Story Behind The Song
Dedicated to someone very dear to me who is afraid to be vulnerable with her feelings.
Song Description
When people put up lots of emotional shielding it can protect them from pain and heartache, but it also prevents them from being able to properly receive love as well.
| Song Length |
3:15 |
Genre |
Rock - Modern, Rock - Classic |
| Tempo |
Fast (151 - 170) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Disconcerted |
Subject |
Relationship, Lover |
| Similar Artists |
The Pixies, R.E.M. |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
You try to make 'em think that you're so strong,
You hope they'll think there's nothing wrong,
But I know what's hiding underneath that stare,
The scattered burdens you refuse to share.
You think it's a crime to ask for help, better to cut off your arms.
(Chorus)
I don't know why you won't let me in.
What are you afraid of happening?
Is it "if you let me step inside, there'll be nowhere left to hide"?
I know with you that nothing's like it seems,
I've been a party to your shattered dreams.
You think your silence keeps the pain away,
I say it only serves to make it stay.
You think it's a crime to ask for help, better to cut off your arms.
(Chorus)
I don't know why you won't let me in.
What are you afraid of happening?
Is it "if you let me step inside, there'll be nowhere left to hide"?
Your walls of stone may hold the pain at bay,
But they're also keeping love away.
If you would just put in a tiny door,
I would show you what my love was meant for.
You think it's a crime to ask for help, better to cut off your arms.
I don't know why you won't let me in.
What are you afraid of happening?
Is it "if you let me step inside, there'll be nowhere left to hide"?
I don't know why you won't let me in.
What are you afraid of happening?
Is it "if you let me step inside, there'll be nowhere left to hide"?