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Watered Down

The Used
Track 6 on Artwork  

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Aug. 31, 20091 viewer

Watered Down Lyrics

In my eyes, close and jaded
It's no surprise the lights have faded
I'll always walk away
You'll always hear me say I don't need this

I've been given such a gift
Shame to take advantage of it
Watch it, wasting leaves you wanting more
Be careful what you're wishing for

Nothing that I can hold on to with my broken hands
I'm not thinking that I should anyway
So I leave holding nothing
Don't care what you say
Cause it makes no difference if I throw it away
Yeah, it makes no difference if I throw it away

Now, my days, are feeling numbered
The sad cliche
I'm hiding under this spiderweb of dreams
I'm stuck here as it seems to be breaking

Shining brighter than you burn
Something that I would never learn
I could never lay this curse on you
'Cuz I've seen the days when there's...
Nothing that I can hold on to with my broken hands
I'm not thinking that I should anyway
So I leave holding nothing
Don't care what you say
Cause it makes no difference if I throw it away

Cause it makes no difference
Yeah it makes no difference if I throw it away
It makes no difference
It makes no difference if I throw it away
Makes no difference if I throw it away

It all just ends up tasting watered down
(stop being so complicated)
And everyone has found an easy way out
An easy way out

It all just ends up tasting watered down
(stop being so complicated)
And everyone has found an easy way out
An easy way out

Nothing that I can hold on to with my broken hands
I'm not thinking that I should anyway
So I leave holding nothing
Don't care what you say
Cause it makes no difference if I throw it away
Cause it makes no difference
Yeah it makes no difference if I throw it away
It makes no difference
It makes no difference if I throw it away
Yeah it makes no difference if I throw it away (throw it away)

[Spoken:]
Get outta town by sundown
I say if they don't get outta town
We kill the men, we kill the women
We kill the children, we kill the babies
We kill the blind, we kill the crippled, we kill the crazy...

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What did The Used say about "Watered Down"?
Genius Answer

I like to write more general for everyone, but not when people know exactly what it is about it, but it speaks for itself. Nothing we possess and attain in life that we feel we deserve is really worth anything. It’s trivial and makes no difference. Wasting time, wasting dreams. It’s not important. I want to live off the land, raise animals to kill and eat and be a part of the earth. Instead of dreaming of the car I can buy, if I have more money.

– Bert McCracken via Noisecreep

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August 31, 2009
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