More songs by Maggie Lindemann
More songs by The Warning
Description
Sometimes love is like a fire that was started accidentally, but for some reason it's easier to watch everything burn than to put it out. The air smells of resentment and unspoken words, and between them there is silence, in which the loudest sound is ‘why do I have to fall apart so that you feel whole’. The ashes settle evenly, almost beautifully, and somewhere in them there is still a faint ‘please don't go’. But the door no longer opens. And it seems that this is also the answer.
Lyrics and translation
Original
I'm fighting the skin inside your cheek.
Starting to hate the way you speak.
I look to you but nothing's left.
Our home's filled with unwanted guests.
Does it haunt you? Does it lurk?
You lit a match and let me burn.
Why do I have to break down?
Build your ego up again.
Does that make you more a man?
I was yours but you weren't mine.
Did she have something that I don't have?
Searching for my faults, please let me know.
Questioning my worth, begging please don't go. Please don't go.
Please don't go.
Dropped my heart to hold your hand.
You never tried to understand.
I try to reach and hold the door.
But it won't open anymore.
Do you love her? Do you care?
Some kind of special affair.
Why do I have to break down?
Build your ego up again.
Does that make you more a man?
I was yours but you weren't mine.
Did she have something that I don't?
Searching for my faults, please let me know.
Questioning my worth, begging please don't go.
Please don't go. Please don't go. Please don't go.
Does it haunt you? Does it lurk?
You lit a match and let me burn.
English translation
I'm fighting the skin inside your cheek.
Starting to hate the way you speak.
I look to you but nothing's left.
Our home's filled with unwanted guests.
Does it haunt you? Does it lurk?
You lit a match and let me burn.
Why do I have to break down?
Build your ego up again.
Does that make you more a man?
I was yours but you weren't mine.
Did she have something that I don't have?
Searching for my faults, please let me know.
Questioning my worth, begging please don't go. Please don't go.
Please don't go.
Dropped my heart to hold your hand.
You never tried to understand.
I try to reach and hold the door.
But it won't open anymore.
Do you love her? Do you care?
Some kind of special affair.
Why do I have to break down?
Build your ego up again.
Does that make you more a man?
I was yours but you weren't mine.
Did she have something that I don't?
Searching for my faults, please let me know.
Questioning my worth, begging please don't go.
Please don't go. Please don't go. Please don't go.
Does it haunt you? Does it lurk?
You lit a match and let me burn.