Don't hurt me.
The Ghost and Swift Moths Lyrics


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Her turn signal blinked to the east
Towards the long wooden pier that hangs over the beach
She took off her dress
And she walked towards the sea
And thought maybe it could sweep away me

His engine turned off with the keys
As he ran towards her, he fell to his knees
He said what have I done wrong
He said what did I forget
She looked away and she wept

He said why don't you show me where it hurts
Why don't you show me where it hurts
He said why don't you show me where it hurts
Where it hurts the most

She said it follows me wherever I go
I wake up each morning and the darkness unfolds
Yeah I just cant fake it
Everything's like a choir
And I cant live like this anymore

He said why don't you show me where it hurts
He said why don't you show me where it hurts
He said why don't you show me where it hurts
Where it hurts the most

I guess it'd be easier just to keep it all buried beneath

He said why don't you show me where it hurts
Why don't you show me where it hurts




He said why don't you show me where it hurts
Where it hurts the most

Overall Meaning

The Ghost and Swift Moths's song "Don't Hurt Me" is an emotionally charged portrayal of a conversation between two people caught up in the tumultuous nature of their relationship. The song centers on the idea of emotional vulnerability, the fear of showing one's true feelings and the resulting consequences of burying them for too long. The opening lines describe a woman who walks towards the sea, hoping it might "sweep away" her troubles. Meanwhile, a man nearby falls to his knees and tearfully asks what he has done wrong.


The subsequent verses paint a vivid picture of the woman's emotional struggle, which follows her wherever she goes. Despite her partner's requests for her to open up and share her pain, she finds it hard to do so, feeling like she's drowning in her emotions. The repeated refrain "why don't you show me where it hurts, where it hurts the most" underscores the importance of emotional openness and communication in any relationship.


The song's lyrics are incredibly poetic and moving, conveying the depths of human emotions in a powerful and poignant way. They touch upon themes of love, loss, and heartache that are universally relatable, making the song a timeless piece of writing.


Line by Line Meaning

Her turn signal blinked to the east
She signaled her intention to head towards the eastern part, maybe towards a pier.


Towards the long wooden pier that hangs over the beach
The destination she headed towards was a long wooden pier that extended over the beach.


She took off her dress
She removed her clothing.


And she walked towards the sea
She moved towards the sea or ocean.


And thought maybe it could sweep away me
She possibly had thoughts of being swept away by the sea, burden or otherwise.


His engine turned off with the keys
He switched off his engine using the keys.


As he ran towards her, he fell to his knees
While speeding towards her direction, he ended up on his knees as he got closer.


He said what have I done wrong
He asked what actions or decisions of his were wrong or bad.


He said what did I forget
He wanted to know what he left out or overlooked.


She looked away and she wept
She turned her face, avoided his gaze, shed tears.


He said why don't you show me where it hurts
He asked her to reveal or express where she's hurting or feeling pain.


Why don't you show me where it hurts
He repeated his request for her to pinpoint the source of her distress or anguish.


She said it follows me wherever I go
She expressed that the problem or challenge she's facing is always with her wherever she goes.


I wake up each morning and the darkness unfolds
Every day when she wakes up, the unfavorable situation she's in continues to unravel or worsen.


Yeah I just can't fake it
She's unable to pretend or conceal her true feelings or reality.


Everything's like a choir
Everything feels repetitive, monotonous, like a choir singing the same thing over and over.


And I can't live like this anymore
She can no longer tolerate living or existing in that situation.


Where it hurts the most
He emphasized her revealing what hurts her the most, where the pain is maximum.


I guess it'd be easier just to keep it all buried beneath
She probably thought it would be simpler to suppress, hide or bury everything beneath the surface.




Lyrics © CYPMP
Written by: BEN THORNEWILL, JESSE KRISTIN, TOMMY SIEGEL

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

jaimah jaimah

Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Brown guilty eyes and little white lies
Yeah, I played dumb but I always knew
That you'd talk to her, maybe did even worse
I kept quiet so I could keep you
And ain't it funny
How you ran to her
The second that we called it quits?
And ain't it funny
How you said you were friends?
Now it sure as hell don't look like it
You betrayed me
And I know that you'll never feel sorry
For the way I hurt, yeah
You'd talk to her
When we were together
Loved you at your worst
But that didn't matter
It took you two weeks
To go off and date her
Guess you didn't cheat
But you're still a traitor
Now you bring her around
Just to shut me down
Show her off like she's a new trophy
And I know if you were true
There's no damn way that you
Could fall in love with somebody that quickly
Ain't it funny
All the twisted games
All the questions you used to avoid?
Ain't it funny?
Remember I brought her up
And you told me I was paranoid
You betrayed me
And I know that you'll never feel sorry
For the way I hurt, yeah
You'd talk to her
When we were together
Loved you at your worst
But that didn't matter
It took you two weeks
To go off and date her
Guess you didn't cheat
But you're still a traitor
God, I wish that you had thought this through
Before I went and fell in love with you
(Ah-ah-ah)
When she's sleeping in the bed we made
Don't you dare forget about the way
You betrayed me
'Cause I know that you'll never feel sorry
For the way I hurt, yeah
You'd talk to her
When we were together
You gave me your word
But that didn't matter
It took you two weeks
To go off and date her
Guess you didn't cheat
But you're still
You're still a traitor (ah-ah-ah)
Yeah, you're still a traitor
Ooh-ooh-ooh
God, I wish that you had thought this through
Before I went and fell in love with you
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Luiza Martins

Olhos castanhos culpados e mentirinhas do bem
Sim, eu me fiz de boba, mas sempre soube
Que você falava com ela, talvez tenha feito ainda pior
Eu fiquei quieta para poder manter você

E não é engraçado
Como você correu para ela
No segundo em que terminamos?

E não é engraçado
Como você disse que eram amigos?
Agora com certeza não parece isso

Você me traiu
E eu sei que você nunca vai se arrepender
Pelo jeito que me machucou, sim

Você conversava com ela quando estávamos juntos
Amei você no seu pior momento, mas isso não importou
Demorou duas semanas para você começar a namorar ela
Talvez você não tenha me traído, mas ainda é um traidor

Agora você a traz aqui
Só para me deixar mal
A exibe como se ela fosse um novo troféu

E eu sei que se você fosse verdadeiro
De jeito nenhum que você
Poderia se apaixonar por alguém tão rapidamente

Não é engraçado?
Todos os jogos distorcidos
Todas as perguntas que você costumava evitar?

Não é engraçado?
Lembra que eu a mencionei
E você me disse que eu era paranoica?

Você me traiu
E eu sei que você nunca vai se arrepender
Pelo jeito que me machucou, sim

Você conversava com ela quando estávamos juntos
Amei você no seu pior momento, mas isso não importou
Demorou duas semanas para você começar a namorar ela
Talvez você não tenha me traído, mas ainda é um traidor

Deus, gostaria que você tivesse pensado melhor
Antes de eu cair nessa e me apaixonar por você
Quando ela estiver dormindo na cama que arrumamos
Não se atreva a esquecer do jeito que

Você me traiu
Porque eu sei que você nunca vai se arrepender
Pelo jeito que me machucou, sim

Você conversava com ela quando estávamos juntos
Você me deu sua palavra, mas isso não importou
Demorou duas semanas para você começar a namorar ela
Talvez você não tenha me traído, mas ainda é

Você ainda é um traidor
Sim, você ainda é um traidor

Deus, gostaria que você tivesse pensado melhor
Antes de eu cair nessa e me apaixonar por você



🧿•ZOE COLMAN•🧿

Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ojos marrones culpables y pequeñas mentiras piadosas
Brown guilty eyes and little white lies

Sí, me hice el tonto, pero siempre supe
Yeah, I played dumb but I always knew

Que hablarías con ella, tal vez incluso peor
That you'd talk to her, maybe did even worse

Me quedé callado para poder mantenerte
I kept quiet so I could keep you
¿Y no es gracioso?
And ain't it funny

Cómo corriste hacia ella
How you ran to her

¿El segundo en que lo dejamos?
The second that we called it quits?
¿Y no es gracioso?
And ain't it funny

¿Cómo dijiste que erais amigos?
How you said you were friends?

Ahora seguro como el infierno que no lo parece
Now it sure as hell don't look like it
Me traicionaste
You betrayed me

Y sé que nunca te arrepentirás
And I know that you'll never feel sorry

Por la forma en que me duele, sí
For the way I hurt, yeah

Hablarías con ella
You'd talk to her

cuando estábamos juntos
When we were together

Te amé en tu peor momento
Loved you at your worst

Pero eso no importó
But that didn't matter
Te tomó dos semanas
It took you two weeks

Salir y salir con ella
To go off and date her

Supongo que no hiciste trampa
Guess you didn't cheat

Pero sigues siendo un traidor
But you're still a traitor
Ahora la traes alrededor
Now you bring her around

Solo para apagarme
Just to shut me down

Muéstrala como si fuera un nuevo trofeo
Show her off like she's a new trophy
Y sé si eras verdad
And I know if you were true

No hay maldita manera de que tú
There's no damn way that you

Podría enamorarse de alguien tan rápido
Could fall in love with somebody that quickly
¿No es gracioso?
Ain't it funny

Todos los juegos retorcidos
All the twisted games

¿Todas las preguntas que solías evitar?
All the questions you used to avoid?
¿No es gracioso?
Ain't it funny?

Recuerda que la crié
Remember I brought her up

Y me dijiste que estaba paranoico
And you told me I was paranoid
Me traicionaste
You betrayed me

Y sé que nunca te arrepentirás
And I know that you'll never feel sorry

Por la forma en que me duele, sí
For the way I hurt, yeah

Hablarías con ella
You'd talk to her

cuando estábamos juntos
When we were together

Te amé en tu peor momento
Loved you at your worst

Pero eso no importó
But that didn't matter
Te tomó dos semanas
It took you two weeks

Salir y salir con ella
To go off and date her

Supongo que no hiciste trampa
Guess you didn't cheat

Pero sigues siendo un traidor
But you're still a traitor
Dios, desearía que hubieras pensado en esto
God, I wish that you had thought this through

Antes de irme y enamorarme de ti
Before I went and fell in love with you

(Ah ah ah)
(Ah-ah-ah)

Cuando ella está durmiendo en la cama que hicimos
When she's sleeping in the bed we made

No te atrevas a olvidar el camino
Don't you dare forget about the way
Me traicionaste
You betrayed me

Porque sé que nunca te arrepentirás
'Cause I know that you'll never feel sorry

Por la forma en que me duele, sí
For the way I hurt, yeah

Hablarías con ella
You'd talk to her

cuando estábamos juntos
When we were together

me diste tu palabra
You gave me your word

Pero eso no importó
But that didn't matter
Te tomó dos semanas
It took you two weeks

Salir y salir con ella
To go off and date her

Supongo que no hiciste trampa
Guess you didn't cheat

pero todavía estás
But you're still

Sigues siendo un traidor (ah-ah-ah)
You're still a traitor (ah-ah-ah)

Sí, sigues siendo un traidor
Yeah, you're still a traitor
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh

Dios, desearía que hubieras pensado en esto
God, I wish that you had thought this through

Antes de irme y enamorarme de ti
Before I went and fell in love with you



🧿•ZOE COLMAN•🧿

Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Brown guilty eyes and little white lies
Yeah, I played dumb but I always knew
That you'd talk to her, maybe did even worse
I kept quiet so I could keep you
And ain't it funny
How you ran to her
The second that we called it quits?
And ain't it funny
How you said you were friends?
Now it sure as hell don't look like it
You betrayed me
And I know that you'll never feel sorry
For the way I hurt, yeah
You'd talk to her
When we were together
Loved you at your worst
But that didn't matter
It took you two weeks
To go off and date her
Guess you didn't cheat
But you're still a traitor
Now you bring her around
Just to shut me down
Show her off like she's a new trophy
And I know if you were true
There's no damn way that you
Could fall in love with somebody that quickly
Ain't it funny
All the twisted games
All the questions you used to avoid?
Ain't it funny?
Remember I brought her up
And you told me I was paranoid
You betrayed me
And I know that you'll never feel sorry
For the way I hurt, yeah
You'd talk to her
When we were together
Loved you at your worst
But that didn't matter
It took you two weeks
To go off and date her
Guess you didn't cheat
But you're still a traitor
God, I wish that you had thought this through
Before I went and fell in love with you
(Ah-ah-ah)
When she's sleeping in the bed we made
Don't you dare forget about the way
You betrayed me
'Cause I know that you'll never feel sorry
For the way I hurt, yeah
You'd talk to her
When we were together
You gave me your word
But that didn't matter
It took you two weeks
To go off and date her
Guess you didn't cheat
But you're still
You're still a traitor (ah-ah-ah)
Yeah, you're still a traitor
Ooh-ooh-ooh
God, I wish that you had thought this through
Before I went and fell in love with you



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This song hits different when you really get betrayed by the person who you thought was your true love. 💔

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I was betrayed by my best friend because she asked others if I said something bad and some said things that I never said

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So true 😔

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