Mental Revenge
Mental Revenge: Turning Heartbreak into Triumph
Lyrics
Well I hope the friend you've thrown yourself with
The speaker wishes negative consequences upon the friend their former partner has chosen to be with.
Gets drunk and loses his job
Expresses a desire for the friend to face troubles such as getting drunk and losing their job.
And that the road you're walking on
Desires hardships (metaphorically represented as a difficult road) for the person the speaker is addressing.
Gets cold rocky and hard
Further emphasizes the wish for a challenging, uncomfortable path for the subject.
I couldn't make you love me
Expresses the speaker's inability to make the addressed person love them, resulting in personal distress.
You only made me blue
Blames the addressed person for causing the speaker emotional pain and sadness.
So all in all if the curtain should fall
If circumstances lead to an ending, the speaker wishes it to be unfavorable for the addressed person.
I hope that it falls on you
Hopes that if there's a conclusion or downfall, it impacts the addressed person negatively.
I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge
Reiterates the intention of seeking psychological retribution against the addressed person.
I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge
Emphasizes the determination to have mental revenge for the perceived wrongs suffered.
Well I hope the train from Caribou Maine
Wishes for a disastrous event (symbolized by a train accident) involving the addressed person's romantic relationship.
Runs over your sweet love affair
Expresses a desire for the destruction of the addressed person's love affair.
You walk the floor from door to door
Implies that the addressed person will be restless and distressed due to the relationship's problems.
And pull out your peroxide hair
Suggests extreme stress or anxiety, depicted by the image of pulling out one's hair.
You never was my woman
Denies any genuine belonging or commitment to the addressed person because of their lack of truthfulness.
'Cause you were never true
Attributes the lack of a real relationship to the addressed person's dishonesty.
So all in all if the curtain should fall
Similar to earlier lines, wishes for an unfavorable outcome to befall the addressed person.
I hope that it falls on you
Repeats the hope for negative consequences to impact the addressed person.
I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge
Restates the determination to seek psychological retribution against the addressed person.
I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge
Reiterates the resolve to have mental revenge for the perceived wrongs endured.
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