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Lentil Lyrics

Well you were waiting for me, you saw me adore me
as I wish the whole world would
You would never hurt me, desert me or work me
For all the things you thought you could
You would lick the tears from my eyes when I cry
How I missed you when I was gone
Hurt me so to leave you, deceive you, I needed you
I believed in you.

Oh I never meant to let you down
Awake with a stake in my heart
I never meant to put you down
I'm trying not to fall apart

Now all I have is riches and pictures and stitches
But money could never buy what you give
Though my heart is achin' and breakin' I'm makin'
The most of what you send my way
Now I want just to hold you, unfold you, I told you
see I am coming back for you
I know we will be okay everyday
And the sun shines a little brighter

Oh I never meant to let you down
Awake with a stake in my heart
I never meant to put you down
I'm trying not to fall apart
I never meant to let you down
awake with a stake in my heart
I never meant to let you down
I'm trying not to fall apart
I'm trying not to fall apart

When we reunite we'll set a light
I'm wishing with all of my mind
Oh no, never meant to let you down
(awake with a stake in my heart)
Never meant to put you down
(I'm trying not to fall apart)
I never let you down
(awake with a stake in my heart)
I never meant to put you down
I'm trying not to fall apart.
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Cover art for Lentil lyrics by Sia

Isn't this supposed to be about her dog?

Cover art for Lentil lyrics by Sia

dog she adopted and had to leave in Australia becuase she couldnt take it to london :'( so heartbreaking :'( x

And I guess her dog's name is Lentil? Cute. This whole song is when you look at it from that perspective. ^.^

Cover art for Lentil lyrics by Sia

Dude, she blew it. She decieved him and left him for money. Now she's just left with: riches - what she left him for, pictures - memories of him or them, and stitches - her wounds inflicted by the choice she made. The line, "I'm makin' the most of what you send my way" sounds like a reference to alimony. She seems pretty sure that he'll take her back and thinks will go back to great. It almost never works that way, and I wonder if Sia intended it to be the hope she feels right before she's about to be crushed. Or maybe that's just me being pessimistic

Cover art for Lentil lyrics by Sia

The song was written by Sia Furler and Samuel Dixon, not by "Sia/dixon Furler"

Cover art for Lentil lyrics by Sia

"Did that title confuse you? [Laughs] It was a dog called Lentil, that was the first dog I ever fostered and I couldn’t take him with me back to London because he didn’t have the right rabies shots and it was in Australia. I had to go back to London to work and I had to leave him in Australia and I felt so bad because I loved him so much. I found him a really good home and he’s so happy now. I see him every summer. He’s a good boy." - Sia, about Lentil

Cover art for Lentil lyrics by Sia

In Australia to “put down” a pet means to euthanize them.