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[Verse 1]
The drumset is gone
And the rug it was on
Is still here screaming at me
Why did you take it all away?
Why did you take it all away?
And the dialing of the phone
Is no longer wrong
Since you’ve been done with me
And you don’t want to talk with me at all
Why did you take it all away?
I did nothing wrong
I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it
I don’t believe your reasoning
Now I understand, you’re a human
And you got to lie, you’re a man
And you got to get what you want
How you want it, cause so do I
And I wanted to try
[Chorus]
Why did you not want to try?
Why did you take it all away?
Why did you not want to try?
Why did you take it all away?
Why did you not want to try?
Why did you take it all away?
Why did you not want to try?
Why did you take it all away?
[Post-Chorus]
Why did you take it all away? (You took it all away)
Why did you take it all away? (You took it all away, took it)
Why did you take it all away? (You took it all away)
Why did you take it all away? (You took it all away)
[Verse 1]
The drumset is gone
And the rug it was on
Is still here screaming at me (You took it all away, took it)
Why did you take it all away?
Why did you take it all away? (You took it all away, took it)
And the dialing of the phone (You took it all away, took it)
Is no longer wrong (You took it all away, took it)
Since you’ve been done with me
And you don’t want to talk with me at all
Why did you take it all away?
I did nothing wrong
I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it
I don’t believe your reasoning
Now I understand, you’re a human
And you got to lie, you’re a man
And you got to get what you want
How you want it, cause so do I
And I wanted to try
[Chorus]
Why did you not want to try?
Why did you take it all away?
Why did you not want to try?
Why did you take it all away?
Why did you not want to try?
Why did you take it all away?
Why did you not want to try?
Why did you take it all away?
And
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Analiza piosenki
KiedyFiona Apple była zdenerwowana niedawnym zerwaniem z pisarzem Jonathanem Amesem, wdała się w pijacką kłótnię z członkami zespołu; Amy Aileen Wood zabrała swoje bębny na koncert. To właśnie wtedy napisała gorzko przewrotną piosenkę o odrzuceniu.
„Jonathan ze mną zerwał i myślę, że spodziewałam się, że wszyscy mnie odrzucą. Jeśli nie chciał ze mną pracować ale wiem, że mnie kocha, to wy też nie będziecie ze mną pracować. Ponieważ [zespół i ja] pokłóciliśmy się, a potem zabrali niektóre instrumenty. Źle to zinterpretowałam, ponieważ byli na mnie wkurzeni, ale teraz nie zamierzają wracać. „Och, nikt mnie nie kocha”. Amy tak naprawdę nie wzięła bębnów z mojego domu. Wyjęła je, ale to dlatego, że miała koncert. Zrozumiałam, że wszyscy byli na mnie źli.
Podniosłam telefon po odejściu zespołu i zaśpiewałam do niego: „Zestaw perkusyjny zniknął, a dywan, na którym był, wciąż tu jest, krzycząc na mnie”. Tak samo robiłam, kiedy byłam dzieckiem. „W pewnym momencie możesz usłyszeć, jak się śmieję, ponieważ… Mercy podchodzi do mnie i zaczyna mnie całować podczas nagrywania. Nikt inny nie byłby w stanie go usłyszeć, ale ilekroć słyszę tę piosenkę, będę mógł zapamiętać ten moment ”.













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