Come undone

I (myself) found a definition

come undone lose self-control, disorganized, at loose ends, fall to pieces When she's near me, I come undone. I can't think or talk!

Do you think it applies to robbie williams song??

ele

You've got the meaning, ele. Here's a famous 60s song that used the same idea.

http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/undun.htm

ARTIST: The Guess Who
TITLE: Undun
Lyrics and Chords


She's come undun
She didn't know what she was headed for
And when I f

Hello Ele

'To come undone' means 'to become unfastened':

1. 'My shoelaces have come undone.'

It's used when things 'undo themselves': laces, buttons, fasteners, etc.

MrP

IS ANYBODY READING OUT THERE??

Yup, Mr P and I are, ele.

It does have the literal meaning that Mr P says but you've also got the figurative meaning right. I doubt very much that Robbie Williams is singing about his shoelaces

Of course Robbie Williams is not talking about his "unfastened" or "untied" shoelaces. "Undone" also means "ruined" or "destroyed".

Hope this helps!

'Undone' in the sense 'destroyed' is used thus: 'I am undone', 'he is undone', etc.

'Come undone' means 'to become unfastened', 'to unravel'. That's the sense in which the phrase is used in this lyric; metaphorically, of course.

MrP

Thank you very much for your help!!!! (Y)

Well, a teacher of mine at teaching training course (i'm in the english teaching training course) told us that to do sb, means to f*ck sb... So there's a hidden meaning in the song that says that he's starting to stop being f*cked... see what i mean? besides, i'm a real fan of robbie's.. and i think he is right in this point... he also told us that the expression to come undone has to do with sth

Not at all , if you just think for a while it applies to those who are confused and lost between the World which is on one hand filled with happiness and on other hand , it is filled with sorrows . People like those are mostly from 3rd world countries . TY.