The song is about this back-and-forth process we all go through in a relationship. The closer you step into something, the more the other person tends to try and step out. And sometimes you just get sucked into this routine.
-Bert for Revolver
[Intro]
Doot-doot doot-doot doot doot-doot doot
Doot da-da da-da da-da da-da
Doot-doot doot-doot doot doot-doot doot
Doot da-da da-da da-da da-da
[Verse 1]
Before I could ever let you go
Gonna beg until I drive you mad
Say something you could understand
I'm a statue, baby, knock me out
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, how these moments fade away
You say you never loved me
We say things we didn't mean to say
I take it back, I take it all back now
I take it back, I take it all back
[Chorus]
Paralyzed by the same old antics
Back and forth like some walking spastic
How could a fistfight be romantic?
Thinking back now, will you ever feel the same?
[Verse 2]
You mean more to me than you'll ever know
You're my girl, and I think it's a shame
That we get along this way
I'm just a statue, try to knock me out
[Pre-Chorus]
I guess these moments fade away
Saying you never loved me
We said things we didn't mean to say
I take it back, I take it all back now
I take it back, I take it all back
[Chorus]
Paralyzed by the same old antics
Back and forth like some walking spastic
How could a fistfight be romantic?
Thinking back now, will you ever feel?
Paralyzed by the same old antics
Back and forth like some walking spastic
How could a fistfight be romantic?
Thinking back now, will you ever feel the same?
Yeah, I know you feel the same
[Refrain]
You gotta let me know
I'm dying inside to know
Knock me out
I'm dying inside to know
Let me know
Knock me out
(Knock me out!)
(Knock me out!)
[Chorus]
Paralyzed by the same old antics
Back and forth like some walking spastic
How could a fistfight be romantic?
Thinking back now, will you ever feel the same?
Paralyzed by the same old antics
Back and forth like some walking spastic
How could a fistfight be romantic?
Thinking back now, will you ever feel?
Paralyzed by the same old antics
Back and forth like some walking spastic
How could a fistfight be romantic?
Thinking back now, could you feel the same?
[Refrain]
You gotta let me know
I'm dying inside to know
Knock me out (Knock me out)
I'm dying inside to know
Gotta let me know
Knock me out
(Knock me out!)
(Knock, knock me out!)
[Outro]
Knock me out!
Paralyzed was written by Quinn Allman & Jeph Howard & Bert McCracken & The Used.
Paralyzed was produced by John Feldmann.