Between The Lines Lyrics by Sara Bareilles

[weirdOparade]

she's a poet.

[wvuangel67]

WOW~~this could really hurt!!!

[Roundtable1995]

This song can have multiple meanings, whose to say there isn't more meanings than what people have posted? I love this song.

[stylestar07]

I think the song is about her boyfriend cheating on her, with someone, whose name she "had heard a thousand times", possibly someone they both work with or know and he brought her name up times before but she paid no attention to it because she was someone they both knew as a friend?

[titaniumsweetie1]

Omg, sigh.

[ReachAlll]

what is this song about? i thought it was about 2 ppl in love but not saying it? am i right?

[abeautifulnightsky]

I thought that this song was about Sarah speaking to someone that she loves, but she knows that he doesn't love her anymore. She's in so much pain, she just wants him to end it there. His silence is an answer to her. In a way, she's reading his apathy "between the lines" of their relationship.

[titaniumsweetie1]

I agree.

[poissonn]

hahaha... maybe I got it all wrong...

I thought this song is about her having an affair with a married man who doesn't want to leave his wife. And she keeps thinking he will leave his wife and he probably promises her that he'll leave his wife but then at the end, he decided not to leave his wife....

When she sings 'we'd moved from shadows on the wall and stand in the center of it all": it sounded like their relationship is in the dark and never in the center like him and his wife.

[cag123456789]

I think that's exactly right.

[songbird3171993]

yeah thats what i thought too

[amyinwonderland123]

i absolutely love her style!!! sooooo beautiful <3

[analuizahil]

musica lindaaa!

[FRENCHCHICA90]

I love all of her songs literally but this one...idk its magnificient maybe cuz I can totally refer to it since a week... :(

[AmyLouLa69]

Another great song! Beautiful song, beautiful voice.

[paws89]

I heart this song - its simply beautiful!

[chibilei23]

she's brilliant at song writing. :D

[sarahholmes11123]

i fetchin love her and her music!! and her voice!!!.... i love this song:)

[Mattyvnyc]

This song kills me...I have listened to it every night for the last 3 months since we broke up.

[TotallyByAccident]

I've known this song for a long time.

And just now I realize that it describes my love life completely.

She's.. The best.

[sabrinazaks]

wow. the lyrics to this song is just absolutely amazing. i wonder what she was thinking about when she wrote this song......... she just keeps coming up with better and better songs! she's AMAAZINNNGG!!

[supertexter08]

always the friend never the girl..

[pinkllamahydropower]

me too :(

[velvetanne]

wow these lyrics are absolutely amazing!

[bluetippedf1yer]

good song. Felt that way b4. I'm a guy.

[Ryaen000]

Agreed.

I'm a guy too, and this captures unrequited love down to a tee.

[xomelyo]

this is exactly what happened between me and the guy i'm like, in love with and have been for about three years): and he's broken my heart everytime we try something and falls for like, my bestfriend. gah, i hate guys.

[ditroiamusic]

I have to comment EVERY time I listen to this song! lol...It's one of those timeless songs that will go on...She's...amazing.

[abooabby]

I love this song!!! :)

[RuStYsPoRk7]

luv this song, i play it like 20 times every day.

[ditroiamusic]

I find myself playing this song and gravity literately everyday...like I need my fix :)

[abeautifulnightsky]

Oh my god, same here. Both songs help so much, though I'm not sure with what...

[ditroiamusic]

I'm not sure with what either :) They just touch a place in me. She has that gift. I hope I can write a song that does that for someone eventually!

[abeautifulnightsky]

I know exactly what you mean. For some reason, they just explain everything perfectly. It's like everything that I wish I could say, condensed into a song.

[ditroiamusic]

She's a rare talent..that's for sure (I love your YouTube name by the way). It would make a great song title!

[ditroiamusic]

The 2nd verse is amazing...whole song is....actually guess it's the 3rd verse :)

[myrb87]

BEST SONG EVER

[cocoakoka]

Love this.

[abeautifulnightsky]

Time to tell me the truth. For some reason, that one line just resonates in me. This is such a beautiful song... It really helps a lot.

[ditroiamusic]

Incredible song! She is really an amazing artist! I wish her all the success in the world.

[luvbabyv1]

This song relates to one of my stories sooo much!

Thank you tons for uploading this!

xoxo Natyy :)

[yohanisburg]

This song relates from me to her =-(

She doesn't know I'm alive. But whatever, I can still admire her from afar, and when she makes it big (she will, dammit) I will be laughing up my sleeve because she is so damn amazing it's impossible for her NOT to become even more famous.

[CatandAmanda]

I love this song

[Paulotale]

this song is just amazing...Love all of her songs..but this one is really special for me... such a good meaning!!!

[x2xdeeliciousx2x2]

this is such an amazing song i can really relate

[whoaababyx3]

soo, raise your hand if you totally relate to this song.

*raises hand*

<3

[NJacoblover]

*hand rased* me me me!

[angelspinksapphire]

I Love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tersaseda]

She is a brilliant lyricist. Prime example:

Too late, two choices: to stay or to leave.

Mine was so easy to discover...

He already left with the other.

Amazing!

[buddylover11]

this relates to me in so many ways..he just hasnt told me..but i see it when he looks at her. i love this song

=(

[supertexter08]

musicxfreek17 i was feeling really down yesterday and my friend said whats wrong and i simply repeated what you said, "always the friend, never the girl" and that simply summed it up

[supertexter08]

rthia aong makes me feel like its soo simple, even though your heart is hurting

[evbev3921]

scott.

=[

this totally relates to me right now =/

im never going to get another chance with him.

she stole his love for me =[

[CazGirl]

saaaaaaaaame.

[ashbosmash]

yup.

same here

[ilovewildmustangs]

then they didn't deserve all of you!

[sarahem14]

wow amazingly beautiful !!

[NJacoblover]

Charlie...:-(

[musicxfreek17]

this has to be one of my favorite songs because its really the story of my life

[mrod187]

wow...im speechless she is so good i luv her songs she has an incredible voice

[ChelsiePaigeMusic]

incredible.

thats all i can say :)

i cry, all the time :)

i can really relate to this song,

as many others do.

its such a meaningfull song, yet she sings it

so, amazingly effortless.

its a one in a million song :)

[PirateJeans]

i love that there are multiple interpretations of the lyrics and they all work :)

such a pretty song...!

also, i like the background picture :)

[UberGx]

beautiful x

[skoolsux77]

thats really cool! :D

i lurve the song!

xxxxx

[liv4music89]

im sure tons of people can relate 2 this song and im one of them. i live too much in a dream to realize im always alone, or just "the friend". im tired of it but dont no wat to do so i stay silent, not like the other girls that totally put thereselves out there. wen will i learn??

[musicxfreek17]

OMG! thats totally my life! my friends rag on me all the time because of it...i just never realized it until i listened to this song. always the friend never the girl=(

[cupcakewebbie]

how pretty

[dyrsannas]

I listened to this song after a first date, trying to figure out what she was thinking that evening--it was prefect reflective music. 125 dates with her (my future wife) later, I still am taken back, sweetly, to that night every time I hear this song.

[maritnijssen]

I am going to see her on sunday :D:D

She's simply briliant

[16december]

this is such a sad song :(

[SmilieS123789]

I Was At Her Concert....

And She Said It Was About A Guy That She Is Was In Fall with But He Only Thought Of Her As A Friend And He Was Dating Someone So She Was Sad That She Had To See Him Happy With Someone Else and Not Her

[Nicky7868]

That's pretty much exactly me.... Except he's not with someone else. He just knows that I like him... And doesn't care... And is very, very oblivious of the fact that I do. Talking about every girl he likes, or falls in love with.... *sigh*

[eross077]

love this song..;)

[SCAthundergal]

beautiful

[andersonraider]

i love her songs and this one in special!!!!!

amazing lyric!!!!

[16december]

i agree this is special...and my stupid bf think this is annoying :(...i really love this song :(

[lessthan3luv]

The reason I don't think it's that she fell in love with a friend who started dating someone else before she could get to him is because she sings, "Defending intentions if he fails.. until now." That makes it sound like she's been making excuses for this guy for a while before finding out that he's cheating on her, making it sound like they've been together for a while.

[lessthan3luv]

She's singing about being separated by distance from the guy she loves, who she now thinks has been cheating on her while he's away.

"Time to tell me the truth.." (first verse)

= Time to talk face-to-face, not through letters. She's tired of him not devoting time to her ("loving you laters, if at all")

"Memory is cruel..." (second verse)

= He tells her the name of the other girl, and she realizes that he's been cheating on her. Either he says it and its obvious, or he admits it to her.

[dancerchick1000]

Personally, I think its about her falling in love with someone who is really just a friend and she was just fantasizing that they could be something, but then he gets together with someone else. Probably someone he's always loved but she was too oblivious to realize it.

[sunshineblueyes]

She is singing about how her and whoever she is with never see eye to eye on things how he is on one side and she is on the other when it comes to so many things, but then it talks about him telling her that he cheated on her with another woman, who he has talked about alot but she never really listened.

[Magickbook]

idk. i think it's about how he loved her but she couldnt see it and vice cersa or sumthin

[zanzibarx123x]

I'm PRETTY sure it's about her boyfriend cheating on her. That's at least how I interpret it. "You told me her name. It sounded familiar in a way, like I'd heard him say it 10,000 times", like he told her who he was having an affair with, and she should have read between the lines and figured out he was cheating on her.

Just me though.

[cupcakewebbie]

Luv it :)

[samxsamxsami]

i love this song=]

[Myantra]

-puts on song for the 167th time-

time....to tell me the truth.....

-sways-

[birsalem]

It sounds like someone is banging a pair of cats against a wall but that's just my opinion. My friend however loves this songs and can relate to it so much in her akward love situation. She cries when she hears it

[deliafb]

Congratulations SARA!!! love your music and voice! GO ON like this!! Bravo, felicitari din suflet!!

[xJuiCyx4]

just beautiful ♥

[TehSandman18]

Why is it that when I look for "Sara Bareilles" in Ares this is basically the only song I get to download (and Love Song but very at the bottom of the list), and then when I come to YouTube and search for sara bareilles I see no signs of this song on most pages and I have to do a deep research to even find it?

Kinda confusing :/

Is this song called like this for sure? Or maybe its from another artist?

Beautiful song anyways :)

[dancerchick1000]

Amazing song!

[jonasjonasjonas78ilu]

I love you Greg!

2 year annivesery!

[mairy1111]

nice song...

[LKSimsVideo]

HAPPY 1 YEAR ANNIVERESRY! to this vid aha =]

[icanmakeitcan]

This was added exactly 1 year ago, pointless, I know

[LittleCariad]

i think i might sing this at my school talent show! xx

[LKSimsVideo]

good luck (:

it's a pretty song.

[OUTCHEECLA]

太HAPPY了 這禮拜 五、六、日 我們全家 要去台北的[福華頂級飯店] 吃喝玩樂耶 而且是整整三天耶 重要地是那裡還有寬闊的海水域場及海灘ㄛ 所以 我們還會浮潛 Anyway I hope I will have a good memory with my family on this 三、四、五. Love， Tyra

[Jackieish]

I love this song, its beautiful. I know exactly how it feels too.

[zanzibarx123x]

I love the beginning. Like, it's almost happy in a sad way...

[MPwillPWNyou]

Sad and beautiful...a song that everyone needs to hear...

[jesssmithmusic]

i love this song because i cant tell you how many time i have ignored reading between the lines in a relationship mainly because i knew it would reveal the truth thanks for sharing i love this video :)

[icemoon13]

I love this SONG!

[nomartini1]

Very beautiful lyrics and very heartfelt song

[clarren0912]

My fav sara song!! lov the piano arrngment!

[chocolategirl75]

cries softly sooo touching

[rmbbuyer]

very touching.

[aimzeescrazy]

i llllllllooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvv­veeeeeeeeee this song and it makes me cry as well

xxxx

xx

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[cookiecrazy56]

o my god i am not lying because of a situation this song made me cry

[kd7267]

0:42

we'll always be between the lines

[ImmortalsGrave]

Woah. Great song. XP I love the background and the font. What font is it? I'm dying to know. Those pretty S's.

[ladeecharli]

Wow, this girl is so refreshing, natural and raw, not made of candy pop plastic. Another great addition to all the real female talents popping up all over this year.

I knew id like all her material as soon as i heard love song''... u know when u just know...and u buy the album before sampling any of the music on the net...

Anyway thanks for the experience,the songs very interestingly written, poetic and full of wonderful metaphors....

charlotte, uk x

[ladeecharli]

hello

[Joshturnerishot]

omg this song is hard for me to listen to now, i hate this whole situation

[ralucutza1019]

she's somewhere in between regina spektor and ingrid michaelson....great songs and a wonderful voice...congratulations..

[missdislexiax]

i loveee this song<3

[15gummi12]

this is a really beautiful song

reminds me so much of HIM

[Molls1993]

this is such a beautiful song...it like has a calming effect over me and is just amazing

[weeseefood]

lovee this song <33

Sara Bareilles sounds alot likee Regina Spektor.

[astroxzombiexlove]

nah. Regina Spektor's voice is easier to pick out for me. It's got a certain quality that I can't quite describe.

[MJthecatlady]

Her voice, her poetry, her music: it's all beautiful. So pristine. And, she's so beautiful, herself. I love her style, too.

What don't I like about her?

[bellarules2007]

i love sara bareilles voice it is just so beautiful :)

This is my favourite song of hers and everytime i listen to it i get goosebumps and tears

who hear agrees this is a real chill out all good feel song ???

PLEASE

WRITE

BACK

~xoxoxoxox~

Peace

[Manonnieno]

love it <3

[kristinrox101]

this is one of my alltime faves of Sara Bareilles.

its such a beautiful, layered song. i get chills and tears in my eyes

i love this song

[Jackg904]

.....Speechless(in a good way)......

[itsxheaver]

this song gives me goosebumps

[soccerfreak0022]

i came upon this song by just browsing and typing in random songs that i love, and this one came up on the side. so i listened to it, and tears came to my eyes and i will never forget this song. sara, you have a remarkable talent to make people emotional when they least expect it, and i love all of your songs, so keep doing what your doing. i just go dumped a couple days ago, and this song really hits home, because the same thing happend to me, and i really didn't listen. her name was Adrienn

[kellrockz709]

oh so sorry to hear this will be random but i love soccer to lol srry bout that

[soccerfreak0022]

lol, it's ok

[littlentittle]

this song is amazing

It makes me smile and cry

i love it sooo much

xxx

[KaybeeRetro]

this is one of my alltime faves of Sara Bareilles.

its such a beautiful, layered song. i get chills and tears in my eyes almost everytime i listen.

x

[MileygirlJ12]

You make such awesome videos! =D Make more! =)

[LexiRaeProductions]

Sara - is an amazing singer! I love her voice! It's quite unique, that is what makes me able to listen to her songs like twenty trillion times, lol... =D This is one of my favorite songs of hers. I love the lyrics and the tempo and well just everything about it! Best wishes.

-Lexi

[LexiRaeProductions]

Sara - is an amazing singer! I love her voice! It's quite unique, that is what makes me able to listen to her songs like twenty trillion times, lol... =D This is one of my favorite songs of hers. I love the lyrics and the tempo and well just everything about it!

Best wishes.

-Lexi

[EydaSummer]

love all of her songs and her voice soo much:)

[xannakatherine]

i think this could mean a lot of things. i dont think it necesarily has to even be a relationship. just that place where you know you have something with that one person no matter what and suddenly they have someone else and youre stuck in the middle of the hurt and dunno how to deal. it could be seem like cheating too... or just being left. its a beautiful song though i think everyone has their own meaning because she so brilliantly leaves the lyrics to interpretation even if there is a target

[stephhhlovesmusic]

beautiful.

:)

[xdaarmyx]

I think that the phrase in the song "You and me, always between the lines" means that they could be together, but there would be a line (another woman) in between them.

[pagekeeper4]

i love how all her lyrics have deeper meanings

[iloveamericani6]

is the "he told me her name" her own name?

[pagekeeper4]

no i think it's some girl that he's maybe leaving her for. or something. good question.

[xdaarmyx]

No. You see, her boyfriend was cheating on her, and he told her the other woman's name. She thought she heard her name before, because her boyfriend would always talk about the other woman.

[Claubuza]

Gorgeous voice, gorgeous words. It's too much for me.

[PunkNeko19]

This is probably her best song. Her voice sounds amazing. I wish more people would listen to this one than the annoying "Love Song" that one is played too much, it was good at first and still is though.

[twiigyx]

Yeah, love song is good, but the only one shes famous for, this is amazing, and so is bottle it up and fairytale. Her voice is beautiful x

[MCR777greenday]

This is what my brain sounds like right now. Only more beautiful.

[getgueti]

she has great songs!

[LexiRaeProductions]

She is such a great singer!

=D

-Lexi

[SeanKinahan]

i love how she sings about all the shit in life

but still sounds happy

[Xsays]

WOW. );

I love it.

When something touches you this deep, it can only hurt.

[Pianoplayer009]

This song and Gravity are really touching. It really makes me want to cry. -sniff-

[ifancyr]

i love this it make make me feel sad and nearly start to cry

[thehillslover65]

love it

[oldenough181818]

I am truely related to sara's song. This one is quite sad but beautiful

[FuzzyFranzy]

It is a greyt song! I love it!

[cottoncandy881]

this is my favourite song from her new album, even though all of her songs are amazing! :D

[jamnj9]

gosh i love this song with a burning passion :D

[CoyotekitThunderclan]

Ehmm... THE BEST SONG EVER! I'm definetly subscribing, so I can listen more!!! =]

[PinkStrawberry6790]

I love her songs! She is so amazing!

[Caelie195]

i cry everytime I hear it!!!!

[Bookworm567]

Something about this song reminds of Wicked for some reason. Does she sound like Idina Menzel to anyone? This bugs me . . . maybe it's just how much I like or something.

[twilightdawning101]

I really love this song. I cry, also, everytime that I hear it. But I guess that now since you pointed it out, Sara's voice does sound a bit like Idina's. But maybe it's just the way she's singing in this song that makes me, and apparently you, think about Idina. But i don't know and thats just my opinion.