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Edit Lyrics Understand once he was a family manso surely I would never, ever go through it first handEmulate all the shit my mother hatedI can't help but demostrate my Freudian fateMy alibi for taking your guyhistory repeats itself, it fails to dieand animal agression is my downfallI don't care 'bout what you got I wanted allIt's bricked up in my head, it's shoved under my bedand I question myself again: what is it 'bout men?My destructive side has grown a mile wideand I question myself again: what is it 'bout men?I'm nurturing, I just wanna do my thingand I'll take the wrong man as naturally as I singand I'll save my tears for uncovering my fearsfor behavioural patters that stick over the yearsIt's bricked up in my head, it's shoved under my bedand I question myself again: what is it 'bout men?My destructive side has grown a mile wideand I question myself again: what is it 'bout men? New! Log in to start a snippet Understand once he was a family man so surely I would never, ever go through it first hand Emulate all the shit my mother hated I can't help but demostrate my Freudian fate My alibi for taking your guy history repeats itself, it fails to die and animal agression is my downfall I don't care 'bout what you got I wanted all It's bricked up in my head, it's shoved under my bed and I question myself again: what is it 'bout men? My destructive side has grown a mile wide and I question myself again: what is it 'bout men? I'm nurturing, I just wanna do my thing and I'll take the wrong man as naturally as I sing and I'll save my tears for uncovering my fears for behavioural patters that stick over the years It's bricked up in my head, it's shoved under my bed and I question myself again: what is it 'bout men? My destructive side has grown a mile wide and I question myself again: what is it 'bout men? Correcting wrong lyrics Fixing missing lines Removing extra lines Updating to official version Switching between clean/explicit (official) Fixing line breaks or spacing Correcting stanza/section order Removing unofficial annotations or brackets Correcting punctuation or capitalization Fixing spelling/typo errors Removing non-lyric content Standardizing formatting Other (explain below) Lyrics saved successfully! Thanks! These lyrics are currently locked and can only be edited by moderators and administrators. You must be logged in to edit lyrics. Unable to save lyrics. Please try again. Lyrics cannot contain links. Lyric edit submitted successfully and is pending approval. Approvals usually take 24 hours. Edit Cancel Editing Tips Keep it true to the song

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View Profile Dismiss by missme 19y ago

"I can't help but demostrate my Freudian fate My alibi for taking your guy history repeats itself, it fails to die"

she's saying even though she tried her "all the shit my mother hated" and not have to go through it, she ended up going through exactly what her mother did, by going for a man like her father...

"I can't help but demostrate my Freudian fate My alibi for taking your guy history repeats itself, it fails to die" she's saying even though she tried her "all the shit my mother hated" and not have to go through it, she ended up going through exactly what her mother did, by going for a man like her father... Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 0 Users: Reply · 0 Share by candy.clouds 18y ago

Yup exactly right missme. It's about her dad having an affair. Then it happened to Amy. Sad, but good song.

Yup exactly right missme. It's about her dad having an affair. Then it happened to Amy. Sad, but good song. Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 0 Users: Reply · 0 Share by Eponymous Economist 18y ago

I think this song is about her, as much as it is about a cheating guy. She's sleeping with a bloke who's married, and she hates that he's doing this to his wife, while at the same time realising that she's just as bad; she's doing to this woman what her father and his lover did to her mother.

The Freudian fate thing, I think, is brilliant; she's just doing the same thing her father did because she's screwed up...

It's like the guy said in the intro to the deluxe edition of Frank, she could just as easily be singing "What it is about me" rather than "What it is about men", she'd just rather not blame herself; she'd have to hate herself then.

I think this song is about her, as much as it is about a cheating guy. She's sleeping with a bloke who's married, and she hates that he's doing this to his wife, while at the same time realising that she's just as bad; she's doing to this woman what her father and his lover did to her mother. The Freudian fate thing, I think, is brilliant; she's just doing the same thing her father did because she's screwed up... It's like the guy said in the intro to the deluxe edition of Frank, she could just as easily be singing "What it is about me" rather than "What it is about men", she'd just rather not blame herself; she'd have to hate herself then. Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 0 Users: Reply · 0 Share by obstacle2 10y ago

Love this one. Think its meaning is pretty clear; she grew up with a crappy father who I'm interpreting cheated on her mother or something equally shitty. She talks about her you'd think this would deter her from bad men, and bad relationship behaviour but her "Freudian fate" means she finds herself pursuing equally unhealthy and immoral relationships in the form of sleeping with a taken guy - this is her "destructive side" which has "grown a mile wide" and become a really dysfunctional routine form of behaviour for her - she can't stay away from the lure of the immorality of it all; "animal aggression is my downfall"

Love this one. Think its meaning is pretty clear; she grew up with a crappy father who I'm interpreting cheated on her mother or something equally shitty. She talks about her you'd think this would deter her from bad men, and bad relationship behaviour but her "Freudian fate" means she finds herself pursuing equally unhealthy and immoral relationships in the form of sleeping with a taken guy - this is her "destructive side" which has "grown a mile wide" and become a really dysfunctional routine form of behaviour for her - she can't stay away from the lure of the immorality of it all; "animal aggression is my downfall" Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 0 Users: Reply · 0 Share 1 Song Info Submitted by element_x On Sep 22, 2004 More Amy Winehouse Back To Black You Know I'm No Good Rehab Tears Dry On Their Own Wake Up Alone

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