Shawn Mendes - Stitches Meaning

Stitches Lyrics

I thought that I've been hurt before
But no one's ever left me quite this sore
Your words cut deeper than a knife
Now I need someone to breathe me back to life

Got a feeling that I'm going under
But I know that I'll make it out alive
If I...

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   Topanga

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   Oct 8th 2015 !⃝

   Part of me wants to say that this song is about somebody who hurts themselves while in a relationship, where the other lover looks down on them for that reason, doesn't care at all, or is the cause for the self-harm.
   But it could also could be about a girl who broke the guy's heart so much, that he feels as if he was hurt and abandoned.

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   anonymous

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   Nov 16th 2015 !⃝

   Honestly, I have a different view of this song than most. I think the "love" he's referring to is an alter ego trying to change his mind. When he says, "Can't get you out of my head", it's a psychological breakdown where he can't get this voice trying to steer his relationships out of his head.
   If you've seen the music video, he's being hit and thrown by an unknown force. This force is his ego, trying to get him to listen to his conscience and stop being in hard relationships.
   In most music videos, when the person doesn't agree with the other, or the relationship is failing, the significant other is always in the video too.
   Hes ALONE in the music video. When he says, "You watch me bleed until I can't breathe", the only person who's watching him is his own conscience or alter ego, trying to control his life in relationships.

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   Precious_Gem2016

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   Apr 30th 2017 !⃝

   Someone told me that this song is about A guy has clearly fallen hard for his "dream girl" (or so he thought ). After all, she seemed like everything he was looking for. Things really took off between them, and and came to a screeching halt just as fast. She doesn't love him anymore. He is emotionally wounded as he struggles to overcome his feelings of unrequitted love.
   
   Moving on is hard, and the girl's not willing to make it any easier. Perhaps she just doesn't care about him anymore, or maybe letting him down easily would be too inconvenient. Whatever the reason, he is hurt, and the pain is so real that it might as well be physically inflicted. Despite the hurt, he keeps returning to its source, "like a moth to a flame". Love is irrational and this might not make sense. But the truth is, part of him still loves the girl and wants to be with her.
   
   Yet an even bigger part of him knows better. To feel whole again, he must fight these feelings and "move on". It's a struggle. But he knows he will make it. As he fights his poorer judgment, he searches for "needle and thread" (new love) to help stitch his wounds and bring him back to himself.
4. anonymous

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   Jun 17th 2023 !⃝

   I think this is about him being out of a really close relationship and that now she left he is either suicidal or had self harmed to the point he needs stitches but I think it's about both because he said "gonna wind up dead" repeatedly meaning he is suicidal but it also has "your words cut deeper than a knife" meaning a person's words has caused him to self harm and now he need stitches to help heal them
5. anonymous

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   May 9th 2023 !⃝

   So I think he is singing this song because he really hurt his self and he broke his legs (both)and his back to and he feels like he needs “stitches “
6. Bskurk

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   Apr 17th 2023 !⃝

   Rating ranges from zero to five stars. Looks like it lets you rate with zero stars. You can also do (1.7/10,3.4/10,9.3/10).
7. anonymous

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   Apr 17th 2023 !⃝

   Personally I think this song is about being broken up with by a toxic girl and he does self harm and he doesn't have her by his side so when he says "Your words cut deeper then a knife" and "You watch me breathing till I can't breathe, shaking falling onto my knees" and other lines convince me of this. I also think it is about Suicide as he says "Now I need someone to breathe me back to life" and others that make me believe that thats what the songs about.
8. anonymous

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   Feb 27th 2023 !⃝

   I see this song being about self harm, trying to stop but struggling with it and people looking down on you for it but that only makes it harder. I think I see it this way because I can relate to this interpretation and some of the lines make me think their having a depression episode and trying not to cut themselves.
9. anonymous

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   Feb 6th 2023 !⃝

   For this song is 2 things
   1: someone being abused
   2: someone selfharming cos someone they trusted betrayed them and stuff
10. anonymous

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    Jan 5th 2023 !⃝

    Hey Shawn mendes you are my boyfriend is Shawn mendes
    Text me a message for you and calling me on the phone
    I miss you so much flirt with you chat with my boyfriend
    Do you love ❤️ Shawn mendes. you are my boyfriend is
    Shawn mendes you are so cutie

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11. anonymous

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    Mar 18th 2021 !⃝

    Isnt this song about abuse? I thought that was like the centrall point in the music video and lyrics and even the name, it realy seems like its centralised around phisical abuse, the only thing i dont get is if they are mocking abuse victims
12. anonymous

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    Jan 2nd 2021 !⃝

    I like the song stitches by Shawn mendes because I have watched the music video with him in it on my computer before.
    I used to get stitches in my teeth when they did gum surgery and I didn’t feel them doing it because they gave me some medicine that put me to sleep. My brother Chris used to get stitches on his leg when one of his skis moved and he had to go to the walk in clinic. That is why I like the song stitches by Shawn mendes because he is my favorite singer love emily
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    Nov 26th 2020 !⃝

    My friend told me that this song is about a guy who was in a beat up and left lying there bleeding, like the music video shows. I dont know the real interpretation but that’s what he says. If so, it’s probably not a relationship song but a song about being physically hurt by a stranger...?

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14. anonymous

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    Oct 2nd 2020 !⃝

    This song is about a heartbroken person, he has been in a bad relationship and has broken up with her. The girl may have been hurting him during their relationship and he’s is now attempting suicide.
15. weirdo

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    Sep 22nd 2020 !⃝

    I think the song stitches is about a couple and the girlfriend breaks up with him. He is sad because he loved her. She went to another man and he cut himself for it and he needs stitches.
    
    
16. anonymous

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    Sep 16th 2020 !⃝

    I see it as someone who self harms or is suicidal. The line "needle and the thread gotta get you outta my head, needle and the thread gonna wind up dead" is representative of someone who had to get stitches after cutting too deep or attempting suicide, "gotta get you outta my head" shows that they are trying to get help and recover.
17. anonymous

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    Apr 15th 2020 !⃝

    This song is about attempting to move on from a relationship whether it be a romantic one or something else it doesn't matter. The point is this person is struggling with their conscience in an attempt to get over it.
18. anonymous

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    Jan 26th 2020 !⃝

    This song ( To me ) is about a woman who is I. A relationship with an abusive man she is telling him how he watches her bleed and he doesn’t care and she needs a new man to breathe life into her again.
    He physically abuses her and she’s scared she’s going to wind up dead if she doesnt get out so she trying to tell him and herself to move on Cos it’s too dangerous and upsetting the stay with him.