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.
read on baby, what you’re gettin in to
it’s livin on pain, the thing that’s getting to you
write my name, painted up my picture
say it’s the only thanks I’m not around (around)
beaten and battered
well if my dreams get shattered, then
pain gives my the right to be unkind
wait on baby which with some indevotion
I trade a river of tears for just a little emotion
you can curse my name, painted up my picture
say it’s the last time that I’ll be around (be around)
oh well I’m torn and tattered,
saw the thoughts in my head be scattered, well
pain gives my the right to be unkind yeah
and it sets me
CHORUS:
right back to the heart of it
Joan’s crazy is a sly defense from it
Joan’s crazy is a place I call my own, when I’m alone
read on baby, what you’re gettin in to
I swear once that it was the little things that mattered
but it all seems true to you
say the hell with my name, and say the hell with my picture
yeah but swear the one time you need me around, be around, i’m around right now well
I’ll stand like it matters
only once got screwy things got scattered by the rain
pain gives me the right to be unkind
(CHORUS) x 3
it’s livin on pain, the thing that’s getting to you
write my name, painted up my picture
say it’s the only thanks I’m not around (around)
beaten and battered
well if my dreams get shattered, then
pain gives my the right to be unkind
wait on baby which with some indevotion
I trade a river of tears for just a little emotion
you can curse my name, painted up my picture
say it’s the last time that I’ll be around (be around)
oh well I’m torn and tattered,
saw the thoughts in my head be scattered, well
pain gives my the right to be unkind yeah
and it sets me
CHORUS:
right back to the heart of it
Joan’s crazy is a sly defense from it
Joan’s crazy is a place I call my own, when I’m alone
read on baby, what you’re gettin in to
I swear once that it was the little things that mattered
but it all seems true to you
say the hell with my name, and say the hell with my picture
yeah but swear the one time you need me around, be around, i’m around right now well
I’ll stand like it matters
only once got screwy things got scattered by the rain
pain gives me the right to be unkind
(CHORUS) x 3
Lyrics submitted by punkmebabygal
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awesome song, even if it is a tabitha's secret song and not matchbox 20!!!!!!!!!!!!
These lyrics suck, "bring it on baby" is used several times. "bring it on baby, what's with sudden devotion, I'd trade a river of tears for just a little emotion." best words of the song and the person had to screw it up
I don't understand you Phrenchron...you contradict yourself saying Awsome song..then saying "these lyrics suck"....??????
And if you were a true Matchbox twenty fan....you wouldn't of wrote...20. You would of spelled it out.
actually, kinslayer, you are stupid. The song is great. This person's interpretation of the lyrics is what sucks. Also, the band has had three stages. They were Tabitha's Secret, then they were Matchbox 20, then they progressed to Matchobox Twenty... smart ass...
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