Album: Dude Ranch (1997)

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• One more time you will laugh about it
  And he'll never try to give you more
  And I don't care, he is such a dick
  Treats you like you are a stupid whore
  
  And it seems like things will never change
  You go on, every cloud is in your way
  And I know you feel empty all the time
  You'll never listen to anything that I say
  
  She's better off sleeping on the floor
  'Cause she fell right off
  When all is said, you know
  It's okay to just want more
  
  Why'd you leave when you claim it is love?
  But why stay when you're not the only one?
  She's proved she's strong
  Be brave, be strong
  
  She's better off sleeping on the floor
  'Cause she fell right off
  When all is said, you know
  It's okay to just want more
  
  She's better off sleeping on the floor
  She's better off sleeping on the floor (because she fell right off her bed)
  She's better off sleeping on the floor
  She's better off sleeping on the floor (because she fell right off her bed)
  
  She's better off sleeping on the floor
  She's better off sleeping on the floor (because she fell right off her bed)
  She's better off sleeping on the floor
  She's better off sleeping on the floor (because she fell right off her bed) Writer/s: Mark Hoppus, Scott Raynor, Tom DeLonge
  Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, IPRS, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 8

• Fake Your Death from EnglandSo basically the girl in question is actually a cuck.
• AnonymousTheir voices sound strained as heck, probably spent awhile in the studio. Ouch
• Matt from Houston, TxYeah,emo's are giving cutters like me a bad name.They try too hard to make a scene and tell everyone about it.Call me a poser but I have only told one person about it.And I didn't even tell him why.
• Jess from Brisbane, AustraliaBlink-182 made this song but they didn't have a title for it, and they thought it sounded like an emo song so whenever they were going to play it, they said, "Let's play that emo-sounding one." Emo back then had nothing to do with morons whining and slicing and dicing their wrists, or dressing all in black and crying while writing poetry.
• Erik from Nonya, Paactually emo was an underground thing for some time before it was popularized. i think it's funny that blink-182 was using it in a derogatory manner to make fun of the genre. emo kind of took pop punk and made it suck.
• Jess from Brisbane, AustraliaRemember 'emo' means 'emotional'. Emo as a stereotype - you know, the black clothing, hair, make-up, etc., self-harm, depression, etc. - is more a 21st century thing. This was released in 1997 so I doubt it had anything to do with the emo stereotype.
• Moebert from Burgdorf, GermanyI think the song is nemd "Emo", because they never had a name for it and always referred to it as "The emo sounding one". So in the end they called it like this.
  Think they said it in one of thier DVDs
• Lucy from Kootingal, AustraliaI think it's also about the girl being unsatisfied with where the relationship is going. The guy just wants a "hook-up buddy" or somewhat, but the girl would rather prefer something more serious. The lyrics "Why stay when you're not the only one" have contradicting effect to; "Why leave when you claim it is love". These lyrics express to me that in no real relationship where love is involved can either partner be unfaithful or cheat. Therefore what the girl classifies as "love", is a misinterpretation, considering she is being cheated on.

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