Hoax Lyric Interpretation

This song is about a relationship that this partner was so enthralled with, they couldn't accept that it was no more.

My only one

At the beginning, she had thought that it would be that person, forever and always, just them.

''My smoking gun

My eclipsed sun''

These things both involve heat and darkness. An eclipsed sun is obscure and thus abstruse. A gun is a weapon of destruction, and the smoke drifting off of it indicates that it has shot and brought destruction. Maybe the fact that they can't be together hurt her the way a gun would hurt her.

This has broken me down

She can't get her mind off of this, and it's blown at her so hard.

My twisted knife

Here there is a different metaphor. The smoking gun was a weapon, but was it successful? A twisted knife wouldn't serve its purpose, since it's twisted. Maybe the other person is a knife, someone that tries to hurt her but badly bungles the attempt due to being "twisted".

My sleepless night

Here, she shows even more inferior consternation.

My win-less fight

This whole thing is pointless but she's a part of it anyway, under the mindset that it must be worth it. Why?

This has frozen my ground

Your ground is like your defense, it's something you are supposed to stand firmly upon. If your ground is frozen, does that mean it's difficult to move? This one is bit more vague.

''Stood on the cliffside

Screaming, "Give me a reason"''

The cliffside is something that is very hard to hang on to. She's barely making it. And is it worth taking all the risk? Is there a good reason for doing it? She's deep in wonder and overwhelmed for not knowing.

''Your faithless love's the only hoax

I believe in

Don't want no other shade of blue

But you

No other sadness in the world would do''

Even though it's hard, she still wants it. Why? She is not sure. But something about it is keeping her here. Something that compensates for all that pain. The idea of a "hoax" hints deception...?

My best laid plan

Your sleight of hand

My barren land

I am ash from your fire

Stood on the cliffside

Screaming "Give me a reason"

Your faithless love's the only hoax

I believe in

Don't want no other shade of blue

But you

No other sadness in the world would do

You know I left a part of me back in New York

You knew the hero died, so what's the movie for?

You knew it still hurts underneath my scars

From when they pulled me apart

You knew the password, so I let you in the door

You knew you won, so what's the point of keeping score?

You knew it still hurts underneath my scars

From when they pulled me apart

But what you did was just as dark

Darling, this was just as hard

As when they pulled me apart

My only one

My kingdom come undone

My broken drum

You have beaten my heart

Don't want no other shade of blue

But you

No other sadness in the world would do