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Natalie Imbruglia – Torn lyrics
I thought I saw a man brought to life
He was warm, he came around like
He was dignified
He showed me what it was to cry
Well you couldn't be that man I adored
You don't seem to know, don't seem to care
What your heart is for
No I don't know him anymore

There's nothin' where we used to lie
Conversation has run dry
That's what's going on
Nothing's fine

I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I'm shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake
And I can see the perfect sky is torn
You're a little late
I'm already torn

So I guess the fortune teller's right
I should have seen just what was there
And not some holy light
But you crawled beneath my veins
And now I don't care
I have no luck
I don't miss it all that much
There's just so many things
That I can't touch

I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I'm shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake
And I can see the perfect sky is torn
You're a little late
I'm already torn

There's nothing where he used to lie
My inspiration has run dry
That's what is goin' on
Nothin's right

I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake
And I can see the perfect sky is torn
You're a little late
I'm already torn
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I thought I saw a man brought to life He was warm, he came around like He was dignified He showed me what it was to cry Well you couldn't be that man I adored You don't seem to know, don't seem to care What your heart is for No I don't know him anymore There's nothin' where we used to lie Conversation has run dry That's what's going on Nothing's fine I'm torn I'm all out of faith This is how I feel I'm cold and I'm shamed Lying naked on the floor Illusion never changed Into something real I'm wide awake And I can see the perfect sky is torn You're a little late I'm already torn So I guess the fortune teller's right I should have seen just what was there And not some holy light But you crawled beneath my veins And now I don't care I have no luck I don't miss it all that much There's just so many things That I can't touch I'm torn I'm all out of faith This is how I feel I'm cold and I'm shamed Lying naked on the floor Illusion never changed Into something real I'm wide awake And I can see the perfect sky is torn You're a little late I'm already torn There's nothing where he used to lie My inspiration has run dry That's what is goin' on Nothin's right I'm torn I'm all out of faith This is how I feel I'm cold and I am shamed Lying naked on the floor Illusion never changed Into something real I'm wide awake And I can see the perfect sky is torn You're a little late I'm already torn Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: Anne Preven, Phil Thornalley, Scott Cutler
Torn lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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    Unregistered 2021-12-07 09:21:22
    She thought the guy was something he wasn’t . He used her for Sex . Lying cold and naked on the floor represents the way she feels about how she was treated . As if she’s not feeling safe and warm but instead cold and left out as well as ashamed that she gave away her virginity and or trust to a guy who promised her he’d be there for her but left her waiting and lead her on to believe he loved her . Now she’s confused as to what happened and Shane’s herself for trusting in him so her faith in men are gone . It’s too late to change her mind or the situation that she put herself in . He had laid in bed next to her but he’s gone . She realizes the love was an illusion she made up in her head and that he never really loves her to begin with . Why lying on the floor ? Because she is so ashamed of herself for her own self deception that she doesn’t feel worthy of lying in the bed or just doesn’t want to be reminded of lying in the bed because he actually forced himself on her which is why she feels the way she does.
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    Unregistered 2012-04-25 19:42:42
    She met a person, who she believed to be the one, her true love. She shared her whole being with this man only to find out the person she fell in love with was just an act put on. The man left her, after using her leaving her broken. She is trying to be brave and put on a straight face, but really she is hurt and torn on whether love is real or not, causing her to view the world in a new light.
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    Unregistered 2021-12-07 09:31:39
    This is actually a story about heroin . Her illusions were described as a man she thought she trusted for a high but it was a let down after it wore off and she found herself lying in the floor . faith was shattered , the sky was torn as if it was full of dark clouds. Left speechless so no more conversation. The fortune teller was right that she was depressed and not seeing things as they are but as if it was a kind of holy saving light that she’s be experiencing.
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    auberouge 2009-02-08 02:10:08
    This song is about a girl who fell for a total poser. He pretended to be one kind of guy, but underneath he was a monster. When she realizes that she's been total had by the loser she is bound and naked and ashamed, he used her, and then left, maybe said he'd be back, but he's a little late and she's thinking he won't be back. So she's lost all faith in ever meeting the real deal. This song breaks my heart because just about every girl in the world feels this way at some point in her reomantic life. Usualy I think when it's her "first time".
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2015-09-02 01:32:27
    Maybe she literally lost her faith. Maybe in Jesus, maybe the Jesus figure here is representing something else she put her hope in. She's momentarily lost hope. He was warm, he's gone, she feels there's nothing to live for, she's cold. The conversation, there's none, she can't here the god figure anymore. No guidance. Lost.
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    Ian Margetts 2015-12-10 20:17:07
    The girl has been scorned by the boy she really wanted, maybe a misunderstanding. She wanted to lose her virginity to him, but for some reason he baulked at the opportunity. He's now come back to her, but too late. She has given herself to her "second choice", and he was not really what she wanted, and she is upset he was the one to be with her, this first time. Now the original boy has come back, and she is lying naked and torn on the floor - he's just a little bit late. Sad story. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and this boy lost out on something that could have been great.
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    maezhan 2015-09-07 02:18:16
    For me the song is about a girl who met and fell in love with a guy that is like the same guy who broke her heart before. The guy is a little late to fix the girls heart being torn by the past relationship. Haha, well literally that's how understand the song.
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2021-07-25 00:32:01
    This song is about two broken hearts; a girl in love & fully embracing all the wonderful feelings of being in love, and the guy she's in love with, unbeknowst to her is torn between his inhealed broken heart from a previous relationship & torn with allowing himself to love her with his whole heart.

    She realizes it's over when their making love & she feels his emotional distance, it breaks her heart because she can't pretend anymore that his heart is just not into & she doesn't understand why?

    He refuses to talk about his feeligs which frustrates her even more. She's emotionally torn because she realizes that she'll never trust & love again although really she wants too.
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    Unregistered 2023-07-17 02:08:26
    This man ‘came to life’ caught her eyes, she noticed him. Perfect in her mind and heart (dignified and warm), at first. Their first meeting together, sharing each other or what she thought was love from her point of view. They consummated their love, only to find later this is ‘not the man she adored’ or thought she knew by her own perception. He did not share the same values that she has ‘Lying naked on the floor’ expresses her openness of her heart and is totally ashamed that she was a ‘fool’ to have believed in this man, also her vulnerability and trust in this man.
    Women are vulnerable, like a child, we are too quick to trust. Most men exposes this ‘vulnerability’ to their friends or acquaintances to show off their egos or ‘manhood’ if they ‘just want a conquest’. Therefore her shame or vulnerability is exposed….. lying naked on the floor. Floor meaning; how low can this situation get to.
    Her heart is torn as to questioning herself WHY she had trusted her full self to this man that she thought she knew. ‘So many things’ while she was in this relationship, she never has any ‘luck’ resolving the ‘many things’ during the relationship. ‘Illusion doesn’t change’ meaning the man himself continues to be what HE WANTS’ to be, a narcissistic tendency appears in the man. She is also torn (‘I’m already torn’) whether to stay or leave the relationship.
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    Unregistered 2016-01-09 23:55:29
    She's already given herself sexually, perhaps for the first time ever, and naively to a man who glittered on the surface but left her. Needy. "I don't miss it all that much" could be construed to sound as though she is trying to convince herself the physical presence of his body isn't important to her. Why is she 'lying naked on the floor' if that is not how she remembers last being with him?
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    Unregistered 2016-02-03 02:18:57
    What the hell is "I am cold and I am shamed" supposed to mean? You don't say "I am shamed" like some idiot box "satisfaction" argument from out of 18th-19th Century aristocratic "fairness" neurosis. I can understand "I am cold", but you don't get to decide that "I am shamed" like some stuck up twat saying "I am angry", you don't decide you're angry and you don't decide that you're shamed! Get over yourself! Decide you're going to be worth something and shut up while you're doing it!
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