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Christina Perri: Arms Meaning

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Song Released: 2011


Arms Lyrics

Arms lyrics

Arms – Christina Perri

I never thought that
you would be the one to hold my heart
but you came around
and you knocked me off the ground from the start

you put your arms around me
and I believe that it's easier for you to...

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    #1 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Nov 19th 2011 !⃝

    This song means different things to people, as you can see from all of the different opinons. But I can ralate to this song in a way that eats me inside.
    I think that Perri is in love, but like me, she doesn't want to open up. She doesn't want to get hurt. So she starts to pull away. But I think that "Arms" doesn't mean anything other than arms. "Arms" represents love and strength. She begins to pull away, then he puts his arms around her and all of her walls come down. She is forced to let him in. But she's never REALLY let anyone in before him because of fear of getting hurt. But she keeps changing her mind. "I don't know if I'll let you save my life or if I'd drown." he is being really supportive and she feels frusturated because he's not doing anything to make her hate him.In the end, she makes the right decision: she stops pulling away, she stops for two seconds and realizes that he's the one, that she gonna let herself fall so he can catch her.

    Like I said, this song has a very deep meaning to me.

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    #2 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Jun 13th 2012 !⃝

    i believe this song is about a girl who falls in love with a boy she never knew shed have a chance with. this is about the girl being insecure and her knowing that he deserves better. because of her insecurities she has has walls up and when she sings "I believe that it's easier for you to let me go" shes saying that she doesnt want him to stay with her just for her to be happy because shes never going to be good enough for him, but at the same time she "cant decide if she'll let him save her life, or if she'll drown". this whole song is what she feels and how she feels about him, she doesnt believe she deserves him and she wants to see him happy so shes willing to leave him even if it hurts her. but she hopes he will see right through all of those walls, and stop her from leaving because shes ready to.

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    #3 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Jun 9th 2011 !⃝

    This song to me describes a girl who knows that being with this one person is what's best for her. She has walls built from being hurt that she keeps doubting and keeps walking away from him and coming back and he always takes her back. She wants him to see through her walls so he can handle all her insecurities. It's easy to give up then to go through something that could end up as heartbreak. She knows deep inside that home is in his arms but she's so scared to get hurt and let go and just let it be

  4. anonymous
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    Jul 4th 2020 !⃝

    Love with self insecurities.

    She does not feel that she enough for him, but want him to understand her insecurities and see through her walls. She want him and feel home with him,but she can't decide to continue the relationship or not.

  5. AshD
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    May 9th 2018 !⃝

    U think that this is an unexpected love between the artist and unknown. They didn't mean to fall in love with each other.

  6. anonymous
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    Feb 9th 2018 !⃝

    shes in love. and shes terrified, its never worked out before. shes been hurt repeatedly "im already falling" but she feels like this one is different "put youre ams around me and im home" and she has these walls built to help her cope, help save her heart from being hurt. and when she says "i beilieve its easier for you to let me go" its because shes too in love with him to let him go. but she doesnt want to be hurt. thats also why she say "ill never let our love get too close"

  7. anonymous
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    Oct 5th 2017 !⃝

    Hey guys xxxxx she is basically In love with someone who loves her too, but she has been hurt before, and is terrified of
    Being let down again so she builds walls. She hopes he can see through them because she wants him to understand and accept her. I know this because I have lived this.

  8. anonymous
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    Feb 20th 2015 !⃝

    It means she is so in love with him that if she shows her real feelings for him he might dump her. When she says "I never thought that you
    Would be the one to hold my heart
    But you came around
    And you knocked me off the ground from the start." she has loved him from the moment she seen him. "You put your arms around me
    And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go
    You put your arms around me and I'm home" she wants him to put his arms around her, she feels safer when he does. "
    How many times will you let me
    Change my mind and turn around?
    I can't decide if I'll let you save my life
    Or if I'll drown" she doesn't know if its going to work or not."I hope that you see right through my walls
    I hope that you catch me 'cause I'm already falling
    I'll never let our love get so close
    You put your arms around me and I'm home" she wants him to know how she feels about him, she's falling in love with him already. yet she donsent know if he is to."
    The world is coming down on me
    And I can't find a reason to be loved
    I never want to leave you
    But I can't make you bleed if I'm alone" she knows its bad for her but she's afraid that she cant make it with out him."You put your arms around me
    And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go" she thinks that he doesn't know how she feels about him."I hope that you see right through my walls
    I hope that you catch me 'cause I'm already falling
    I'll never let our love get so close
    You put your arms around me and I'm home" she already falling in love with him she hopes he sees that but not to wear he runs off. "I try my best to never let you in
    To see the truth
    And I've never opened up
    I've never truly loved till you" she's tried to tell him but she always got to scared to tell him."Put your arms around me
    And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go...

    I hope that you see right through my walls
    I hope that you catch me 'cause I'm already falling
    I'll never let our love get so close...
    You put your arms around me and I'm home...
    You put your arms around me and I'm home" again she thinks that she loves him more than she should. she feels at home when his arms are around her, she feels safe.

  9. anonymous
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    Jul 7th 2013 !⃝

    Any one can relate it to her story
    I also relate it to mine,When I watched the video it touched me hard,It is totally some one like me
    I love him and serious for commitment,he is afraid of taking it serious,need more time and is not in a struggle as I am(he is sleeping in white blanket with an innocent face)
    I sometimes decide to date some one else and leave to marry,I sometimes initiate it but then again without him knowing what happened to me ,I'm back to him
    He wonders why i was in my own shell for a while but again I'm in his arms
    He proposing me is like saving me from this struggle,I can never be sure he will.
    I love him to death and he won't stop loving me so I can leave him in peace
    We are in peace with each other but my struggle to have what I want(a family)make me fall(emotionally)

  10. anonymous
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    Apr 22nd 2013 !⃝

    I think it's about a girl who really love this boy, but she's afraid that she'll be hurt/ he doesn't deserve her. When she says "I believe it's easier for you to let me go", it means she really loves him and doesn't want to let go, but she doesn't think he deserves her. All in all, its a beautiful song c:

  11. anonymous
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    Jan 10th 2013 !⃝

    This is a story about a young woman who really loves a man, but is afraid that he doesn't think it is as serious as she feels. Regardless, she still feels safe around him, although she is afraid that if he sees who she really is, he might be drawn away.

  12. anonymous
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    May 16th 2012 !⃝

    its about loving someone and i think its a beautiful song!!!

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
  13. anonymous
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    Feb 18th 2012 !⃝

    I think it means, She can always find comfort in his arms and how he lets her go her way, but she wants him to look past any of her problems/ look past her walls.

  14. anonymous
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    Feb 13th 2012 !⃝

    I think it's about a girl who gave a guy a chance and ended up falling for him. But in the process of getting to know eachother she tried to make it seem like she was perfect. Now, she's not sure if he will accept her imperfections and flaws. She sees herself as a bad person because of this and it causes problems in the relationship. She doubts that he will still love her after she shows him her flaws and therefore she's scared. But, she doesn't want to lose him because she truly loves him. She wages war with herself trying to figure out if she will let him see the true her or if she will drive him away to save both of them the pain and heartache.

    Something like that. This song describes the situation I'm going through at the moment perfectly.

  15. anonymous
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    Dec 12th 2011 !⃝

    I think its about a personal love for a boy and she is scared that he does not love her back and she trys to keep a seceret from the world hence the walls yet she opens up to her love and lets him into her mind and tells him that she does not want to lose him.

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  16. anonymous
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    Nov 7th 2011 !⃝

    I think its about a girl who is scared if he gets too close that she'll hurt him or drive him away. I think she has a past that she doesn't want him to know because she's afraid he'll walk away. But she is too in love with him to walk away so she stays in his arms.
    When she says "I hope that you see right through my walls" she means that she wants to tell him but doesn't want to say it, herself because she's afraid he'll hate her.

  17. anonymous
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    Sep 14th 2011 !⃝

    Arms is about how a woman falls in love with a person she'd never expect to. Like a person who she previously hated or held vendetta with. But in the end, she found that he was the only one who she could be with, regardless of how much she had to hurt, and hurt him, to get that message across.

  18. anonymous
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    Jun 28th 2011 !⃝

    I think maybe she's in love as she's afraid to show it and the walls is like what's keeping her from actually telling him but I hop you see through right through my walls mans I hope you know I love you without me having to tell you plus it sounds like she's afraid to trust because it says save my life or if ill drown. Such a powerful song!

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