Walk Away
Cox and the Riot Lyrics
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And touch me like you too
But still she wont be you to me
The world may turn the way it does
But I wont be in love the way I am now with you
Oh it was tangled in your words
Oh but goodbye was all I heard
All I heard
And I will cry if you walk away
Wonder why if you walk away
Did I give too much too soon
What a bitter price to pay
For what are tears if you walk away
Days are years if you walk away
You will take my heart from me if you walk away
So girl if there was something wrong
You held it in too long
Cause now this fool belongs to you
Oh girl if you give me one more day
I'll find something new to say
Some sweet line to make you stay with me
Now I know you are tied up in your doubt
But don't go cause I still believe that we can work it out
And I will cry if you walk away
Wonder why if you walk away
Did I give too much too soon
What a bitter price to pay
For what are tears if you walk away
Days are years if you walk away
You will take my heart from me if you walk away
Stay baby I'll find some line to make you stay
Now I know you are tied up in your doubt
But don't go ain't too proud to beg you
Please don't leave cause I believe
We can work it out
And I will cry if you walk away
Wonder why if you walk away
Did I give too much too soon
What a bitter price to pay
For what are tears if you walk away
Days are years if you walk away
You will take my heart from me if you walk away
The girl may smile the way you do
And touch me like you too
But still she won't be you to me
The Cox and the Riot's song Walk Away is a heart-wrenching ballad about a man pleading with his lover to not leave him. He acknowledges that there may be other women who can smile and touch him the way his lover does, but they will never be her. Despite the world continuing to turn, the man cannot imagine being in love with anyone else in the way he is with her. The chorus contains the lyrics, "And I will cry if you walk away/Wonder why if you walk away/Did I give too much too soon/What a bitter price to pay/For what are tears if you walk away," showcasing the man's desperation for his lover to stay.
The second verse of the song references the possibility that the woman had been hiding something from him for a while, something that he was not aware of until she decided to leave him. The man begs for her to stay, promising to find new ways to connect with her and make her want to stay. He believes that they can work it out, even though doubts seem to be consuming his lover. The song ends with a somber reminder that no one else can be his lover, no matter how hard they try.
Overall, Walk Away is a powerful song about the pain of heartbreak and the desperation to keep a relationship alive. The lyrics provide a raw insight into the singer's psyche, showcasing the complexity and depth of feelings that come with love.
Line by Line Meaning
The girl may smile the way you do
Another girl may try to emulate you in her every aspect but she can never truly replace you in my eyes
And touch me like you too
She may even replicate the way you touch me but that would only emphasize more on how she is not you
But still she wont be you to me
No matter how hard she tries, she can never be you and the emptiness I feel will speak volumes on that note
The world may turn the way it does
No matter how much time progresses or circumstances change, my love for you remains the same
But I wont be in love the way I am now with you
My love for anyone else will never be as passionate and intense as it is for you
Oh it was tangled in your words
Your words may have had a hidden meaning that was not obvious to me but now it is crystal clear
Oh but goodbye was all I heard
Your words may have been jumbled in my head but the only thing that stood out and stuck was when you said goodbye
And I will cry if you walk away
If you leave me, I will be so heartbroken that crying will be the only thing I'll be capable of doing
Wonder why if you walk away
If you walk away, my mind will be continuously plagued with the question of why you left
Did I give too much too soon
Have I been too vulnerable and exposed myself too much to you too soon which made you turn away?
What a bitter price to pay
The cost of loving you was too high and if you walk away, it will leave a sour taste in my mouth
For what are tears if you walk away
My tears will be for nothing if you leave me for I will be unable to find happiness no matter what
Days are years if you walk away
Time moves slow when you are gone and every second feels like a lifetime without you
You will take my heart from me if you walk away
If you walk away, you will not only take your presence but also my heart with you making me incomplete
So girl if there was something wrong
If there is something bothering you, I wish you'd tell me instead of keeping it to yourself
You held it in too long
I wish you wouldn't have kept it a secret for so long thereby leaving me with no prior knowledge of the situation
Cause now this fool belongs to you
You now have me wrapped around your finger and you're the only one that can make me happy
Oh girl if you give me one more day
If you don't leave yet and give me one more day, I promise I will come up with something to keep you by my side
I'll find something new to say
I'll express my love for you in a new and unusual way, certain to keep you captivated
Some sweet line to make you stay with me
I'll come up with a heartfelt expression that will hopefully make you change your mind and stay with me
But don't go cause I still believe that we can work it out
My hope for us will never die even in the most dire of situations, cause I believe we can solve all our issues and work as a couple
Stay baby I'll find some line to make you stay
Stay with me, baby. I'll come up with an enchanting paragraph that will change your mind and convince you to stay
But don't go ain't too proud to beg you
I'll willingly beg you, if that's what it takes to keep you by my side, I don't care what others think of me
Please don't leave cause I believe
I am begging you not to leave me because I believe that we still have the potential to work through our issues and remain together
We can work it out
I am certain that a relationship this special deserves a chance to be maintained even in the toughest of times
Lyrics ยฉ Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: PETER COX, PETER MORELAND, VERNON SMITH
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Hejin57 E
I love how this movie is so relevant to music biopics it predicted the future even with the new Elvis movie. Truly comedy movies like this are once in a lifetime.
Fernando Davalos
Or music biopics usually just follow a lot of the same tropes?
skin19head69
Disnt predict the future at all ๐คฃ it's a parody of walk the line?
underthetrees
This was a parody of the Walk the Line, Johnny Cash biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix which came out a year or two early, but with the recent run of biopics it's returned to relevance, they're all the same.
Steve Morton
The Elvis movie pretty much had this very scene, when Elvis makes his debut.
Nig named mutt
@underthetrees It's a parody of the whole genre.
Every second of the movie is parodying a different biopic.
Walk the line is the most explicitly parodied, but there's so much more to the movie than just that one film being parodied.
s staners
โIโm Deweyโs 12 year old girlfriend.โ
I lost it the first time I heard that.๐คฃ๐๐คฃ
The Sound of Animals Fighting
The "12-year old girlfriend" looks like a 39-year old post office clerk though
Ada
@The Sound of Animals Fighting thatโs the.. joke
Chris Pennington
You know this is based on fact with one of the musicians from back in the day I think the ring of fire guy he knocked up like his twelve-year-old cousin I think