Lesson Learned
Lesson Learned

Ray LaMontagne - Lesson Learned Lyrics

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Aug 29, 2006
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Lesson Learned Lyrics

Well, the truth it fell so heavy
Like a hammer through the room
That I could choose another over her
You always said I was an actor, baby
Guess in truth you thought me just amateur

That you never saw the signs
That you never lost your grip
Oh, come on now
That's such a childish claim
Now I wear the brand of traitor
Don't it seem a bit absurd
When it's clear I was so obviously framed
When it's clear I was so obviously framed

Now you act so surprised
To hear what you already know
And all you really had to do was ask
I'd have told you straight away
All those lies were true
And all that was false was fact

Now you hold me close and hard
But I was like a statue at most
Refusing to acknowledge you'd been hurt
Now you're clawing at my throat
And you're crying, "all is lost"
But your tears they felt so hot upon my shirt
But your tears they felt so hot upon my shirt

Well, the truth it fell so heavy
Like a hammer through the room
That I could choose another over her
You always said I was an actor, baby
Guess in truth you thought me just amateur

Was it you who told me once
Now looking back it seems surreal
That all our mistakes are merely grist for the mill
So why is it now after I had my fill
Would you steal from me the sorrow that I've earned
Shall we call this a lesson learned?
Shall we call this a lesson learned?

Writer(s): Raycharles Lamontagne
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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What is the Meaning of Lesson Learned?

This song I feel is basically a confused man who's cheated on someone he loves. He's confused mainly because he's aware the woman he loves knew but hasn't said anything nor changed How she acts. "That you never saw the signs, That you never lost your grip, Oh come on now.." Now he wears the "brand of traitor" when he says "it's so clear I was so obviously framed" I believe that his guiltiness has been framed. The woman he loves has not done nor said anything which makes him feel worse and his guilt is framed not the affair/ or relationship with the other woman. "Now you act so surprised to hear what you already know" After she (finds out) she still "holds him close and hard" which is where his confusion shows again. "I was like a statue at first refusing to aknowledge you've been hurt" guilt doesn't show at first but in the final verse we see in the end he feels guilty. He has betrayed her, but she "has stole him from the sorrow he has earned." The title of this song "Lesson Learned" shows that his lesson wasn't only to never cheat again and that mistakes happen...but mainly that his lesson was to be be like her. The woman he loved. A better person. Accepting and loyal.

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