Torn
MTMBO Lyrics

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I came alone
Feel my pockets
Take my gold
Do you really thing I came to hurt you?
Let me into my own storm
Cause I wonder how anything can live around you
Girl I wonder how anything can live around you

You can see I'm torn
Rocking back and forth
I would trade my worthless gold
For a place I used to know
Then I'd wonder how anything can live around you
Girl I wonder how anything can live around you

Playful blows
Back forth and back until we're fighting
Right by the bed we should climb in
I'm likely to find a girl I don't have
And write a song about her
Until I wonder how anything can live around you
Girl I wonder how anything can live around you

You can see I'm torn
Rocking back and forth
I would trade my worthless gold
For a place I used to know
Then I'd wonder how anything can live around you
Girl I wonder how anything can live around you

I would wonder how anything can live around you

Girl I wonder how anything can live around you
I would wonder how anything can live around you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to "Torn in 2" by MTMBO are packed full of emotion and a sense of being lost. The song starts with the singer entering the scene alone and feeling for the gold in his pockets, perhaps indicating a sense of vulnerability. He expresses that he didn't come with the intention of hurting anyone and wants to weather his own storm but wonders how anything can live around the person he's addressing, suggesting that their presence is overwhelming and chaotic.

As the song progresses, the singer becomes more torn; he rocks back and forth, implying a sense of unease and uncertainty. He states that he would trade his "worthless gold" to return to a place where everything made sense to him. However, he still questions how anything can survive in this person's company, possibly indicating that their interaction is both harmful and yet irresistible at the same time.

The song ends with the singer experiencing a playful fight that culminates in him imagining writing a song about a girl he never had. He then concludes by repeating the same phrase, wondering how anything could live around her.

Overall, the song appears to be about a man caught in a toxic relationship or environment, trying to grapple with his feelings of being torn between wanting to be with this person and feeling like he needs to escape for the sake of his mental and emotional health.

Line by Line Meaning

I came alone
I arrived here by myself

Feel my pockets
Check my pockets

Take my gold
Steal my money

Do you really think I came to hurt you?
I am not here to harm you, do you believe that?

Let me into my own storm
Allow me to face my own inner turmoil

Cause I wonder how anything can live around you
I am intrigued by how anyone can survive in your presence

Girl I wonder how anything can live around you
I am curious as to how anyone can exist around you

You can see I'm torn
You can tell that I am conflicted

Rocking back and forth
Swinging back and forth due to my inner struggle

I would trade my worthless gold
I would give up my money that is of no true value

For a place I used to know
To go back to a familiar place from the past