Break My Heart
Squeeze Lyrics


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I hit the bottle
I hit the high
Blue is my colour
Dark is my night
Now she has left me
I'm doing time
In this prison of a heart
Where I've fallen apart and cried
On to the table
Where she threw her ring
Slamming her goodbyes
She took everything
Now that the jack has
Beaten the king
In this opera of old soap
There has got to be some new hope
That I'll win

Break my heart
Snap my feelings
Break my heart
Walk out and see
There are more fish in the ocean
But somehow they're not for me

Caught with another
And reasons there are
She needs attention
When I'm at the bar
Now there's another
That's safe in her arms
And if that's not understood




Then I guess that you should
Break my heart

Overall Meaning

In this song, the singer is dealing with heartbreak after his lover has left him. He is resorting to drinking and drug use to cope with the pain. He describes himself as feeling blue and dark, and is trapped in a prison of heartbreak. He is still holding on to the memory of his lover, as evidenced by the ring she threw on the table before leaving him. He feels defeated and powerless, as if the jack has beaten the king in an old soap opera. However, despite everything, he still hopes to win and find love again.


The chorus of the song repeats the plea to break his heart, as if the singer is challenging his lover to hurt him more or to finally end things completely. He is asking for her to snap his feelings and walk out, but also acknowledges that there are other fish in the ocean, even though they may not be for him. The singer also reveals that his lover has found someone else, and implies that he may have driven her away with his drinking and absence. He concedes that if he can't be understood, then his lover may as well break his heart.


Line by Line Meaning

I hit the bottle
I turned to alcohol to cope with my problems


I hit the high
I searched for a high to distract myself from my struggles


Blue is my colour
I feel sad and down


Dark is my night
My situation feels bleak and hopeless


Now she has left me
The person I loved has abandoned me


I'm doing time
I feel trapped and stuck in my heartbreak


In this prison of a heart
My heart feels like a prison, trapping me in my pain


Where I've fallen apart and cried
I have broken down emotionally and cried


On to the table
She threw her ring at me


Where she threw her ring
She rejected me and our relationship


Slamming her goodbyes
She left me abruptly and without explanation


She took everything
She took all my love and left me with nothing


Now that the jack has
Now that I've lost everything


Beaten the king
I feel defeated


In this opera of old soap
In this dramatic and predictable situation


There has got to be some new hope
I need something to give me hope for the future


That I'll win
That I'll come out on top and find happiness again


Break my heart
End our relationship and put me out of my misery


Snap my feelings
End my emotional pain quickly and decisively


Walk out and see
Leave me and go find someone else


There are more fish in the ocean
There are plenty of other people out there to date


But somehow they're not for me
But none of them seem right for me


Caught with another
She cheated on me


And reasons there are
She had reasons for cheating, even if they don't justify it


She needs attention
She wasn't getting enough attention from our relationship


When I'm at the bar
I was too busy drinking and avoiding my problems to give her the attention she needed


Now there's another
She's moved on to someone else


That's safe in her arms
She's found someone who makes her feel secure and loved


And if that's not understood
If you don't understand why I'm heartbroken


Then I guess that you should
Then you should end things and put me out of my misery




Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHRIS DIFFORD, GLENN TILBROOK

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