Your bed is the last battlefield, a nuclear weapon
Let’s search and destroy all the innocent throats we can step on
You bury your face underneath, half-hearted confessions
You poison yourself with the thought I won’t love you to death
Black lights across my face
Words that we’ll never write
Wait for the phone to ring
Back to the starting line, go!
I don’t feel pain, but I feel more than you’d ever know
I don’t feel shame, I don’t have highs, but I’ve got some lows
I feel a bit cursed, I’ve been numb and sinking down like a stone
I don’t feel pain, but I feel more than you’d ever know
More than you’d know
I shook all the leaves from your tree and left you with nothing
I can’t see the colors you see, they won’t see me coming
The ivy is starting to creep, it grows through the awnings
It’s dawning on me that I shouldn’t be trying at all
Black lights across my face
Words that we’ll never write
Wait for the phone to ring
Back to the starting line, go!
I don’t feel pain, but I feel more than you’d ever know
I don’t feel shame, I don’t have highs, but I’ve got some lows
I feel a bit cursed, I’ve been numb and sinking down like a stone
I don’t feel pain, but I feel more than you’d ever know
More than you’d know
It goes on and on, I swear we don’t belong
On and on, I swear we don’t belong (We’re lonely, wherever, too tongue-tied forever)
It goes on and on, I swear it don’t belong (We’re lonely, wherever, too tongue-tied forever)
I don’t feel pain, but I feel more than you’d ever know
I don’t feel shame, I don’t have highs, but I’ve got some lows
I feel a bit cursed, I’ve been numb and sinking down like a stone
I don’t feel pain, but I feel more than you’d ever know
More than you’d know
Unpacking Emotional Numbness and Vulnerability
“MORE THAN YOU KNOW” by Blink-182 dives deep into the complexities of emotional numbness and the struggle to communicate feelings in a relationship. The song uses vivid imagery—like a bed as a “last battlefield” and confessions hidden beneath blankets—to illustrate internal battles and the difficulty of expressing pain. Its chorus reveals a paradox: while the narrator claims not to feel pain, they admit to feeling “more than you’d ever know,” suggesting a hidden depth of emotion masked by apathy. The repetition of being “numb and sinking down like a stone” underscores a sense of helplessness and isolation, while the refrain “on and on, I swear we don’t belong” hints at ongoing alienation and self-doubt.
Song Credits
Artist: Blink-182
Songwriters: Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, Travis Barker
Release Year: 2023
Label: Columbia Records