Anything
Charles Palmer Lyrics

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Sold me
Cut off my head
Put it on your golden tray
Sold me
Cut off my head
Put it on your golden tray
And when I wake up
I might leave

When I find a way
There's many ways to find
A waste of my time
A waste of my time

I don't feel anything
I don't feel anything
At all that you've waited to have
Wants to leave some day

sold me
You are so refined
That's what your mother said
She was encourgable
And when I wake up I might leave
When I find a way there's many ways to find
A waste of my time
A waste of my time

I don't feel anything
I don't feel anything
At all that you've waited to have
Wants to leave some day

sold me
Cut off my head
Put it on a golden tray
Sold me
Cut off my head
Cut off my head

I don't feel anything
I don't feel anything
At all that you've waited to have
Wants to leave some day
I don't feel anything
I don't feel anything
At all that you've waited to have
Wants to leave some day

when I find you out
When I find you out
When I find you out
When I find you out
Yeah
I don't feel anything
I don't feel anything
At all that you've waited to have
Wants to leave some day
I don't feel anything
I don't feel anything
At all that you've waited to have

Wants to leave some day
Some day

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Charles Palmer's song Anything are quite abstract and open to interpretation. One possible reading of the song is that it is about a person who feels used and exploited by someone, who convinced them to give up their identity and sense of self-worth ("sold me, cut off my head, put it on your golden tray"). The singer wakes up from this state and considers leaving ("when I wake up I might leave, when I find a way"), but struggles to find a way out ("there's many ways to find, a waste of my time"). The singer feels numb and disconnected from their emotions ("I don't feel anything at all").

The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "I don't feel anything at all that you've waited to have, wants to leave someday", which could mean that the person the singer is addressing has expectations of emotional intimacy or commitment that the singer cannot fulfill, and that the singer eventually wants to leave this situation behind.

Line by Line Meaning

Sold me
I was easily fooled by you

Cut off my head
You betrayed and hurt me deeply

Put it on your golden tray
You proudly displayed your triumph over me

And when I wake up
If I ever recover from this pain

I might leave
I'll consider moving on from you

When I find a way
If I can figure out how to do it

There's many ways to find
There are many paths to freedom

A waste of my time
This whole relationship has been pointless

I don't feel anything
I'm so numb from your mistreatment

At all that you've waited to have
I'm not the prize you thought you won

Wants to leave some day
I hope to escape this toxic situation