Please Love Me Please Hate Me
Sanguis et Cinis Lyrics


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Smeared lipstick and an unsuitable smile
I've been your puppet without ego
Good enough for a night of passion
Bad enough to be your scapegoat
It's always someone else's guilt
It's always someone else
Here I am again
Crawling back to you
Your substitute god when you long for devotion
Your hollow hero of reflection

Whatever I might say
Whatever I want to express
Doesn't count
When the truth is at your discretion

Please love me when I'm on my knees
Please hate me when you love me please
I'm crawling back to you
I will be crawling back to you

Pushed around, denied, abused
Became what you wanted me to be
You spoke the words
And told everybody they where mine
A broken impression
nd even more unsuitable smile
Another step into the wrong direction
Your ropes pull me into an existence
Where I act as your unconscious slave
Standing as your bitch on some streets corner

And I fall into disgrace if you like to
It's always someone else
While I'm hiding in the background
Watching my life dashing

Please hate me ban me from your heart
Please love me when we are a part
I'm crawling back to you
I will be crawling back to you

Please love me when I'm on my knees
Please hate me when you love me please
I'm crawling back to you
I will be crawling back to you





I will be crawling back to you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Sanguis et Cinis's song "Please Love Me Please Hate Me" speak to the experience of being caught in a relationship with someone who manipulates and controls you. The singer describes themselves as a puppet without ego, willing to be whatever their partner wants them to be. They are good enough for a night of passion, but bad enough to be blamed for their partner's misdeeds. The partner always finds someone else to blame, leaving the singer feeling like they are hiding in the background, watching their own life pass them by.


Despite this, the singer keeps crawling back to the partner, becoming their substitute god when they want devotion, and their hollow hero of reflection. They acknowledge that whatever they say or feel doesn't matter because the truth is at their partner's discretion. The singer has been pushed around, denied, and abused until they became whatever the partner wanted them to be. The partner took credit for the singer's words and told everyone they were theirs. The singer feels like they are a broken impression with an unsuitable smile, taking steps in the wrong direction, pulled by the partner's ropes into an existence where they act as their unconscious slave.


The chorus speaks to the singer's conflicting feelings towards their partner. They ask to be loved when they are on their knees, but hated when the partner loves them. They acknowledge that they will keep crawling back to the partner, falling into disgrace if the partner likes it. The lyrics do not have a happy ending, with the singer resigned to their fate of always returning to the partner.


Line by Line Meaning

Smeared lipstick and an unsuitable smile
My appearance has been altered to fit your expectations, whether it suits me or not


I've been your puppet without ego
I've lost sense of who I am and have become a tool for you to control


Good enough for a night of passion
Only useful to you for temporary satisfaction


Bad enough to be your scapegoat
If anything goes wrong, I will take the blame


It's always someone else's guilt
You refuse to take responsibility for your actions and shift the blame onto others


It's always someone else
You avoid taking accountability for your actions by deflecting blame


Here I am again
Despite knowing better, I am still coming back to you


Crawling back to you
Coming back to you despite how degrading it is to do so


Your substitute god when you long for devotion
You only turn to me when you need someone to worship you


Your hollow hero of reflection
An empty, shallow portrayal of what you view as a heroic figure


Whatever I might say
My words are rendered meaningless in the face of your manipulation


Whatever I want to express
My attempts at communication are disregarded and overridden by you


Doesn't count
My thoughts and feelings hold no weight in your eyes


When the truth is at your discretion
You control what is perceived as the truth


Please love me when I'm on my knees
I will do anything to gain your affection, even if it's degrading


Please hate me when you love me please
I cannot escape this cycle of emotional manipulation and abuse


Pushed around, denied, abused
You exert your power over me in every way possible


Became what you wanted me to be
I have molded myself to fit your expectations and desires


You spoke the words
You manipulate and control how I am perceived


And told everybody they where mine
You attribute your actions and words to me, distorting reality


A broken impression
The image of me you have crafted is shattered and inaccurate


And even more unsuitable smile
My appearance continues to be altered to fit your desires, making me uncomfortable


Another step into the wrong direction
This is not a healthy or normal relationship


Your ropes pull me into an existence
Your control over me is suffocating and all-consuming


Where I act as your unconscious slave
I am not making conscious decisions, but rather fulfilling your every desire


Standing as your bitch on some streets corner
Being seen by others as nothing more than your possession and object


And I fall into disgrace if you like to
Your approval is more important to me than my own dignity or self-respect


Please hate me ban me from your heart
I need to escape this cycle of manipulation and abuse, even if it means you hating me


Please love me when we are a part
I cannot escape this emotional manipulation and still hope for your love


I will be crawling back to you
This cycle of abuse will continue as long as I allow it to




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