"Tired Of Being Sorry"
Enrique Iglesias

I don't know why
You want to follow me tonight
When in the rest of the world
With whom I've crossed and I've quarreled

Let's me down so
For a thousand reasons that I know
To share forever the unrest
With all the demons I possess
Beneath the silver moon

Maybe you were right
But baby I was lonely
I don't want to fight
I'm tired of being sorry

Eighth and Ocean Drive
With all the vampires and their brides
We're all bloodless and blind
And longing for a life
Beyond the silver moon

Maybe you were right
But baby I was lonely
I don't want to fight
I'm tired of being sorry
I'm standing in the street
Crying out for you
No one sees me
But the silver moon

So far away - so outer space
I've trashed myself - I've lost my way
I've got to get to you got to get to you
Maybe you were right
But baby I was lonelyI don't want to fight
I'm tired of being sorry
I'm standing in the street
Crying out for you
No one sees me
But the silver moon

Maybe you were right
But baby I was lonely
I don't want to fight
I'm tired of being sorry
I'm standing in the street
Crying out for you
No one sees me
But the silver moon.

I find some of the elements in this poem surprising such as the line about the "Vampires and their brides" and "with all the demons I possess." I've read this poem over a bunch of times and the best meaning I can come up with as far as what this poem is about: A guy, the singer, has been turned into a monster by his own demons, or (oddly enough) he met a vampire, who turned him into a vampire, and now, b/c of his choices, he lost his love, who, now because he is undead (or something like that) she can't see him. Only the silver moon can see him. I like the creepy element these lyrics proffer. There are great images of darkness, darkness of the world and within, that really make this poem very real and relate-able. Vampire could be a metaphor for some personal monster, such a person in your life that "sucks you dry" every time you see them.

I like the raw desperation in this song, that is repeated in the chorus. It is simple: "cry out for you" but it covers the bases nicely. It very adequately displays the loneliness a person can feel, even when in a relationship.

I am surprised by the line "I've trashed myself." Not quite sure what that means in reference to the rest of the poem. Could mean self punishment, or even giving all to a relationship and walking away feeling trashed because all that person did was use you up.

My response poem:

I don't know why
I can't seem to shake free from you
I'd love a good fight
Anger trapped in my throat
I understand the reasons why
other's only wanted to punch your face.

Makes me worry about all the demons I posses
that I'd stick here for mediocrity
to try to build you up
while I trash myself
to convince you how wonderful you are
when I am the one who needs convincing

I'd bleed the Ocean dry
with all the tears I cried
I am longing for the light
to shine on my face
to show me where to turn
the illuminate the words

I worry I am just lonely
that anyone would be adequate
that I am not as good and I thought
That even a porn star would tarnish
the shine I thought I had
the shine that gets sucked dry by you.