Comforting Lie Lyrics
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I started out on
the wrong foot
Now I'm not myself
I am Jekyll, I am Hyde
Found this place to hide
Come seek me
Oh, so up and down
So back and forth
So insecure
Can't get this taste out of my mouth
Swallow it down
Pretend
Hold it, hold it all in
Let it build up
Build a bomb
Blow it, blow it away
Clear it all out
Just end it
I'm just a normal person
Without those problems
When did it change?
Admissions so embarrassing
I'm on the verge of tears again
Hold it, hold it all in
I'll let it build up
Build a bomb
And blow it, blow it away
Clear it all out
Just end it
Oh look I took the Band-Aid off
Did I take it off too soon?
Hysterical confession
My big courageous move
Don't gasp at the predictable
A comforting lie can't last
Preordained checklist of this awkward love
It's so sad
Hold it, hold it all in
I'll let it build up
Oh, build a bomb
Blow it, blow it away
Clear it all out
Just end it
Sort it, sort it out
Just give it back
No thank you
Toss it, toss it away
Eliminate
Just give up
I can't decide
This tug of war
I'm feeling weak
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Gary_Spreder
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03/01/2004
19:41:05
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I both love and hate this song. Just like most of the other songs on this album, it points out a flaw in the life/mindset/behavior of teenagers (and, I suppose, young adults as well). It is right on target, digs unto our psyche, and makes us relate.
I say that I love the song, because I can appreciate the fact that it do that; it can make me relate. But I hate the fact that it does. I can relate to every single part of the song. Because of the problem, I'm not myself, I'm insecure, I suppress my emotions because I can't let go, they build up inside of me, a bomb is built, I want to "blow it all away/just end it", I'm so often on the verge of tears, I've hysterically confessed (getting me nowhere), been laughed at for my predictability, I've tried to take it logically and dismiss my emotions and just give up (and failed), and my current state: "I can't decide/This tug of war/I'm feeling weak".
I pride myself in the fact that I have only lied once in my life (which I soon after admitted), but that's not really true. I don't lie to others, but every day I lie to myself. A comforting lie.
Never in my life had I every been as angry as I was when I heard this song. I never get angry at others, but when this song clearly pointed out what I was doing, my greatest mistake, the source of all mental conflict in my life, and in the last stanze stressed my inability to deal, I became extremely angry. Angry at my ineffectiveness, my predictability, my inability to overcome, and the simple emotion that I have complicated into the terrible problem that it is now.
In the song, the singer had wanted at different times to "blow it all away/Clear it all out/Just end it" and to "toss it away/Eliminate/Just give up". I've thought the same thing. Both she and I haven't. Apparently neither is the answer. At the end, one is left undecided, feeling weak (that inability I spoke of). So please, I ask you, whoever has gotten to this point without falling asleep: What is the answer? Or how can it be found?
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Crazy Dave
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09/10/2002
21:58:34
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No Doubt kicks *ss! This song ROCKS!
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