend to be cheating. He tells her "you knew damn well there was nothing going on" and it makes her feel worthless that she can't believe him. If you just read over the lyrics with this mindset you can definitely see it as that kind of song.

  Flag Channingon November 21, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:This song sounds like it's about a relationship that's not really a relationship. They're in a relationship he wants to keep casual ("You'd think I'd settle down 'cause I'm older/I just roll with the change, is all") and she wants more of a commitment out of him ("You knew damn well there was nothing going on/Is that what makes you feel damn worthless"). He cares about her, but he doesn't want to commit to her for anything more than what they've got ("it's better than nothing").
  
  He thinks he's already gotten a little too close for his own comfort ("I think I know too much about you"), but he still likes to hook up with her ("I give into the alcohol/I put my loving arms around you"; he's most affectionate when he's intoxicated.)
  
  In the end, though, she only stays until she stops seeing any value in the relationship ("Says she's sorry now, but it's not enough"; "You think this life can get a bit unkind but she stays/Down till the worth is gone") -- he's obviously not looking to stay with her, and from the sound of it he kind of looks down on her ("a girl like that").

  Flag LadyMonstrouson September 02, 2009   Link

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    Woahhhh reading this makes it make quite a bit more sense! I loved the song anyway but a few lines were like "hmmm" but reading your ideas on the song have put it in a slightly different light!

    Flag PoisonDonnaon April 05, 2010  
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  General Comment:i always thought this was about an insecure couple. the guy thinks the girl is out of his league and the girl doesnt think highly of herself. they both seem afraid of the rel'p.

  Flag boutuxon June 25, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:good job harusame that all made sense! the girl in this is so like me..... to scared to commit coz she might get hurt.... and
  
  "She gets sad when there's nothing going on
  She says it makes her feel damn worthless"
  
  that is me! love this MBT song great like all of there "yourself or someone like you songs" best album ,best band, bestest!

  Flag JemBem5on January 08, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:I think you're all right, but I wanna add something. This line here:
  
  "I put my hands around your shoulder
  You're saying you're scared is all
  I think I know too much about you..."
  
  I think what it is is she's saying that she's just scared, and it might imply that she does this often with different emotions, and he's saying that he knows too much about her in the sense that he knows something's wrong but she won't say. Then it seems he figures out what was bugging her with the dragging down and pulling up, because:
  
  "Yeah she drags you down and she pulls you up
  She pulls you up
  Says that she's sorry now but it's not enough
  To pull you up
  She's sorry..."
  
  It seems she must've dumped him or something, and she says she's sorry, but it isn't enough to make it better. This line really solidifies that idea:
  
  "And pulls you up, she pulls you up,
  She pulls you up and over, over..."
  
  The "over" thing means one of two things. Either she pulls him over a "hill" of sorts, where she pulls him back up and they make it through, or it literally means that they're relationship is over. I like to think of it in the sense of the latter.
  
  That whole thing might be a little too analytical, but if I think of the song like that, then it fits ME more, which I like to do with songs a lot, as I'm sure we all do.

  Flag Harusameon May 06, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:it seems to me that this song is about a relationship he's in that he's giving his all, loving her with all he can, and she's not ready to commit, but he's saying having what he can of her is "better than nothing" because he sees something special in her, ie, a girl "like that".. a girl he's not good enough for so whatever she gives him is worth it..

  Flag Trivial Suicideon October 02, 2005   Link

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  General Comment:I love this song, from the first time I heard it. Still, some lines are not easy to understand to me. I don't know either if "it's better than nothing" is talking from his point of view, or the girl's itself.
  
  I love the lines:
  "I wake up quick just like I want to
  Yeah but I stay out much too late..."

  Flag Gabigson August 18, 2005   Link

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  General Comment:its saying he loves her with all he can offer, but she wants more and won't accept the fact that he loves her with what he can.

  Flag happily_sullenon April 17, 2005   Link

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  General Comment:is he saying the girl deserves whatever love he gives her or that even just a lil love from a "girl like that" is better than no love at all????

  Flag spoiled_sweet818on November 24, 2004   Link

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  General Comment:great song. it's driving and exciting.. one of those ones that you really love to sing along with. :)

  Flag skizdion March 23, 2003   Link

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