All The Pieces
Oingo Boingo Lyrics
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Run and hide your pretty face
Go far
To find a secret place
Go run
Inside
You are paying such a price
Inside
No one else could run your life
Inside
Think twice
You are running out of time
Inside
Shattered by your own design
You can make believe that somehow
Everything is right
You can make the pieces fit, but you're
Just jumping with your eyes closed
From the fire
Into the oven
Show the world
How much you suffer
Because after you come all undone
Set off like a loaded gun
Someone's got to go pick up
All the pieces
'Cause you
Always run from what you need
It's true
Must be something βbout the way
You see yourself
You turn pity into pride
Inside
It must hurt so bad inside
Because every time you try to see
Things clear again
You just run and hide
And make things worse
You close your eyes and jump right
From the fire
Into the oven
Run away
Where you'll discover
Because after you come all undone
Set off like a loaded gun
Someone's got to go pick up
All the pieces
From the fire
Into the oven
Run away
Where you'll discover
All the pieces
Go pick up all the pieces
All the pieces
All the pieces
The lyrics to Oingo Boingo's "All the Pieces" seem to be about someone who is struggling with something internally and is constantly trying to escape it. The lines "Go run, run and hide your pretty face, go far to find a secret place" suggest that the person is trying to escape from others, and possibly their problems, by running away. The repeated use of the word "inside" emphasizes that this person is struggling with something internal and can't seem to escape it.
The chorus of the song seems to be saying that despite the person's best efforts to escape, they are still not able to fix the problems that are plaguing them. The line "You can make the pieces fit, but you're just jumping with your eyes closed" suggests that even when they try to fix things, they are doing it blindly and without really knowing what they're doing. The line "Show the world how much you suffer" seems to suggest that this person wants others to see how much they are struggling, possibly as a cry for help.
Towards the end of the song, the lyrics seem to suggest that this person might need to face their problems head-on in order to finally "pick up all the pieces." However, the line "It must hurt so bad inside" suggests that this won't be an easy task for them. Overall, the lyrics to "All the Pieces" seem to be about someone who is struggling with their own internal demons and is constantly trying to escape them.
Line by Line Meaning
Go run
Escape from your current situation
Run and hide your pretty face
Avoid confronting your problems
Go far
Travel to a distant place
To find a secret place
Discover a hidden location
Inside
Introspect about your inner self
You are paying such a price
Suffering the consequences of your actions
No one else could run your life
You are responsible for your own decisions
Think twice
Consider your actions carefully
You are running out of time
There is a limited window to make amends
Shattered by your own design
The problems are a result of your choices
You can make believe that somehow
Deceive yourself into thinking that
Everything is right
All is well
You can make the pieces fit, but you're
You can force the pieces to fit, but
Just jumping with your eyes closed
You are blindly taking action
From the fire
From a bad situation
Into the oven
To another bad situation
Show the world
Display to others
How much you suffer
The extent of your misery
Because after you come all undone
When everything falls apart
Set off like a loaded gun
React impulsively
Someone's got to go pick up
Someone needs to clean up the mess
All the pieces
The broken fragments
'Cause you
Because you
Always run from what you need
Avoid what would truly help you
It's true
It is a fact
Must be something βbout the way
There must be something
You see yourself
Your self-perception
You turn pity into pride
You transform sympathy into arrogance
It must hurt so bad inside
You must feel immense pain
Because every time you try to see
When you attempt to view
Things clear again
The situation truthfully
You just run and hide
You still try to avoid it
And make things worse
Complicate the problems further
You close your eyes and jump right
You act recklessly and thoughtlessly
Run away
Escape
Where you'll discover
Where you may uncover something
All the pieces
All the broken parts
Go pick up all the pieces
Take responsibility for your actions
All the pieces
All the fragments that need repairing
All the pieces
All the components that make up your life
Contributed by Evelyn A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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lyrics
Go run
Run and hide your pretty face
Go far
To find a secret place
Go run
Inside
You are paying such a price
Inside
No one else could run your life
Inside
Think twice
You are running out of time
Inside
Shattered by your own design
You can make believe that somehow
Everything is right
You can make the pieces fit, but you're Just jumping with your eyes closed
From the fire
Into the oven
Show the world
How much you suffer
Because after you come all undone
Set off like a loaded gun
Someone's got to go pick up
All the pieces
'Cause you
Always run from what you need
It's true
Must be something 'bout the way
You see yourself
You turn pity into pride
Inside
It must hurt so bad inside
Because every time you try to see
Things clear again
You just run and hide
And make things worse
You close your eyes and jump right
From the fire
Into the oven
Run away
Where you'll discover
Because after you come all undone
Set off like a loaded gun
Someone's got to go pick up
All the pieces
From the fire
Into the oven
Run away
Where you'll discover
Because after you come all undone
Set off like a loaded gun
Someone's got to go pick up
All the pieces
All the pieces
Go pick up
all the pieces
All the pieces
All the pieces
@Kevin-sc4nk
Go run
Run and hide your pretty face
Go far
To find a secret place
Go run
Inside
You are paying such a price
Inside
No one else could run your life
Inside
Think twice
You are running out of time
Inside
Shattered by your own design
You can make believe that somehow
Everything is right
You can make the peices fit but you're
Just jumping with your eyes closed
From the fire
Into the oven
Show the world
How much you suffer
Because after you come all undone
Set off like a loaded gun
Someone's got to go pick up
All the peices
'Cause you
Always run from what you need
It's true
Must be something bout the way
You see yourself
You turn pity into pride
Inside
It must hurt so bad inside
Because every time you try to see
Things clear again
You just run and hide
And make things worse
You close your eyes and jump right
From the fire
Into the oven
Run away
Where you'll discover
From the fire
Into the oven
Run away
Where you'll discover
All the peices
Go pick up all the peices
All the peices
All the peices
@CrimCrim
Oingo Boingo after making the best song ever: don't release it
@AlwaysBewitchTheMind
HONESTLY
@devosanity
YEAH FR
@jmbenny63
FOR REAL
@blebbbder6216
same with helpless and vultures on the regular boingo tracklist and yet change is 15 minutes long ):
@TurtleDogProductions123
For me, this song and Better Luck Next Time definitely deserved an official release. Theyβre amazing
@DeadMansMixtape
I love Oingo Boingo so so much, Danny Elfman is such a genuine talent. But what the actual fuck was he thinking with the track lists for the albums. I swear on every album the cut songs are superior to the ones actually on the album!
@Vcxnt_dracxlaV
truer words could not be said - cry of the vatos my ass,,, this song is the real good for your soul shit.
@jayrobb9
And did we REALLY need 6 minutes of Weird Science when there were so many better songs laying around?
@yourfairyking
@@Vcxnt_dracxlaV Cry of the Vatos is something we definitely both agree on. It has some appeal, but as the only instrumental track on that album, and for it to literally be placed randomly in the list, it's just pointless. Maybe they thought this sounded too much like GFYS, but I think it would've complemented that track well.