Skillet – Open Wounds lyrics

Skillet – Open Wounds lyrics

In the dark with the music on
Wishing I was somewhere else
Taking all your anger out on me, somebody help
I would rather rot alone
Then spend a minute with you
I'm gone, I'm gone

And you can't stop me from falling apart
'Cause my self-destruction is all your fault

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How could you, how could you, how could you hate me?
When all I ever wanted to be was you?
How could you, how could you, how could you love me?
When all you ever gave me were open wounds?

Downstairs the enemy sleeps
Leaving the tv on
Watching all the dreams we had turn into static
Doesn't matter what I do
Nothing's gonna change
I'm never good enough

And you can't stop me from falling apart
'Cause my self-destruction is all your fault

[Chorus:]

Tell me why you broke me down and betrayed my trust in you
I'm not giving up, giving in when will this war end?
When will it end??

You can't stop me from falling apart [3X]
'Cause my self-destruction is all your fault.

[Chorus:]

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Songwriters: JOHN COOPER, KEVIN KADISH, KEVIN PAUL KADISH

Open Wounds lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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sturdybird 2015-09-14 22:30:59

I believe that during an interview John stated it was a song about his relationship with his father when he was younger. He said he and his father went through a rough patch when his mother died from cancer, and his father re-married. Eventually his father divorced the step-mother and took a step towards healing their relationship. However, just like with any other song, the lyrics are up for you to interpret and fit to your life or help you get through a tough time.

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thrahsngxmosher 2008-10-07 18:41:17

When I first heard this song I memorized it and sang it at my school talent show I had dedicated it to my ex boyfriend of six and 1/2 years who cheated on me 13 times with 7 different girls and yet after everything I love him and he says he loves me this song helped me tell him exactly how I felt the fact that all he ever did was hurt me and all I ever wanted was to be with him.

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Unregistered 2024-09-23 17:15:04

this song is about John and the relationship with his father the lines "How could you, how could you, how could you hate me?
When all I ever wanted to be was you?
How could you, how could you, how could you love me?
When all you ever gave me were open wounds?"

are a clear testimony of that.

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