"These lyrics were inspired after reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. The song is not written about a specific person. And though Artos's advice might seem sound, a life without the "beautiful, poetic and amorous," is one probably not worth living." Loser in love Survivor on the battle front Of wounded hearts And chances lost Don't give your heart away Unless you're seeking pain I should've followed the advice Of Artos to d'Artagnan "tender hearts are Made to be broken Love is a lottery And the price is death "the losers are lucky Misfortune's a joke So cure yourself Of the beautiful, poetic and amorous" Don't give it away! Don't give it away! Don't give it away! Don't give it away! And as d'Artagnan wept Artos drank And I thought Of a saintly demoness