friday night everybody's getting happy, i think you lost your style
maybe we're gonna be here a while
what is said, and what is suggested
i think you already know
just what you wanted to do
and where you'd end up
oh oh-oh oh-oh
its all the time, its all by myself
oh-oh oh-oh
it's all the time, it's all the time
and far below are all the things we take for granted
oh-oh oh-oh
i wanna believe now its all gone, all the time
have you ever had to give up something special
for the scars that you've gained
sometimes you find the truth you go insane
screaming insde because you wanna elude it
there's no wrong or right
go on and live with no regrets
you only have one life
this box of pictures
regrets and memories
I haven't found out quite yet
what i want, what i want
so have you lost them?
they got stuck inside your past
all the time i've fought for
and all i've wasted


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    This song to me is talking about the way we live life thinking about things that don't matter. Whether it be stuff in our past or just stuff that's petty. It's saying to go and live life, and stop taking it for granted because there are better things to think about.

    emo_SavestheDayon April 28, 2002   Link
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    Best Rx Bandits song, anyway does nayone know they used to call themselves the pharmacuetical bandits but shortened it to RX, just some rx bandits trivia for you

    RX_Bandits_kidon October 10, 2002   Link
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    "go on and live with no regrets you only have one life"

    i swear to god, rx bandits keep me living. go see them live, it's orgasmic!

    livelovemusicccon January 12, 2008   Link
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    To me this song is about losing yourself to be with the in crowd.

    "Friday night.... I think you lost your style"

    Then he goes on to say about how he chooses to be true to himself, and because of that is alone, "all the time"

    It could also be figurative, that maybe he does have a lot of friends, but none are really on his level in terms of thinking and living, and just try to be someone there not to fit in.

    Great song. Matt Embree has a gift of lyrics and channeling emotion, his songs are always very deep and have many meanings and possible meanings.

    ClownTattooon June 10, 2011   Link

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