Story Behind The Song
Inspired by a line in the movie "Under the Tuscan Sun"
Song Description
The pain of an ended relationship can become a physical pain that feel like it could kill you.
| Song Length |
3:49 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Unique - Waltz |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Gloomy, Depressing |
Subject |
Breaking Up, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
Tom Waits, Ray LaMontagne |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
When the one that swore till death you'd part
Says they want a brand new start
and you're not gonna be a part
of their new life
It hurts like it should kill you
But it don't
You think you're gonna die
But you don't
Somehow your heart keeps beating
Even tho it's torn apart
You wait for it to kill you
But it won't
When the plans that you made yesterday
Turn to ash and blow away
Every memory you replay
Can't answer why
It hurts like it should kill you
But it don't
You think you're gonna die
But you don't
Somehow your heart keeps beating
Even tho it's torn apart
You wait for it to kill you
But it won't
That's the part that hurts the most
Haunted by a living ghost
Never lets you sleep at night
Always there just out of sight
It hurts like it should kill me
But it don't
It feels just like I'm dying
But I don't
The joke is I'm still breathin
with no reason to go on
I wish that it had just killed me
But it won't