Album: Some Devil (2003)

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• One last kiss, one only, then I let you go
  Hard for you, I've fallen, but you can't break my fall
  I'm broken, don't break me, when I hit the ground
  Some devil, some angel has got me to the bone
  
  You said, always and forever
  Now I believe you baby
  You said, always and forever is such a long and lonely time
  
  Too drunken, still drinking
  It's just the way I feel
  It's alright, is what you told me
  Cuz what we had was so beautiful
  But I feel heavy, like floating, at the bottom of the sea
  
  You said, always and forever
  Now I believe you baby
  You said, always and forever is such a long, lonely time
  
  Some devil is stuck inside me
  Why can't I set it free
  I wish I was dead, and you're breathing
  Just so that you could know
  Some angel is stuck inside me
  Why can't I set you free
  
  You said always and forever
  Now I believe baby
  You said always and forever, such a long, lonely time
  Stuck inside of me Writer/s: DAVID JOHN MATTHEWS
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Comments: 6

• Dmbfan from NjHe talks of a lover, not sister. He has the devil inside him when he's not doing right by her. He knows he's hurting her, feels unable to change, feels he should set her free because, despite it all, she can't seem to set herself free. He wants her to see that he does really love her and has a lot of good in him, but apparently he doesn't believe "the devil will leave him" til he's dead.
• Confused from UsaI really like this song, but I am thinking it is a little too dark. I think it is written from the perspective of Dave's brother in law who killed his sister, then committed suicide. I think it is in between the time the murder occurred and the suicide occurred. I listened to it for days and am a big DMB fan, and am sort of hoping I am wrong, but the lyrics make sense. I think Dave was trying to humanize his brother in laws actions, which I understand the need for, but it is haunting.
• David from FlaI’m a little late, considering this song is now 17 years old. But I still felt a need to comment. I never was a fan of DM, but this song blew me away! I played it over and over for days. It’s obviously about lost love. The big question is: is it a break up or did she die? Most lyric sites have the key to this question wrong: the line, “Wish I was dead and you were GRIEVING “. I saw a video of him singing the song live in Brazil. I watched and listen multiple times and the proper lyric is: “Wish I was dead and you were BREATHING”. She died. Now it all comes together. By the way, his sister was murdered just prior to him recording the album. Anyway, I’m a little long winded and no one will probably read this anyway, considering how old the post is.
• Deck from Syracuse, NyPlays over end credits of the 2003 movie 21 Grams.
  The song is not on the soundtrack CD.
• Joel from Princeton, NjI played this song over and over when I lost my girlfriend. I still play it at times and it makes me think how luck can change life in different ways.
• Joel from Port Elizabeth, South AfricaI like Dave Matthews. He did a stint on the American medical drama House MD. Some Devil was used in an episode. It is a depressing song but then the episode it was featured in was also depressing. Cheers.

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