Send Him Away
Franz Ferdinand Lyrics


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I can't seem to feel the envy I should feel
Or maybe
I don't need the sour side of love
Of love

No, I don't care his breath is in your hair
Well, I don't care his skin is still between
Still on fold of your sheets
Send him away

I don't mean to claim or own you
Or maybe I would like to
But I need whatever side of love
Is there

No, I don't care his breath is in your hair
Well, I don't care his skin is still between
Still on fold of your sheets
Send him away

Oh, can't you let me stay tonight?
Oh, can't you let me stay tonight?




Oh, can't you let me stay tonight?
Can't you let me stay tonight?

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Franz Ferdinand's "Send Him Away" convey a sense of apathy towards the singer's love interest seeing someone else. The song begins with the singer expressing that they cannot feel envious towards their love interest seeing someone else, or perhaps they simply do not want to feel the "sour side" of love. The singer seems to be indifferent towards the fact that the person their love interest is seeing still lingers in her life, with his breath in her hair and his skin between the folds of her sheets. Throughout the song, the singer expresses a desire to be with their love interest, but does not seem to care much about the competition they are facing.


Line by Line Meaning

I can't seem to feel the envy I should feel
I should be jealous, but I'm not


Or maybe
Perhaps


I don't need the sour side of love
I don't want to deal with the negative emotions that come with love


Of love
In relation to love


No, I don't care his breath is in your hair
It doesn't bother me that you've been with someone else


Well, I don't care his skin is still between
I don't care that there's physical evidence that he was here


Still on fold of your sheets
The sheets still bear traces of his presence


Send him away
Get rid of him


I don't mean to claim or own you
I don't want to be possessive


Or maybe I would like to
Perhaps I do, but I'm not admitting it


But I need whatever side of love
I need some aspect of love


Is there
That exists between us


Oh, can't you let me stay tonight?
Can't you let me spend the night with you?


Oh, can't you let me stay tonight?
Please let me stay


Oh, can't you let me stay tonight?
I want to be with you


Can't you let me stay tonight?
Is it possible for you to let me stay?




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley, Nicholas john McCarthy, Paul Robert Thompson, Robert Hardy

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