Barenaked Ladies - Off The Hook Lyrics
All around the room your things are placed
And next to you he fills the space
And so it seems your saving grace is only saving face
The pictures of the two of you on holiday, on honeymoon
You thought that he was wanting you,
Let him off the hook
He was your imaginary friend,
You were partners til the end
Then something bends, and then it breaks, your worst mistake
Accepting enemies on bended knees; a litany of tragedies,
You're vexed, it seems you're hexed and after sex he expects
You'll let him off the hook til
Something that you heard while you were sleeping left you
Shaken while he stirred. When you awaken you will
Hook and line, every time
The credit card receipts, the dirty sheets
The souvenirs of men who cheat
It all makes sense - with each offense
You wanted to believe him
He could get away with murder one,
And you would clean the smoking gun
With every crime, you bought each line,
But not this time, you'll make him
Eat his words cause
Something that you heard while you were sleeping left you
Shaken while he stirred
When you awaken you will
Make him eat his, make him eat his
Words while he's alone,
Cause you won't be around and
From now on the phone stays off the hook
Hook and line, everytime
Hook and line, everytime
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Barenaked Ladies Off The Hook Comments
They do such amazing work on records as we as live performances!!!
This is BNL's greatest song. Chilling and powerful, knocked this into orbit. I wonder who it is about? A sister?
I swear this song is about my biological father. He has 12 ex wives.
This is their greatest song. And they have some great ones.
Love this song so much because of Sweet November 💖💖💖
Viktoria Blythe but sweet November does not match the song though
Exactly
A very nice era in BNL's history, where it was heartfelt but not overproduced; Perhaps their last album that I truly loved, although Barenaked Ladies are Me(n) was one hell of a return to form.
Agreed. Blam is mad underrated.
Lyrics meet music, meets composition, meets superior musicianship, meets good mixing, and you have a classic underground cult anthem. Thank you Ladies.
@Tyler Gilstrap Hell yes!
BNL's Pinnacle!
A song about a woman with low self-esteem who is together with a jerk because she thinks she can't do better... but trust me she can. ;)
maybe she can't?
I always took this song as Steve admitting to cheating on his 1st wife.
Ive watched it 10 times tonight :)
Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron - amazing on screen couple. Awesome movie. Love it. Song`s absolutely lovable
Fantastic track, one of many great BNL songs.
I had it uploaded as well. Fantastic song. Was blocked of course. Will upload it again so it makes friends with ur video :)
It has so few views because it was previously blocked. All the Barenaked Ladies songs that were blocked on Youtube were made available about a month ago. I uploaded this song and it reached over 8000 views before I had to remove it.
I agree. Easily one of their best. Surprised at how few views this puppy has...
My favorite song from this album. Great stuff, thanks for posting it.
sweet november . . .