Broken
Gary Numan Lyrics

The above lyrics are from Gary Numan's song Broken, which talks about the aftermath of a traumatic experience that has left the singer feeling empty and broken. The song emphasizes on how the experiences that the singer has had have left a profound impact on their psyche and how it has left them in a state of hopelessness.

The lines, "If you had seen, You'd understand, If you had seen, You'll break like me" follow the theme of the song, highlighting how the things that the singer has experienced have left them in a state of such despair that anyone who had seen the same would feel the same way. The next couple of lines, "All the things that I've seen, You'd scream like I screamed, I know" add weight to this theme, with the singer suggesting that anyone who had seen the things they have seen would also scream out in pain and despair - underlining how difficult their experiences have been.

The lyrics "If you had seen, You'd feel like I feel, Empty and broken, I know" tie all of the themes of the song together in a fitting way. Through these lyrics, the singer is suggesting that it's impossible for anyone to feel the same as they do unless they have experienced these things firsthand. It's a sad conclusion to the song, and it really drives home the point that there are some things that are so hard to recover from that only a person who has gone through it will understand.