La canción Foolish Games fue escrita por Jewel Kilcher y Steve Poltz. Fue inspirada por una relación amorosa que terminó, reflejando el dolor y la vulnerabilidad después de la ruptura. La canción destaca los juegos emocionales y las palabras descuidadas que pueden herir en una relación.
You took your coat off and stood in the rain You were always crazy like that And I watched from my window, always felt I was outside looking in on you You were always the mysterious one with dark eyes and careless hair You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care Then you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say besides some comment on the weather
Well, in case you failed to notice In case you failed to see This is my heart bleeding before you This is me down on my knees
These foolish games are tearing me apart And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart You're breaking my heart
You were always brilliant in the morning Smoking your cigarettes, and talking over coffee Your philosophies on art, Baroque moved you, You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones As I clumsily strummed my guitar You'd teach me of honest things Things that were daring, things that were clean Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean So I hid my soiled hands behind my back Somewhere along the line I must've gone off track with you
Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else Somebody who gave a damn, Somebody more like myself
These foolish games are tearing me, you're tearing me, you're tearing me apart And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart You're breaking my heart
You took your coat off and stood in the rain, you were always crazy like that… (fade out)