Please Push No More
Gary Numan Lyrics


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Now I'm behind glass
I'll talk to you
The telephone lines blind
You have defaced my face
I bet you laughed at me
You bright young things
And now I need no-one
I miss you, so

Please push no more
Please push no more

Now it's all over for sure
I'll walk back home
We must all come down
We all grow old
We are close, we are hurt
So that was love
And love she kills me
It needs to, so

Please push no more
Please push no more





Please push no more
Please push no more

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Gary Numan's "Please Push No More" convey the heartbreak and sense of betrayal that the singer feels. Numan sings from behind glass, as if he is talking to someone on the other side of a phone or prison visitation booth. The telephone lines are "blind," suggesting that communication is ineffective or incomplete. Numan sings that his face has been defaced, which could be a metaphor for emotional harm or a reference to physical violence. He imagines the people who hurt him laughing at him and taunting him as a "bright young thing."


Despite his pain and trauma, Numan declares that he needs no one, which is a typical response when someone has been deeply hurt. However, he also misses the person he's singing to, suggesting that there may still be some unresolved emotions around the relationship. The repeated refrain of "Please push no more" seems to be a plea for the other person to stop causing him pain, to stop pushing him away or pushing him over the edge.


The second verse of the song suggests that the relationship is truly over. Numan sings that he will walk back home alone, and that "we all come down" and "we all grow old." He suggests that the love he felt was capable of killing him, and that this was necessary somehow. The repetition of the refrain feels more urgent in this verse, as if Numan is pleading for someone to release him from his pain or to stop him from spiraling out of control.


Line by Line Meaning

Now I'm behind glass
The singer feels isolated and separated from the world


I'll talk to you
He is speaking to someone specific who is not behind the glass with him


The telephone lines blind
The person he is speaking to is unseen and unknown, like talking over the phone


You have defaced my face
The person he is speaking to has insulted or damaged him emotionally


I bet you laughed at me
The person may have hurt him on purpose and enjoyed it


You bright young things
The person may be from a younger and more careless generation


And now I need no-one
The singer is tired of people hurting him, and believes he needs no one anymore


I miss you, so
Despite his statement about needing no one, he still misses the person he is talking to


Please push no more
He is asking the person not to hurt him anymore, and to leave him alone


Please push no more
He repeats his plea, showing how much the person's actions have affected him


Now it's all over for sure
He has accepted the finality of a situation


I'll walk back home
He's going to leave the situation and return to a familiar place


We must all come down
The singer acknowledges the inevitability of aging and death for everyone


We all grow old
He repeats the idea, emphasizing its universality


We are close, we are hurt
The singer may be talking about a loss of friendship or love that has caused emotional pain


So that was love
The relationship that ended was a true and significant love story


And love she kills me
His love for the person who hurt him ended up causing him pain and suffering


It needs to, so
He recognizes that love is not always easy, and pain is a natural outcome of it.


Please push no more
He repeats his plea, showing how much the person's actions have affected him.


Please push no more
He repeats his plea one final time, emphasizing his desperation to be left alone.




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Written by: Gary Anthony Webb, Gary Anthony James Webb

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