Frontier Justice
Frontier Justice Unveiled: Love Betrayed, Heartbreak Prevails
Lyrics
When you said you loved me
Expressing the moment when the person declared love.
You looked me straight in the eye
Emphasizing the sincerity of the declaration by direct eye contact.
And you knew I bought it
Indicates the speaker believed the declaration.
Then you knew it was a low down lie
Realization that the declaration was a deceitful lie.
You put your boots under my bed
Suggests the betrayer had a physical presence in the speaker's life.
Put dreams in my head
Implies the betrayer influenced the speaker's aspirations.
And when you said goodbye
Describes the departure of the betrayer.
There was nothing I could do but cry
Expresses the speaker's emotional response, feeling helpless and crying.
'Cause you can't hang 'em high
Metaphorically stating the inability to take severe action.
You can't lay 'em low
Continues the metaphor, unable to retaliate in any way.
The way you could honey years ago
Recalls a time when standards of love and honor were different.
When love and honor weren't on the list
Reflects on a time when moral values were less considered.
If frontier justice proveiled today
Implies a desire for traditional justice rather than legal means.
My daddy and brothers would make you pay
Shows a wish for retribution from family members.
That's the kind of justice you'd understand
Desires a form of justice comprehensible to the betrayer.
Well I hope she's pretty
Expresses a hope for the betrayer's new partner to possess positive traits.
Yeah I hope she's sweet
Continues the hope for positive qualities in the new partner.
Hope you also got her to make you cheat and heart skip a beat
Suggests a wish for the betrayer's infidelity and emotional turmoil.
I hope she takes you for a long ride
Desires the new partner to cause the betrayer hardship.
And leaves you stranded by the roadside
Wishes for the betrayer to experience abandonment.
When your thinking how she broke your heart
Hopes for the betrayer's regret and reminiscence about the speaker.
I hope you think of me
Expresses regret at the betrayer's inability to feel the same consequences.
Too bad you can't hang 'em high
Reiterates the impossibility of severe retribution.
You can't lay 'em low
Repeats the inability to enact revenge as before.
The way you could honey years ago
Reflects on a past time when justice was executed differently.
When love and honor weren't on the list
Recalls a period when love and honor had less significance.
If frontier justice proveiled today
Reiterates the desire for traditional justice rather than modern approaches.
My daddy and my brothers would make you pay
Repeats the wish for retribution from family members.
That's the kind of justice you'd understand
Desires justice that the betrayer would comprehend.
Yeah
Reiterates the desire for traditional justice.
If frontier justice proveiled today
Repeats the longing for a form of justice the betrayer would understand.
My daddy and my brothers would make you pay
Emphasizes the wish for retribution from family members.
That's the kind of justice you'd understand
Reiterates the desire for justice the betrayer would relate to.
Yeah
Continues the longing for a comprehensible form of justice.
If frontier justice
Repeats the desire for traditional justice.
A little frontier justice
Reiterates the longing for traditional retribution.
Oh give me frontier justice
Concludes with a plea for traditional justice.
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