Sudden Stop
Kelly Hogan & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts Lyrics

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I?m walkin out
We never talked it out
Now she?s gone so you can knock it out
I?m all alone so I must do without
All the love that I can?t live without

Suddenly
She stopped lovin me

She caught me runnin round and set me free
Now my misery?s my company
And I?m needin her sweet love calls me
I guess I had it comin

Chorus:

When a man is being loved
He takes things for granted
Can?t see himself falling
He thinks he?s on top
But it?s not the fall
That hurts him at all
It?s the sudden stop

I played around
I did her wrong
And I can?t blame that girl for being gone
Well I was cheating on her all along
And I can?t blame that girl for being gone
I guess I had it comin

Chorus

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Sudden Stop" by Kelly Hogan & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts is about a man who realizes the consequences of taking love for granted. In the first verse, the singer is walking out of the relationship and realizes that they never talked things out, and now their partner is gone. They feel alone and have to do without the love that they cannot live without. The second part of the verse focuses on the sudden stop of the love that they were receiving as their partner suddenly stopped loving them and caught them running around, leading to a breakup. The singer is now left with their misery as a company and is in need of the sweet love that their partner provided them.

The chorus of the song talks about how a man takes love for granted when he is being loved and how he cannot see himself falling. He thinks that he is on top, but it is not the fall that hurts him, it is the sudden stop. In the final verse, the singer admits to playing around and doing wrong by his partner. He cheated on her all along and can’t blame her for leaving. The singer concludes that he had it coming and is left with the realization that taking love for granted comes with a hefty price.

Overall, the song is a reminder that taking love for granted can lead to disastrous consequences, and the fall can be a sudden stop that hurts immensely.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm walkin out
I'm leaving, without having talked about our problems

We never talked it out
We didn't communicate to resolve our issues

Now she's gone so you can knock it out
She's left, so you can forget about our relationship

I'm all alone so I must do without
I'm lonely and have to live without her

All the love that I can't live without
I'm missing the love that I depended on

Suddenly, she stopped lovin me
Out of nowhere, she stopped having feelings for me

She caught me runnin round and set me free
She found out that I was cheating and ended our relationship

Now my misery's my company
I'm alone and sad

And I'm needin her sweet love calls me
I miss her affection and attention

I guess I had it comin
I deserved this outcome for my actions

When a man is being loved, he takes things for granted
When someone is in a relationship, they often overlook how much they're loved