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All Sold Out

The Rolling Stones
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The speaker describes feeling betrayed by someone close. At first, the questions sound hurt and confused: why has this person caused sadness but offered a little hope? The repeated claim โ€œyou sold me outโ€ makes the hurt feel settled, though the speaker still seems emotionally engaged. By the end, the tone is blunt and resigned: โ€œthatโ€™s thatโ€ suggests the speaker sees the betrayal as final.

โ€œSold me outโ€ is an idiom meaning to betray or let someone down, not to sell them literally. The โ€œone bit of hopeโ€ may be a small sign that the relationship could improve, which makes the disappointment sharper. Calling the other personโ€™s mind โ€œtangledโ€ suggests confusion, while โ€œjumped the trackโ€ compares their thinking to a train leaving its proper path. The speaker also says they felt โ€œgreen,โ€ an expression that can mean inexperienced or naรฏve.

The lyrics present the speakerโ€™s account, not an objective explanation of what happened. They admit they โ€œmissed the point,โ€ so there may have been a misunderstanding as well as a real sense of betrayal. The repeated refrain sounds confident, but the questions and lingering hope suggest that the speaker may not be entirely over the hurt.