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Tragic Endings Lyrics

[Verse 1: Skylar Grey]
I'm stumbling, I can’t see straight
And it's my fault I got this way
I got my hands on something great
And found a way to mess it all up
I did my best, I tried to change
But it's just in my DNA
I got my hands on something great
And found a way to fuck it up again

[Refrain: Skylar Grey]
Now I’m the one thing you couldn't hate more
But you're the one thing that I would die for

[Verse 2: Eminem]
All my life, I was told, I was never nothing special
I don't need to be reminded of it every other second
'Specially when all my self-esteem's
Already shot to hell, I'm falling helplessly
I'm embarrased, I don’t want no one else to see
’Cause I feel like I'm a piece of shit every time she yells at me
Selfishly addicted, but definitely doesn’t help that she
Makes me feel like I've died and gone to heaven
But makes life a living hell for me
She does that thing with her lip, now she's melting me
I'm putty in her palms, I’m wrapped around her finger
A yo-yo on a string, she lets me sit there and just dangle
Until something better comes along
And she'll just drop me like a hot potato
I look like I'm in pain, but I'm okay though
'Cause I know she loves me—my friends, what do they know?

[Chorus: Skylar Grey]
It's like I'm drowning at sea
Hoping that you reach for me
I know you're there but I can't see
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic endings
I'm dying to breathe
And all you do is strangle me
Such a beautiful relief
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic endings
Drunk off tragic endings

[Verse 3: Eminem]
In my moments of weakness
I openly admit the shit I wouldn't normally
I'm extremely self-conscious and enormously
Insecure and she uses it to torture when she torments me
It only turns to ammunition for her in this war, when she
Gets going she don't stop, when I'm up she's like a downer
When I found her it was love at first encounter
Plus, somehow she musta took the carton of eggs off the counter
Cracked them and placed all the shells on the ground for
Me to walk on when I'm around her
But there's just something 'bout her
That makes me not able to function without her
How can I get out of it when I don't know how to?
I'm a doubter, I'm a pessimist, make a believer out of me
And show me the way now or stay the fuck out of my cloud of rain
'Cause I'm going straight down the drain, I'm drowning

[Chorus: Skylar Grey]
It's like I'm drowning at sea
Hoping that you reach for me
I know you're there but I can't see
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic endings
I'm dying to breathe
And all you do is strangle me
Such a beautiful relief
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic endings
Drunk off tragic endings

[Refrain: Skylar Grey]
Now I'm the one thing you couldn't hate more
But you're the one thing that I would die for

[Verse 4: Eminem]
It took a while for me to get it, but I think I've figured it out
She don't want me, she just don't wanna see me with someone else
The idea of seeing me happy destroys her in itself
To see me falling to pieces brings her joy and brings her hell
But it annoys her to see me get this straight, then say "screw her!"
I threw up on myself, I'm dumb sick, I'm addicted to her
She's tryna block the door, so here's how I do her
Since I'm manure, she's a sewer
This time, this piece of shit's running through her
I can see the light now, I'm runnin' to it
What the fuck? Shoulda knew it
Who would think she'd actually have the balls to do it?
As soon as I hopped in it, she gassed the car with lighter fluid
She's standin' there with a rag, 'bout to put the lighter to it
Lit the fuckin' thing on fire, then she threw it

[Chorus: Skylar Grey]
It's like I'm drowning at sea
Hoping that you reach for me
I know you're there but I can't see
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic endings
I'm dying to breathe
And all you do is strangle me
Such a beautiful relief
'Cause I'm so drunk off tragic endings
Drunk off tragic endings
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Cover art for Tragic Endings lyrics by Eminem

It's about borderline personality disorder. There are 2 ways to interpret this interpretation - is Skylar Grey a person with BPD, the "she" Eminem refers to? Or is she another perspective of someone whose partner has BPD? In either case, Eminem's partner has BPD in this song. As someone whose (ex) partner had BPD, this song does a fantastic job of portraying the struggle of the person taken along for the ride.

"Now I'm the one thing You couldn't hate more But you're the one thing That I would die for"

The partner of a person with BPD often feels they would do anything for them, even when being strung along until something better comes along, as mentioned elsewhere in the song.

The "walking on eggshells" analogy is a good one - one never knows what will set the partner with BPD off. I feel the deepest part of the song is the doubt Eminem both feels toward his friends in the beginning, and later toward himself.

In life, no one truly teaches how to deal with a loved one's mental illness. If somehow art and music can help create awareness, that's great.

My Interpretation

@Syklyst It\'s actually about Kim.\r\n

Cover art for Tragic Endings lyrics by Eminem

I believe Em is in an abusive relationship. Skylar Grey is the abuser and realizing her mistake. Em is seeing whats going on isn’t sure how to handle it, so he sticks in it. It isn’t till the end that be figured out the best way to handle it is to just walk away.

@Jacket41 I’ve been in Em’s shoes the way the song portrays. This is exactly what I went through, except for her throwing the rag at the end.

@Jacket41 It\'s about Kim

Cover art for Tragic Endings lyrics by Eminem

I think its about a relationship thats just going south. One person is 100% committed and the other just isnt trying and is abusing mentally and emotionally

@Moltg It\'s about Kim