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I don't suppose I'll ever know-
What it means to be a man...
It's something I can't change.

I wanna wake up where you are.
I won't say anything at all.

Let's just let it slide.

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Seriously, when in ignorance of what it's written about this is one of the better love songs written in the last ten years. It's catchy, touching, rhythmically pleasing, and feels distinctly genuine, which is a rare feat for most recorded love songs. Once the real meaning is discovered the song really changes though. It goes from beauty, shelter and promises to pleading, consolation, and reality-bending tragedy. The song is written about frontman, Johnny Rzeznik's very strained relationship with his fiance after she chose to abort her and Rzeznik's baby upon deciding she wasn't a suitable mother yet. It's really heartbreaking if you think about it... not too long after the song was written and recorded the relationship fell apart.

It's really sad the way that love can die like that. One day, you're on top of the world, and everything is bright and joyous, and you feel like nothing can bring you down. It takes only a moment for everything to come crashing down. Hearts broken, thoughts lost and confused, emotions without direction, and scared spirit. It hurts when love dies.

In the end though, we all know it's worth it. Everything that comes out of knowing that you belong with someone is worth all the pain and risk.