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Cry by The Used

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The Used

Cry

Release date: 31st March 2014

From Imaginary Enemy
Track 2
3:30
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About This Track

'Cry' by The Used is a 2014 alternative track from the album 'Imaginary Enemy'. The lyrics take a bleak, volatile view of love and dependence, describing love as something that mutates without warning, leaving people feeling stranded and driven back. There is a repeated sense of inevitability in the idea that love is “a ticking time bomb”, turning affection into pressure rather than comfort. The voice sounds urgent, pleading for return while insisting the dynamic is not really a battle, even as it feels like one.

"Cry" is a single by The Used, from the album Imaginary Enemy, released 31st March 2014. The track is 3:30 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about The Used.

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Cry

You'll never know what it feels like til you're there
When love changes, faces appear from nowhere
Where beautiful, lovely is ugly or alone
You need me back bad, just can't be on your own

Love is not a battle, it's a ticking time bomb
Love is not a battle, it's a ticking time bomb

I'm gonna let you bleed for a little bit
I'm gonna make you beg just for making me cry
I'm gonna make you wish you never said goodbye

Now your life is broken, revolves around love
No love of yourself but the love you have lost
We said desperation is lonely despair
You don't love yourself, you've got no love to share

Love is not a battle, it's a ticking time bomb
Love is not a battle, it's a ticking time bomb

I'm gonna let you bleed for a little bit
I'm gonna make you beg just for making me cry
I'm gonna make you wish you never said goodbye
I'm gonna let you bleed for a little bit
I'm gonna make you beg just for making me cry
I'm gonna make you wish you never said goodbye

If you're gonna get me back you're gonna have to ask nicer than that
If you're gonna get me back you're gonna have to ask nicer than that
Nicer than that!
Nicer than that!
Nicer than that!
Nicer than that!

I'm gonna let you bleed for a little bit
I'm gonna make you beg just for making me cry
I'm gonna make you wish you never said goodbye
If you're gonna get me back you're gonna have to ask nicer than that
If you're gonna get me back you're gonna have to ask nicer than that
Never say goodbye!
If you're gonna get me back you're gonna have to ask nicer than that!

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Track details

From Imaginary Enemy

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Imaginary Enemy
Imaginary Enemy
The Used
1st April 2014
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2
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2014
  1. 1Revolution
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  2. 2Cry
    3:30
  3. 3El-Oh-Vee-Ee
    3:33
  4. 4A Song to Stifle Imperial Progression (A Work in Progress)
    4:06

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