He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
But they know me better than that
They know me better than that
They know my weaknesses (I never tried to hide them)
They know my weaknesses (I never denied them)
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
How can a view become so twisted?
How can a view become so twisted?
They know my weaknesses (I never tried to hide them)
They know my weaknesses (you tried them)
I get so carried away
You brought me down to earth
I thought we had something precious
Now I know what it's worth
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
I've never felt so disappointed
Never felt so disappointed
They know my weaknesses (I never tried to hide them)
They know my weaknesses (thought that you liked them)
They know me better than that
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
But they know me better than that
They know me better than that
They know my weaknesses (I never tried to hide them)
They know my weaknesses (I never denied them)
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
How can a view become so twisted?
How can a view become so twisted?
They know my weaknesses (I never tried to hide them)
They know my weaknesses (you tried them)
I get so carried away
You brought me down to earth
I thought we had something precious
Now I know what it's worth
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
I heard it from my friends about the things you said
I've never felt so disappointed
Never felt so disappointed
They know my weaknesses (I never tried to hide them)
They know my weaknesses (thought that you liked them)
They know me better than that
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
This song holds such deep meaning to me. Basically, hearing from everyone else that the person that you've been with is basically making a fool out of you. Putting so much into a relationship, only to find that you mean nothing to them.
How can a view become so twisted...that line speaks volumes in itself.
@LuvMartinGore Furthermore, for me, it seems to reflects our daily life communicating with the society. 'How can a view become so twisted' shows our individuals' minds are twisted by the others, it seems no one would truly understand you.
That helplessness... Shivering
This song is about your significant other speaking bad of you to your friends and it getting back to you and the pain and disappointment surrounding it. I love this, very good breakup song.
I agree with you all. The song is all the more intense for it's quiet. It's not all blaring music and shouting vocals, but more a quiet hurt that someone he loved so much could use his vulnerabilities against him to make him out to be a fool. The vocals bring tears to my eyes each time I listen. I'm listening to this song now and my son's bored witless because I've got it on repeat play and he wants to listen to Iron Man. lol
I can't believe there is only one other comment on this utterly brilliant song. It's so restrained and yet intense with beautiful melodies and lyrics.
LuvMartinGore this song means tons to me aswell. I just broke up a relationship. This song reflects exactly what my soul feels.
I love this song.. thought there'd be more comments after reading the three pages on never let you down again. I think his friends must have told this person his weaknesses [or something related], and s/he used them against him. "you tried them", and judged him. He never felt so disappointed, because he trusted his friends and this person. I love the xylophone? it sounds so innocent..
This song is about your former significant other betraying you. This person said negative things about you (your weaknesses). Your friends inform you of this and they side with you as they already know you (and your wekanesses). You are painfully disappointed with this person after you thought you had a precious relationship that just didn't work out.
The verse "You tried them" means this person maliciously tried to do you harm by saying these things and judged you by your weaknesses
The verse "I thought that you liked them" means you thought this person liked you for who you are (weaknesses and all)
The verse "I get so carried away" "You brought me down to earth" means you were naive and this person made you realize that people can do vicious things
The verse "How can a view become so twisted" should be "How could have you become so twisted"
The singer is sad/disappointed that his girlfriend (or any other close person) is talking ill about him behind is back (and appears to have an utterly negative/'twisted' view on him), when (initially) the singer thought their relationship was stable and trustful ('I thought we had something precious...')