Stop Making This Hurt
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Stop Making This Hurt Lyrics
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[Verse 1]
Daniel puts the kids to bed
And they're screaming, "Oh, the gods must be crazy"
Well, Jimmy's on the road tonight
She doesn't recognize her country
My father's in the room next door
Crying with his ma at sixty-five
Well, every time I close my eyes
I just see it written in big lights
You know what it says?
[Chorus]
"Stop making this hurt
And say goodbye like you mean it
Stop trying on this hurt
Just say goodbye like you mean it"
("Just say goodbye like you mean it")
[Verse 2]
My mama's in the house tonight
Tryin' to break free of New Jersey
While the kids are on the street
And they're cryin', "Let me live in my country"
But me and Ray, we got a dream and a car
We're like free as the night
So how come every time I take a drive
I just see it written on street signs?
And you know what it says?
"Stop making this hurt
Say goodbye like you mean it
Stop trying on this hurt
Just say goodbye like you mean it"
("Just say goodbye like you mean it")
[Bridge]
But if we take the sadness
Out of Saturday night
I wonder what we'll be left with
Anything worth the fight?
I wanna run from the darkness
Wanna shout at the light
It's coming over me now
Two, three, four, five, oh God, we barely survived
[Chorus]
(Just say goodbye like you mean it)
Stop making this hurt
(Just say goodbye like you mean it)
Say goodbye like you mean it
(Just say goodbye like you mean it)
Stop making this hurt
(Say goodbye like you mean it)
(Just say goodbye like you mean it)
And say goodbye like you mean it
(Just say goodbye like you mean it)
Come on, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Stop making this hurt
About
The verses of ‘Stop Making This Hurt’ are written like a folksong where Jack Antonoff references his whole family, including his parents and sister Rachel Antonoff, and some of his friends.
Bleachers performed “Stop Making This Hurt” on their Into the Shadow concert, which took place on a bus trip that began in New York and ended in New Jersey.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Yes, Jack Antonoff broke down the lyrics in an episode of Genius' Verified.
Jack Antonoff:
This one is a sibling song to “How Dare You Want More.” “Stop Making This Hurt” is just sort of a more petulant, pissed-off version. There’s all this joy and hope about the next phase of your life. But then there’s all this frustration about ‘I can’t get through this doorway. Whatever I’m carrying does not let me through.’ I was able to access this rage by talking about other people: my dad, my friends and their kids, the world, and a whole new generation of people that are inheriting so much crap. But at the end of the day, I’m right in that struggle with all of them.
—via Apple Music
Jack Antonoff:
“Stop Making This Hurt” is what you get when we are not allowed to go play for our people. It’s a line that had been ringing in my head for years. I fell into a dark place after a loss and then starting to have that feeling of rage towards the depression – which is when you know there’s a way out. Started looking at the people close to me in my life and finding all the ways we keep ourselves from breaking through. “Stop Making This Hurt” started ringing more and more in my head. Then the pandemic hit and I got the band in a room and we played like we may never play again. At that point it took on another meaning. Found myself banging at the door of the next phase of my life and to open brings up all the darkness from the past and what’s holding you back. I could intellectualize it for days but what I’m truly left with is a voice in my head shouting “Stop Making This Hurt.”
— via Variety
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