Album: Still Searching (2006)

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• Calling all cars we've got another victim
  'Cause my love has become an affliction
  What did you expect from me?
  What did you expect from me?
  
  I'm sorry but think I got to mention
  That I lied at my very first confession
  What did you expect from me?
  What did you expect from me?
  
  'Cause this has been building since I have been breathing
  And I know how it's going to end
  
  So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
  I kept my word when I swore that I would let you down
  And now that I'm gone, try to forget me and just move on
  
  So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
  I kept my word and you hate me for it now
  But you knew all along, try to forget me and just move on
  
  Oh, my dear what have I gone and done now?
  It's curtain call, I'm about to take my last bow
  What did you expect from me?
  What did you expect from me?
  
  Without giving away the entire ending
  I ruined the evening again
  
  So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
  I kept my word when I swore that I would let you down
  And now that I'm gone, try to forget me and just move on
  
  So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
  I kept my word and you hate me for it now
  But you knew all along, try to forget me and just move on
  
  I don't have love left inside, inside
  And I don't have love left inside, inside
  
  Are you desperate for an answer?
  I don't have an ounce of good left in me now
  That's why I walked out
  
  So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
  I kept my word when I swore that I would let you down
  And now that I'm gone, try to forget me and just move on
  
  So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
  I kept my word and you hate me for it now
  You hate me for it now, try to forget me and just move on
  
  I am not the one that you should blame
  So take what I left you for the pain
  I am not the one that you should blame
  So take what I left you for the pain
  And do your best to forget my name Writer/s: BUDDY JAMES NIELSEN, DANIEL TRAPP, GARRETT ZABLOCKI, HEATH MATTHEW SARACENO, MICHAEL GLITA
  Publisher: Songtrust Ave
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

• Dirtstick from Mitchell, SdThis song is about a guy who has the best girl in the world.. He knows it. He doesn't understan why someone as amazing as her is with someone like him. So he doesn't think that he deserves her and doesn't think that he can make her happy. BUT what he doesn't know is that she was so happy with him... He's trying to push her away. He doesn't know that it's hurting her worse this way... He knows he's going to regret it.. "Oh my dear, what have I gone and done now?"... The whole reason this comes about, is because the guy is lost and feels hopeless about him having any good emotions. It's easier just to push her away and forget about her...
  
  ...Barbera and Gray.... Irony. I agree halfway, but it goes deeper than what everyone else can see..
• Barbara from Winner, SdAlso he says "what did you expect from me" which somewhat shows that the victim (the other people) must have not got what they bargained for and he doesn't think they had a reason to expect any more than what they got. In my view the girls he dates are the victims - totally agree with Banana
• Gray from Aurora , CoI agree with Banana. Because it says "I swore i that i wouldnt let you down," doesnt that say that he promised the best and couldnt live up to it. So then it says "know that im gone try to forget me and just move on," says he left because he ws sick of hurting everyone and doesnt want to hurt anyone else. That would explain how in the video he is all tied up with hot girls all around him but he cant get to them because he doenst want to hurt them just like he has done in the past to others.
• Jeremy from Brockpit, Pano, I agree with Nick, it is about him getting hurt. If you watch the music video he is tied up, and hot girls are all around him. Also "calling all cars" is speaking in terms of the group of girls, and the victim "him"-is tied up.
• Banana from Seattle, WaObviously the song is not about him gettng hurt by someone else... its about him hurting others which is hurting himself hense "calling all cars weve got another victim, because MY love has become an affliction..."
  Great song either way...

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