38 Meanings
Add Yours
Share
Q&A

Used to Love Her Lyrics

I used to love her
But I had to kill her
I used to love her, Mm, yeah
But I had to kill her
I had to put her six feet under
And I can still hear her complain
I used to love her, Oo, yeah
But I had to kill her
I used to love her, Oo, yeah
But I had to kill her
I knew I'd miss her
So I had to keep her
She's buried right in my backyard
Oh yeah, Oo yeah, whoa, oh yeah
I used to love her
But I had to kill her
I used to love her, Mm, yeah
But I had to kill her
She bitched so much, She drove me nuts
And now I'm happier this way, yeah
Whoa, oh yeah
I used to love her
But I had to kill her
I used to love her, Mm, yeah
But I had to kill her
I had to put her, Oo, six feet under
And I can still hear her complain
Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.

38 Meanings

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Cover art for Used to Love Her lyrics by Guns N' Roses

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN, bugmenot? It wasn't a female dog. Haven't you ever heard Used to love her of the live Era cd? In the beginning, Axl says that this song was written 'cause sometimes you think you're boyfriend or girlfriend is a pain in the ass and you wish you could cut his fuckin' head off and bury him ou her in the backyard. I sometimes feel this way 'bout my passions.

Cover art for Used to Love Her lyrics by Guns N' Roses

Used to love her is a song about Slash's female dog (or Axl's dog or Duff's dog, I don't remember exactly), he loved her, but had to kill her and "buried right in my backyard". Truth.

bugmenot : You are absolutely correct! This song is actually written about Axl's dog, from back in the day. It's sort of funny how many ways this song's meaning can be interpreted. However, in an interview shortly after the album release, from an '88 interview, Axl clearly promotes the idea behind the song as being nothing more than a joke about his dog. Good job remembering that! :)

Not Valid
Cover art for Used to Love Her lyrics by Guns N' Roses

Yeah, i can tell.

Cover art for Used to Love Her lyrics by Guns N' Roses

Its about a dog, but obviously written intentionally to sound like a girlfriend simply for the controversy. Hey Billion, the line: "She bitched so much"= A dog that is very sick or injured and needs to be put to sleep.

Songwriters write songs this way intentionally to get a rise out of people. Just like how Sting wrote "Every Breath You Take" very carefully to almost make it sound romantic, and people dance to it at their weddings...but Sting laughs because the song is really about a STALKER! But I digress...

Cover art for Used to Love Her lyrics by Guns N' Roses

The first thing that came to my mind when I'we heard this song that it's about an ex-girlfriend.

"I used to love her, but I had to kill her I had to put her Six feet under

...

So I had to keep her She's buried right in my back yard"

He loved her, but then they broke up so he had to "bury" her deep in his memories. But even then he did not want to forget her.

My Interpretation
Cover art for Used to Love Her lyrics by Guns N' Roses

This song for some reason makes me laugh ;) A lot of people feel this way about there ex's....

I love the live version and how Axl says it was written out of a kind of fantasy. Listen to the live version on Live Era 1987-1993

Cover art for Used to Love Her lyrics by Guns N' Roses

Kizy, don't have a fit...he (or she) can interpret it like that.

Cover art for Used to Love Her lyrics by Guns N' Roses

I don't think I't s about a dog :))

I agree It talks about how you sometimes get sick of your girlfriend or boyfriend bitchin all the time..

Cover art for Used to Love Her lyrics by Guns N' Roses

This isnt about a dead dog, its a song about a girl some guy loved and then she started being a bitch, so he killed her and buried her in his backyard. Its a joke, not serious.

Cover art for Used to Love Her lyrics by Guns N' Roses

why do struggle about this. its completely explicit. ecwnet is right. i like this song even more than patience. its best of "g.n.r lies" the solo is realy bring me insane