| Relient K – Part Of It Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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To me, this song is clearly about his relationship with Shannon ending after she found out he had been cheating. "I've been working with adhesives Chains and locks and ropes and knots to tether. But nothing's sticking to the pieces, I can't seem to hold it all together." --> He's been doing everything in his power to keep them together after she found out, but it's not working. "It's not the end of the world, Just you and me. We're a part of it, everyone We're a part of it, everything. And if a nightmare ever does unfold, Perspective is a lovely hand to hold" --> The relationship ending isn't the end of the world. Everyone experiences this, and everything eventually ends. When something terrible like this happens (which feels like a nightmare), it's good to get some perspective and realize the world isn't coming to an end, they're just breaking up. "Well I've been trying to ingest this But everything to me just seems like nonsense. And I'm not sure if I can get it I guess it's time for me to grow a conscience To combat the lapse That explains why all of this simply collapsed." -->"Well I've been trying to ingest this, but everything to me just seems like nonsense" = I guess he didn't feel like his sleeping around a bit was such a big deal. (Or maybe looking back he realizes that his sleeping around was really really stupid and ended up costing him what he loved the most.) --> "And I'm not sure if I can get it. I guess it's time for me to grow a conscience" = This probably means that he realizes that if he doesn't understand this, he needs to grow a conscience, because it's clear what tore them apart, and it's clear it's all his fault --> "To combat the lapse that explains why all of this simply collapsed" = the lapse either being his cheating or his getting caught. Either way it makes sense. |
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