Japanese Gum
Her Space Holiday Lyrics

I used to know this girl
The singer knew a girl in the past

Who gave her love away
The girl had a tendency to fall in love easily

To every guy she met
She would give her love to every guy she met

And with all the games they played
The guys she met would often play games with her

She never seemed to cry
Despite the games guys played with her, she never cried

She never got upset
She maintained her emotional strength despite the games played with her

And one by one they came
Guys would come into her life

And one by one they left
Guys would leave her life

I thought that I could fix her
The artist believed they could help the girl

If she would let me in
If she opened up to the artist, they could help her

But all of my advances
The singer's attempts to help her were unsuccessful

Were shut down in the end
The girl did not accept the artist's help

When days turned into months
As time passed, the singer persisted in trying to help her

I begged her to explain
The singer asked the girl to explain why she behaved the way she did

And this is what she sang
The girl expressed her feelings through a song

It's not like I'm a slut
The girl did not want to be labeled as promiscuous

Or that I really like to fuck
She did not necessarily enjoy sex

I just want every boy I see
She wanted to share herself emotionally with every guy she met

To walk away with part of me
She wanted each guy to take a piece of her emotional self

Until there's nothing left to hold
She wanted to give away all of herself emotionally

Until there's nothing left to hate
She wanted to remove any negative emotions she held inside

I appreciate your help
The girl appreciated the artist's attempt to help her

But even you can't save me from myself
The girl knew that only she could change her behavior

I used to know this boy
The artist also knew a boy

Who took notes in a book
The boy wrote down his thoughts and emotions

But he ripped out all the pages
He discarded his writing before others could read it

Before I got a look
The singer was unable to see what he had written

At all the words he scribbled
The boy had written down many thoughts and emotions

At all the lines he filled
He filled many pages with his writing

But the ink stains on his fingers
Evidence that he wrote often and with passion

Told me he was skilled
The singer inferred that he was a good writer

At capturing a feeling
He had a talent for expressing emotions through writing

That most of us just miss
He was able to capture emotions in writing that most people struggle to express

The simple pain of living
He wrote about the common struggles of life

With goodbyes on our lips
The theme of his writing was often centered around goodbyes and endings

I found one of the pages
The artist found one of the boy's discarded pages

Crumpled by her bed
The page was left near the girl's bed

And this is how it read
The singer is about to share what the boy wrote

It's not like I am weak
The boy did not see himself as weak

Or that I don't know how to leave
He knew how to leave a bad situation

It's just that every time you cheat
A specific person's actions caused him pain

You bring me closer to defeat
Each instance of cheating makes him feel more defeated and hurt

Until there's nothing left to love
Continued hurt and betrayal can make someone lose hope and stop loving

Until there's nothing left to say
Eventually, the pain becomes too much to express or talk about

I know that you need help
The boy recognizes that someone else needs help

But even I can't save you from yourself
He recognizes that he cannot force someone to change, they need to help themselves