Guarded

Album: Ten Thousand Fists (2005)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: DAN DONEGAN, DAVID DRAIMAN, MICHAEL WENGREN, MIKE WENGREN
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 4

  • Gabby from Or,Well, this song can go both ways boy/girl- (Guarding yourself from the love of another leaving you nothing tonight) to me it means if you guard yourself from anothers love and emotions it's a sign that because of the ties of your past is the reason, you don't want to be hurt again.(off the topic)This song is really good!- the first time I heard it was on a video game.LOL
  • Billy from Newcastle, United KingdomI believe that this is by a person/people scorned by love, revealing the fact bitterly, as if they now have nothing by rejecting the love, they are worse off.
  • Rachel from Auckland, New ZealandPeople, this song is not about a woman guarding herself. I am guessing it can be about that, but in the words of David Draiman it is about how he chooses his way of life. Quote from David " This song is about how choosing this way of life, this path that we are on, some have it better than others. Danny (Dan Donegan) has a beautiful wife and child, Mike (Mike Wengren) seems to be on his way, and me? Besides not being ready, I don't think it would be fair to the person I would be with. You force yourself to be guarded. The lyrics are me speaking to myself. I made this decision to lead this sort of life, and therefore I'm unfortunately deprived of certain things, like love in a true sense". thanks
  • Moon from Aplace, UtI think this song is about a woman who has closed herself off from love and life and now she has nothing because of what she chose to do.
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