Over all, this song is about falling for someone who hurts her repeatedly.

'and I know that you see what your doing to me, tell me why' she knows that he knows that he's hurting her, but she's confused as to why he hurts her. 'here's to you and your temper, yes, I remember what you said last night,' she's letting him know that she can hear everything he says, remembers it, And that words burgher.

'I need you like a heartbeat, but you know you got a meanstreak, makes me run for cover when your around' she needs him like she would need her heart to live, but she can't be around him because he hurts her too much. 'you tell me that you love me then cut me down' he says that he loves her, but then hurts her. I'm sick and tired of your attitude, im feeling like I don't know you) he's shown a side of him that she's never seen, and she feels like she doesn't really know him anymore because of that. Tell Me Why that you lied Tell Me Why you didnt try Tell Me Why you left me behind Tell Me Why we wasted our time Tell Me Why, Tell Me Why, Tell Me. He then did something that hurt her, and she saw that he never really cared about her, (you took a swing, I took it hard, and down here from the ground I see who you are.) (you might think I'm bulletproof, but I'm not) He thought that he could say anything to her, and the words wouldn't hurt her, but when he did that, she saw that she obviously didn't mean enough to him for him to try not to hurt her.

I think it was about her taking a chance with this boy to see if he was the one (I took a chance, I took a shot) - and he wasn't.

The lyric of the song named tell me why