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Coward
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joanna lavan female girl
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Female sung straight-forward rock with a touch of darkness...literally
All my songwriting comes from a place of total honesty and a sense of sarcasm. I sing about love and all the emotional complexities of being in love, losing yourself, toughening yourself up and all in all the struggles of being alive.
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Genre
Alternative • Alt Power Pop
Charts
Peak #739
Peak in subgenre #56
Author
Joanna
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Yes
Uploaded
September 21, 2003
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MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
This song is about the viscious circle created when a man physically or emotionally abuses a woman. That is, the odd phenomenon of the woman who stays with a man who beats her. I've thought a lot about the subject and have come to the conclusion that the psychological appeal of abusive relationships is not the pain of the abuse but the comforting reward of when the abusive man feels guilt and overcompensates for his cruelty by generous acts of love and kindness. Hence "You're a coward, the worst kind there is...but you knew just when to buy me roses." This song is sung from the point of view of the woman being abused by a man. Really - those men are cowards and women in those relationships need to realize they are better without than within. However, abuse is often a tradition - passed down through generations like a hideous, threadbare sweater. If a man grows up knowing no other way and a woman grows up knowing no other way - the pattern will thrive forever. That's my psych 101 for the day.
Lyrics
It's late at night do you know where I am? I've gone off without you again And I'll step on a crack cuz I'd love to break your back, how can you even call yourself a man? The sidewalk sways like a snake in the sun and I walk like a cat upon them But I won't drink from your bowl cuz your milk is much too old How can you even call yourself a man? You're a coward, the worst kind there is You cheat and then you call me dishonest And when you kiss me I taste hatred on your tongue But all your friends think you're a nice guy But if I could go back I'd do it all again Cuz you knew just when to buy me roses I picture you as the sky turns gray I think of all those times that you hit me And I still bleed inside from all those tears you made me cry How can you even call yorself a man? It's three am do you know where I am? I'm wandering the streets looking thru trash cans Somewhere along the line my heart stopped beating time and you threw it in the alley just for kicks, HUH! You're a coward, the worst kind there is You cheat and then you call me dishonest And when you kiss me I taste hatred on your tongue But all your friends think you're a nice guy But if I could go back I'd do it all again Cuz you knew just when to buy me roses But if I could go back I'd do it all again Cuz you knew just when to buy me roses Coward Coward Coward Coward Coward
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