Empty
The Manholes Lyrics
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lose you take my fist... and i won't bruise you take my hands... cuz i don't wanna feel you take my mind... and
i won't fear you take my lips... cuz i don't wanna lust you take my lies... cuz i don't trust you
now all i am is empty got nothin left of me and its killing me to be so empty!
pain... take it cuz i don't wanna hurt you game... play it and i won't burn you guilt... lay it cuz i don't
wanna blame you words... say it and i won't shame you heart... break it cuz i don't wanna hurt you soul... take
it and i won't rape you blood... spill it cuz i don't wanna shove you love... kill it cuz i won't fuck you
and all i am is empty don't need your sympathy cuz your confusing me while your consumming me and all i am is
as long as i hold you in contempt i hold you...
resentment is just my way of holding on
and now it's one i feel no pain i can't pretend i'm not the same stole my sole self control you don't know me
anymore tried to hide the way you kept me but you left me fuckin empty you left me so fuckin empty
and i'm the one to blame!
The Manholes's song Empty is a powerful and emotional song that express the pain and emptiness that the singer feels after being hurt and left feeling empty. The lyrics describe the singer's willingness to let go of everything, including their own identity and power, just to avoid losing someone, yet in the end they still feel empty. The first verse, where the singer asks to have their eyes, ears, pride, hands, mind and lips taken away, suggests that they don't want to see or hear the person who hurt them, they don't want to be proud or feel powerful, they don't want to feel the person's touch or have them in their thoughts, and they don't want to be tempted by them. All of this is to avoid being hurt again.
In the second verse, the singer seems to be telling the person who hurt them what they can do with the pain, guilt, words, heart, soul, and love. They are saying that they can take it all, because they don't want to be hurt or hurt the other person again. The singer seems to have given up on fighting for their own dignity and feels empty and consumed by the other person. The chorus expresses the depth of their despair and how they are left with nothing after giving up so much to avoid the pain.
The bridge of the song seems to be where the singer is acknowledging that their resentment is holding them back, and they don't want to feel that way anymore. However, they still feel the pain and emptiness that the other person has caused. The final line of the song, "and I'm the one to blame", suggests that the singer may be holding themselves responsible for the situation, even though they have given up so much to try to save the relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
take my eyes... i don't wanna see you
I am removing my eyes as I do not want to see you anymore.
take my ears... and i won't hear you
I am removing my ears as I do not want to hear you anymore.
take my pride... cuz i don't wanna lose you
I am sacrificing my pride so that I can keep you in my life.
take my fist... and i won't bruise you
I am sacrificing my ability to harm you physically.
take my hands... cuz i don't wanna feel you
I am removing my hands as I do not want to touch you anymore.
take my mind... and i won't fear you
I am sacrificing my mind's capacity to be afraid of you.
take my lips... cuz i don't wanna lust you
I am removing my lips as I do not want to desire you anymore.
take my lies... cuz i don't trust you
I am admitting that I have lied to you and that I do not trust you anymore.
now all i am is empty got nothin left of me and its killing me to be so empty!
I have removed so much of myself to try and hold onto you that I am now empty and this is destroying me.
pain... take it cuz i don't wanna hurt you
I am sacrificing my ability to feel pain so that I cannot hurt you.
game... play it and i won't burn you
I am sacrificing my ability to play games with you to prevent ourselves from being hurt.
guilt... lay it cuz i don't wanna blame you
I am accepting the blame so that I do not blame you and cause more harm.
words... say it and i won't shame you
I am sacrificing my ability to shame you with my words.
heart... break it cuz i don't wanna hurt you
I am sacrificing my heart so that I cannot hurt you emotionally.
soul... take it and i won't rape you
I am giving you my soul so that I cannot take anything from you without your consent.
blood... spill it cuz i don't wanna shove you
I am sacrificing my ability to be aggressive and violent towards you.
love... kill it cuz i won't fuck you
I am sacrificing my love for you so that I can resist sexual temptation.
and all i am is empty don't need your sympathy cuz your confusing me while your consumming me and all i am is empty with nothing left in me and it's killing me... to be so empty
I am now empty and do not need your pity, but you continue to consume me and confuse me, and this is destroying me even more.
as long as i hold you in contempt i hold you...
As long as I continue to see you with disdain, I am still holding onto you in some way.
resentment is just my way of holding on
My feelings of resentment towards you are a way for me to hold onto you.
and now it's one i feel no pain i can't pretend i'm not the same stole my sole self control you don't know me anymore tried to hide the way you kept me but you left me fuckin empty you left me so fuckin empty
Now that I am empty, I cannot pretend that I am the same person you knew before. You have taken away my self-control and I am no longer the person you used to know. You tried to keep me hidden away, but you ultimately left me feeling empty and alone.
and i'm the one to blame!
I am accepting responsibility for my part in this situation and the harm caused to our relationship.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALBERT RICO VILLASENOR, MARCELO PALOMINO, SCOTT UEDA, TAIRRIE BETH
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