Letra Foolish Games

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…
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