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Sleeping With Sirens – If You Can't Hang lyrics
Met a girl at seventeen
Thought she meant the world to me,
So I gave her everything,
She turned out to be a cheat
Said she'd been thinking for a long time
And she found somebody new
I've been thinking that this whole time

Well I never thought you'd stay
That's okay
I hope he takes your filthy heart
And then he throws you away someday
Before you go, there's one thing you oughta know

If you can't hang then, there's the door baby
If you can't hang then, there's the door baby
If you can't hang then, there's the door baby
If you can't hang then, there's the door

I don't wanna take your precious time
'Cause you're such a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty face
But you turned into a pretty big waste of my time
I don't wanna take up all your time
'Cause you're such a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty face
But you turned into a pretty big waste of my time

You're the lowest type
You're the lowest

I met a girl stuck in her ways
She found a boy she knew she'd change
I changed my clothes, my hair, my face
To watch us go our separate ways
She said we've grown apart for sometime
But then she found somebody new
I hope Mr. Right puts up with all the bullshit that you do

Stay the hell away,
While I sit here by myself
And figure out how I got this way
Before you go, there's one thing you oughta know

If you can't hang then, there's the door baby
If you can't hang then, there's the door baby
If you can't hang then, there's the door baby
If you can't hang then, there's the door

I don't wanna take your precious time
'Cause you're such a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty face
But you turned into a pretty big waste of my time
I don't wanna take up all your time
'Cause you're such a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty face
But you turned into a pretty big waste of my time

I don't want to get things confused
She said she'd never settle for some boy she couldn't use
So now I gotta call the doctor
So he can prescribe me medication
So I can deal with all the memories of being here this way

I met a girl at twenty-three
Knew she meant the world to me,
So I gave her everything,
And she did the same for me

Imagine that!
'Cause you're such a pretty, pretty face
No you're such a pretty, pretty face
Well, oh yeah...
'Cause you're such a pretty, pretty face
No you're such a pretty, pretty face

I don't wanna take your precious time
'Cause you're such a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty face
But you turned into a pretty big waste of my time
I don't wanna take up all your time
'Cause you're such a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty face
But you turned into a pretty big waste of my time

Would you please stay and come inside, baby
Would you please stay and please be mine, baby
Would you please stay and come inside, baby
Would you please stay and please be mine?
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Songwriters: Gabe Barham, Jack Fowler, Jesse Lawson, Justin Hills, Kellin Quinn
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    Unregistered 2012-04-07 19:22:20
    If you can't hang is a really good song and it kinda reminds me on how I fell in love with someone but she turned out to be the wrong one. Then I fell inlove with another girl named marissa and shes the world to me, even though she broke up with me twice ill always love her no matter what. Every time I hear sleeping with sirens it reminds me of her and how amazing she is. I love her so much I just wish I knew if she did too.
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    Unregistered 2015-04-02 11:42:28
    I feel this song means a lot to me. I dated a girl, we were together for 2 months and half way through she gave me a note saying I was too good for her and that she wasn't the marrying type. But, then, over summer she started dating her male best friend and is now engaged to him. I am only 16, true, and I am a girl. But I'm waiting for that "girl at 23" person. I don't care if it's a guy or a girl. As long as they treat me with respect.
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    Unregistered 2013-12-06 07:06:06
    I think that this song is an amazing representation of love, at it's best and its worst. It shows the struggle he endured to find his beautiful soul mate. I am whole heartedly committed to this as being my favorite song because everything that Sleeping With Sirens sings, writes, or what have you is pure, utter genius because it comes from every nook, void, and crevice of the aching, mending, and blissfully in love parts of the soul and heart. If you have ever happened to stumble across the music video for this song on the Internet or YouTube, you will see how passionately Kellin Quinn sings this amazing song. Why, you may ask? Because unlike the 'hipster' and 'swaggy' music that is some how popular these days, the lyrics have meaning and come from personal experiences, proven when he cites ages and details. This is coming from a twelve year old girls point of view, just to clarify.
    -Faith are. Mansfield.
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    Unregistered 2012-08-06 23:11:54
    I first heard this song at warped tour this year, I fell in love instantly. It means so much to me right now. I dated a guy for 10+ months, took him in because he had no where to go, found him a job an did so much for him to help him out, baught him stuff. He was rude to me and did cheatful actions and called me names, but I put up with it and continued to help him. Now that he is getting on his feet, he doesn't want to be with me, and he is acting like I meant nothing to him, I cry constantly from being hurt an he is off having fun acting like its nothing. We split on our anniversary, of course he didn't care about that either:(
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    Unregistered 2012-06-23 13:38:02
    He's saying how he met a girl at 17 that threw away his heart and he hopes she gets the same done to her. Then he says how he met a girl at 23 and how she gave him everything, but then he says 'imagine that', so basically kellin is saying that you never really find a relationship that is perfect, but then at the end he says that he found the girl of his dreams and he's begging for her to come inside and stay with him so that he doesn't have to go through the heartbreak again.
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    Unregistered 2012-01-29 13:31:06
    If you can't hang is about a girl kellin fell in love with. Well when he did everything for her, she cheated on him. He told her "i hope he takes your filthy heart and then he throws you away someday". But when he turned 23 he met a girl, he gave her everything and she did the same to him. (the girl he met at 23 is now his wife, they have a son and are happily married).
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    Unregistered 2018-04-09 17:13:15
    I love sleeping with sirens they are one of my favorite bands their music has so much meaning to me and Kellin Quinn is one of my favorite people sleeping with sirens has helped me with a alot of things I have been through so much pain that I tried to kill my self I would talk about suicide with my friends one of their songs "Better Off Dead" made me stop
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    ArielRyan 2015-11-11 17:23:25
    I believe this song just goes to show that people say that younger people don't know what they want, but adults don't always know either. I've changed so many times for love that hasn't worked. You put so much in and get so little out, if anything at all. Kellin puts into words how people change, and even though you're the same person your soul changes with every encounter. He also says what other people won't; If you aren't going to be real with me don't be with me at all.
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    Unregistered 2012-04-10 04:30:48
    This song is everything to me. A couple weeks ago, I met the perfect girl. Star wars, star trek nerd, loves video games and would sit and play them with me for hours on end, perfect in every way possible, and we weren't even dating. Now, I want to. And she won't give the time of day for me. This song really helps me through everything. We've only known eachother for a couple weeks, but this girl is different. I've fallen for this girl so hard. I'm just glad I'm not the only one that this has gone through this but this song has really helped me through everything.
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    Unregistered 2012-03-23 04:14:28
    I may be 13, but I've found the girl I love. I have since the beginning of 6th grade, we've been bestfriends the past few years, shes always knew how I felt, and the first time we dated, my bestfriend tore us apart. Now, me and him are fine. Just not how we used to be. I'm scared of losing her, shes my everything. Just thought id let you people know theres no age limit for love.
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    Unregistered 2012-03-17 07:25:07
    I think the meaning of 'if you can't hang' is love gone wrong. How love's meaning can be misinterpreted(sp). I think people mostly fall in love with being in love. I don't think half the relationships people go through were true love. When someone shows so much attention you wanna push away. Or vice versa, you show so much attention because you feel they don't want you anymore. But pretty faces don't go very far, and I think this song just sums up how you have to go through a cycle, make mistakes, learn to love, and not beat yourself up over someone, because in the end it'll all workout!
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    Unregistered 2012-01-31 21:37:49
    It's about a girl he fell in love with at age 17 and he thought everything would work out and they would last forever, but she turned out to only want to change him and then dump him. Only using him. And when he turned 23, he found a girl who it could last with and she felt the same way about him. So the first girl was just a waste of his time, despite her pretty face. But now he's happy.
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    NatashaSaysRawr 2012-01-02 04:12:57
    Its like a boy who fell in love with a girl-she meant everything to him until she cheated-she was hes first love-but at the end he will take her back in a heart beat. But the mane part is don't judge a book by its cover-and never take someone just because of how s***? Pretty? Beautiful they may look-take them because their personality is great and they can actualy get you and make you smile-that's what I think is best ^-^
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    Unregistered 2011-12-31 22:10:45
    Feel free to read.
    This hella relates to my situation. Met this girl who I thought was hella cute but I was to shy to talk to her. We were in the same theatre arts class and said the hell with it ill ask her to hang out(: I invited her over and we got to talking about stuff like what video games we liked and how destry is our favorite youtuber, we also loved the same music (ironically we both loved sleeping with sirens: p.) but she told me she was "talking" to some one else and they haven't made it official. Soon it got to the point where we both really liked each other and we got to cuddle and I got to hold her but, she knew she couldn't kiss or date me cause of this other guy. We were also doing a play called the island of dr. Moreau and she did my animal make up for me and I couldn't stop looking at her beautiful blue eyes.
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    Unregistered 2011-12-30 06:30:52
    This song means to me at least very similar to my situation with my ex how a girl can s***w with your mid and your heart and how you can be used and how girls can change you or otherwise for girls but also how you shouldn't take that and how you will one day find someone that loves you for who you are and doesn't want you to change and that's what I'm trying to do with my ex because it's really hard since for the past couple of months she's been playing with my heart and now she's with some other guy after telling me how she still wanted me around but I'm getting through cause of this song :)
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    Unregistered 2011-12-30 00:05:53
    I think the meaning to this song is about a girl whole broke his heart. The girl who decide that he wasn't what she wanted anymore. She wanted something better. He waisted his time on her. Many girls are that way. Again, he waisted his time on another girl. That's what teens do. They think they're in love when they aren't then they get broken, just because a girl is beautiful on the outside doesn't mean that she is on the inside. I love this song. ~josie p.
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    Unregistered 2011-12-22 17:20:49
    He met a girl that he thought he loved but she didn't love him and found another guy because they had problems and he is saying if she can't handle it then there is the door. He says she is the lowest type of girl and he never exspected it to work between them. He says she looks like the perfect girl but she is just a wast of time. And later on he finds a girl that he loves and she loves him and they live happely ever after.
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