meantolearn  +  715600 Tue, 05 May 09 12:07 AM "I'm lying alone with my head on the phone Thinking of you till it hurts I know you hurt too but what else can we do Tormented and torn apart" "With my head on the phone" 1. What does the quote mean? Does it mean the writer's talking on the phone? "Thinking of you till it  hurts" 2. Does 'it' refer to 'my head'? Or It's just a subject and doesn't have any meaning? Thanks meantolearn Joined on Thu, Feb 24 2005 Regular Member 808 I think; therefore I am. Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Songs

	Yankee  +  715832 Tue, 05 May 09 03:37 AM Hi meantolearn   If I were you, I wouldn't go too crazy with these lyrics. It's quite possible that the choice of words in some cases had much more to do with rhyme than with making sense.    1. I do not understand that the writer is currently having a phone conversation. I uderstand just what it says:  The person is alone, the person is lying down, and the person's head is lying on the telephone. (Maybe the person is hoping desperately for a phone call...)   2. I would say "it" = "thinking of you".   Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,502 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Writing, Conversational, Songs, Lyrics

	Mr Wordy  +  715838 Tue, 05 May 09 03:40 AM 1. In a way, it's up to you to imagine what's going on that's in keeping with the rest of the lyric. Maybe he's talking to her on the phone, maybe he's wondering if he should call her, maybe he's wishing she would call him, maybe they've just finished talking, maybe it just makes him feel closer to her... whatever. Perhaps the word "alone" and the later line "what would you say if I called on you now" suggest that he isn't actually talking to her, but this analysis may be more than the lyric will bear. Often pop song lyrics are just any old thing that rhymes... "phone", "alone", yeah, that'll do...   2. It's not likely to literally mean his head (though there could be a hint of an intentional double meaning I suppose). Primarily, "it" is a dummy pronoun (I hope that's the right term) which doesn't actually refer to anything but is needed for grammatical purposes -- as in "it's raining", "it's not looking good" etc. Mr Wordy Joined on Tue, May 27 2008 Senior Member 2,359 Native British English speaker Pronouns, Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Writing, Tips, Songs, Lyrics

	AlpheccaStars  +  715845 Tue, 05 May 09 03:44 AM 1) No, he's not talking on the phone. His head is resting on the phone. The image is of someone who just had a negative conversation, maybe a disagreement, a fight or very bad news. 2) It hurts - is a common expression when we feel really bad, disappointed, maybe even crying.  "It" means my whole self, my whole being. AlpheccaStars Joined on Sun, Oct 12 2008 Senior Member 3,508 The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) Negatives, Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Conversational

	meantolearn  +  715861 Tue, 05 May 09 04:10 AM Thanks all for the great comments. MTL meantolearn