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She'd do anything to sparkle in his eye
She would suffer, she would fight, and compromise
She's been wishin' on the stars that shine so bright
For answers to the questions that will haunt her tonight
She must rinse this all away
She can't hold him this way
She must rinse this all away
She can't love him this way
How she'd be soothed, how she'd be saved if he could see
She needs to be held in his arms to be free
But everything happens for reasons that she will never understand
'til she knows the heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man
[Chorus]
And if she runs away she fears she won't be followed
What could be the worse than leaving something behind
And as the depth of oceans slowly become shallow
It's loneliness she finds
If only he was mine
She'd do anything to sparkle in his eye
She would suffer, she would fight, and compromise
She's been wishin' on the stars that shine so bright
For answers to the questions that will haunt her tonight
She must rinse him
She must rinse him
She can't rinse him
She can't rinse him
She can't, she won't, she must rinse him
She can't, she won't, she must rinse him
She must rinse this all away
She can't hold him this way
She must rinse this all away
She can't love him this way
She would suffer, she would fight, and compromise
She's been wishin' on the stars that shine so bright
For answers to the questions that will haunt her tonight
She must rinse this all away
She can't hold him this way
She must rinse this all away
She can't love him this way
How she'd be soothed, how she'd be saved if he could see
She needs to be held in his arms to be free
But everything happens for reasons that she will never understand
'til she knows the heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man
[Chorus]
And if she runs away she fears she won't be followed
What could be the worse than leaving something behind
And as the depth of oceans slowly become shallow
It's loneliness she finds
If only he was mine
She'd do anything to sparkle in his eye
She would suffer, she would fight, and compromise
She's been wishin' on the stars that shine so bright
For answers to the questions that will haunt her tonight
She must rinse him
She must rinse him
She can't rinse him
She can't rinse him
She can't, she won't, she must rinse him
She can't, she won't, she must rinse him
She must rinse this all away
She can't hold him this way
She must rinse this all away
She can't love him this way
Lyrics submitted by carboncentric
Track duration: 04:31
"Rinse" as written by Vanessa Carlton
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Another way i heard the song was, the girl is in a "friends with benefits" kind of thing,and shes in love with him but she knows he'll never feel the same way so she has to stop her feelings.
Another way i heard the song was, the girl is in a "friends with benefits" kind of thing,and shes in love with him but she knows he'll never feel the same way so she has to stop her feelings.
She’d do anything to be with him, and she wishes that he’d come back to her. She already has the answers to, that he's not coming back and when she sleeps tonight, her dreams will haunt her.
She must get rid of this obsession, because she can’t hold him anymore. She must get rid of her memory’s, because she can’t love him anymore.
She’s thinking that if he was here, she’d want him to hold her and comfort her. but she knows that he’s not coming back but she doesn’t know why he’s gone.
This next bit is a little confusing because it could have 2 meanings. Either that she needs to understand her own heart before she can be held by him.
OR that a woman’s heart can’t be held,, because a woman’s heart is cautious and doesn’t believe in such fruitless things as love. Therefore a woman’s heart will never be found in the arms of a man. Which means she's afraid of growing up.
She doesn’t want to forget him and yet she knows it’s hurting her. she must rinse him away. But she is too in love with him.
She's having second thoughts about forgetting him. What about if she does leave, she knows he won’t follow her. she knows he won’t and it hurts her, because she'd rather be friends then lovers but even that hurts her. these fears die down and then she realises if only he loved her back just as she loved him it would be ok.
She’s thinking about him, and how she’d do ANYTHING to make him love her. She’s suffering and wanting him so bad, that she’d willing to give him anything he wants. She wishes she knew what to do. Because she’s so lost in her mind.
She struggles to let him go, her mind is telling her to get rid of him but she can’t; her hearts tells her “She can’t, she won’t” and her head tells her that "she must rinse him" "She must rinse this all away". Finally she gives up because it hurts to much to keep going, she gives him up and lets her love for him rinse away
"'Til she knows that the heart of a woman will never be found in the arms of a man."
Arms of a MAN
MAN PEOPLE
MANNNNNNNNNNN
Another interpretation may involve rape instead of cheating, but it's the same basic concept. You can't forget and move on from a thing like that, even if it's what's best. It's just impossible.
It's a great song.
This song reminds me of myself not too long ago...
But seriously, fairyinblacknwhite has got the song down. It's about obsession and coming to terms with the fact that a guy is not going to make you who you are, or happy with yourself. It's an unhealthy thing and getting over it is a cleansing process - rinse.
My favorite part is that "if she runs away, she fears she won't be followed," because for me that's the worst part of getting over this. There's a void that's gotta be filled there.