Linkin Park: Pushing Me Away Meaning

Pushing Me Away Lyrics

I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the sake of being with you

(Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown
Eventually break down)
The sacrifice of hiding in a...

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   anonymous

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   Sep 5th 2008 !⃝

   I haven't heard the song in a while but I'm pretty sure the song is about being in a relationship that someone does not really want to be in....and now realizes and questions the reason they are in this relationship
   
   "This is, the last smile, that I'll fake for the sake of being with you"
   
   You should probably check out the piano version....it's a bit more subtle and it sounds really good....Chester does a great job
   
   I tried my best to explain...sorry if you don't understand
2. anonymous

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   Jul 20th 2020 !⃝

   I think that it's about a relationship where someone is in a relationship where they stay even though they don't love each other. And then, they figure it out and the other person is 'pushing them away'
   
3. anonymous

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   Oct 4th 2017 !⃝

   I believe the song is about being in a toxic relationship. "I've lied to you" to me means he is saying the same things he says when things cool down after a bad fight. Example "we can work it out" "This is the last smile that Ill fake for the sake of being will you." Happens often when you are fighting with a partner and you are hiding it. You take the blame so your friends and family don't hate them because you are not strong enough to walk away.
4. anonymous

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   Jan 23rd 2012 !⃝

   It's about a guy who lied to keep from hurting the girl he loved. Yet, he hurt her. He's going to try one last time; he's going to put on a fake smile for her, but he knows that soon its going to fall apart bc of his lies, his addiction, his deception. And she always stays, despite all the hurt. He can't let her walk away.
5. anonymous

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   Dec 29th 2011 !⃝

   It seems to me that someone is in love with someone else, even though their experience is horrible and full of lies, and he knows it needs to end.
6. anonymous

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   Jul 12th 2011 !⃝

   Sounds a little... harsh, but I almost see it as a person in an abusive relationship. Asking themselves why they can't just leave. Lying to their partner about where they have been, lying to their friends/family about their partner.
   
   I'd go through every line but I don't want to go to far :)
7. anonymous

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   Feb 11th 2011 !⃝

   i think its about how like he likes someone, but the person doesnt like him back. so he's saying im tired of it. and the person is like playing him wen she doesnt really like him. and he really likes her but is getting tired of bieng treated like tht and getting played by her so hes saying "now i see tht testing mee pushes me away" do u get me? i kno i dnt make sence but yeaaah..and i think i spelled sence wrong -_____-
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   Nov 18th 2008 !⃝

   I think its about being in reletionship with someone who makes you do bad things and he is finding it diffcult to get away from.

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