Capital M-E.

Album: New Again (2009)
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  • The nicest man I ever met
    Was more malicious than malcontent
    Yeah, he taught me how to hold my tongue
    And wait to strike till their backs were turned
    And you slither away like the snake that you are
    Yeah, you slither away like the snake that you are

    All I ever did was look up to you
    And if all I ever did was let, let you down
    Ain't nothing stopping me now

    Divinities fell correctly beneath
    The receding pride of his twenties
    Was capital M-E
    (I couldn't self describe)
    Was capital M-E
    (But you can't say I didn't try)

    So you say what you want
    (Maybe I didn't get my way)
    So you say what you want
    (Maybe I didn't get my way)
    I got, I got away

    All I ever did was look up to you
    And if all I ever did was let, let you down
    Ain't nothing stopping me now

    Was it everything you hoped for?
    Was it all that and more?
    Too much, too soon
    Or too good to be true
    Was it everything you hoped for?
    Was it all that and more?

    All I ever did was look up to you
    And if all I ever did was let, let you down
    Ain't nothing stopping me now
    All I ever did was look up to you
    And if all I ever did was let, let you down
    Ain't nothing stopping me now Writer/s: ADAM BURBANK LAZZARA, EDWARD REYES, MARK O'CONNELL, MATTHEW A. RUBANO, MATTHEW FAZZI
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Mcclaine from Athens, GaI think this song is about Fred. 'the nicest man' i guess they're talkin bout fred and how they let him down and they actually looked up to him. 'the receeding pride of his twenties was capatal M-E' means that they think he left because they were mean to him or lowered his self esteem or something and they're admitting that its all their fault.
    thats how i see it.
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