I never was very good at breaking up. I've also never been good at dealing with it afterwards.
This track tries to put an honest face on what most guys will keep hidden.
lyrics
LYRICS
Is it too much to take, is it too much to bear,
Is it too much for you to handle when I'm not there,
I think you need to find your feet again.
There's too much you want, there's too much you need,
Too much of anything will kill you especially me,
If you do not find your feet again.
All your cries in the night, your mumbled confessions,
To lovers you lost who left their impressions,
They're long long gone,
But somehow they linger on,
Like your poisonous tongues that come with your drinking,
When I've done nothing wrong God what was I thinking.
I know that I should just let this go,
I could just let this go,
I could just let you go,
But I'm not that kind.
It's warm in November but it's cold where I am,
On my two wheels riding homewards, it's 5am,
Tonight I wish I was going back to someone else,
I will get there and lock up my thoughts here instead
Slide my blue jeans bedroom-floorwards and climb into bed,
I'll close my eyes so tonight I am with someone else,
See I've been here before and gone through these motions,
Confusing romance with too much emotion,
Just so you know,
I'll give it too you blow by blow,
I have never been one for settling down love,
So this is well understood - if push comes to shove then I go,
Yeah, I would just let this go,
I should just let this go,
I should just let you go,
But I'm not that kind.
If I'm such an uncertainty, tell me why am I back,
Post I notes on my bedroom mirror written in black,
I screwed them up but they broke my heart to throw away,
I'm under no false illusions that we have no regrets,
I'll have a beer to kick-start the memories, then twelve to forget,
It's all for you that I dedicate this Saturday, and every other day.
All of my dishes are piled in the sink where I left them,
My cigarette rattling, beer can collections,
My slept in clothes,
This is not the life I chose,
To take licks like I'm loving them, swallowing spiders,
Cheers to the hypocrite, moving inside you.
I know that I should just let this go,
I could just let this go,
I could just let you go,
But I'm not that kind.
credits
from Means What It Means,
released July 4, 2011
Written by The Ellis Collective
Recorded and mixed at Infidel Studios by Duncan Lowe
Mastered at Studio 301 by Steve Smart
The Ellis Collective create a patchwork of emotion that recounts the sadness, sickness, love and indecision that weaves its way through the fabric of everyday Australian life.
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