Matchbox 20: Push Meaning

Song Released: 1997

Push Lyrics

She said I don't know if I've ever been good enough
I'm a little bit rusty, and I think my head is caving in
And I don't know if I've ever been really loved
By a hand that's touched me, well I feel like something's
Gonna give
And I'm a...

1. anonymous

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   Sep 21st 2010 !⃝

   I took this as just the girl talking about how the boyfriend was abusive and how most of her relationships have been like that then saying in the chorus what she wished she could do to the boyfriend so he knew how it felt
2. anonymous

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   Feb 10th 2010 !⃝

   The whole song is a conversation. the girl thinks she needs something better and wants to leave the relationship. She tries to blame her problems on Rob and says hes not treating her rite. rob responds to that with the corus (being sarcastic) saying he pushes her around all the time. by the end of the song the girl realizes its not so bad and they make up. :)
3. cynderbuster

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   May 27th 2009 !⃝

   This song is man talking about a rocky relationship he's in with a woman. She's never had a good relationship and wont give up on him. She wants him to change but he's saying he cant and he will continue to push her around not physically but as far as taking advatage and being selfish cuz that's just the way he is. She keeps pushing him to make her happy but he cant so he lies to her like he's a "little untrusting" (of her) when he thinks the truth will hurt her (cuz she'll get mad). He loves her, knows he's been wrong and even wishes he could be better but it's so hard that he's saying she should give up on him changing. All the fighting is getting crazy and he stays cuz she pulls his strings right with her accusations but all the ways she tries to make him better make him want to pull away at the same time.
4. Danielle

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   Dec 13th 2008 !⃝

   This song means a lot to me.
   And it reminds me of someone who has been used a lot, and when she finally meets someone that she actually really wants to be with, she is used and hurt by them to. But instead of walking away and forgetting about it, she wants to show him how it feels. Like, when it says, "I wanna take you for granted"
   Taking people for granted is not a good thing, and I think she wants to show him how it feels to be taken advantage of.
5. anonymous

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   May 19th 2008 !⃝

   No matter what it means, its means a lot to me.
   
   about feeling used and underappreciated by everyone that she has ever loved....
6. kgirl

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   May 16th 2008 !⃝

   I think this song is about a couple that has recently split up. The guy is thinking back on the relationship and is angry at how he was treated and would like to show her how it felt to be verbally put down and taken for granted.
7. anonymous

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   Dec 16th 2007 !⃝

   I think the song is about a toxic relationship (not an abusive one), I think they're addicted to each other, and my interpretation is that he gets so frustrated with the her and the situation that he WANTS to push her, and take her for granted..
8. newyorkloveaffair

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   Mar 10th 2007 !⃝

   Great song, no matter what the meaning. I've heard many times that this was simply about emotional, verbal abuse, though the lyrics do suggest otherwise to some people.
9. anonymous

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   Jul 31st 2005 !⃝

   In an Rob Thomas interview, he said that this song was about the way he treated a girl. He was writing it from the girls perspective. He admitted that he didn't treat her well, and that this song was the result of it.
10. username

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    Jul 8th 2005 !⃝

    Some people thought that this song was pro-rape. "I wanna take you for granted...I will..."

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
11. amanda

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    Oct 11th 2004 !⃝

    ITS ABOUT BEING EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICALLY ABUSED BY A GIRL FRIEND HE WAS LIVING WITH AND HOW HE BEGAN TO THINK THAT THIS WAS EXPECTED AND NORMAL IN A RELATIONSHIP AND HOW HIM BEING MUNIPULATED AS HE GREW COMFORTABLE WITH IT

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