This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Kate, it's your ride
Get your petals out and lay them in the aisle
Pretend
You're God and grow, and it's your day to wed
We found your man
He's drinking up, he's all-American
And he'll drive
He's volunteered with grace to end your life
We'll tidy up
It's sad to hold, but leave your shell to us
You explode
You firefly, you tiny boat, with oars
Feather oars
The world tilts back and pours and pours and so
You satellite
You tidal wave, you're a big surprise
And I've one more night
To be your mother
The signal interrupts
My baby's frequency, not strong enough
Remain in my hands and smile
We will miss you, but in time you'll get set up
And we will write
Hey, beauty supreme
Yeah, you were right about me
But can I get myself out from underneath
This guilt that will crush me?
And in the choir
I saw our sad Messiah
He was bored and tired of my laments
Said, "I died for you one time, but never again"
Never again, never again, never again, never again
Never again, never again, never again, never again
Well, I love you so much (Never again)
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply (Never again)
No, 'cause I can dish it out (Never again)
But I can't take it (Never again) - 2x
One will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Two will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Three will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Four will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Five will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Six will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Seven loves you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Seven loves you so much (We'll never have to buy adjacent plots of earth)
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply (We'll never have to rot together underneath the dirt)
'Cause I can dish it out (I'll never have to lose my baby in the crowd)
But I can't take it (I should be laughing right now) - 3x
Get your petals out and lay them in the aisle
Pretend
You're God and grow, and it's your day to wed
We found your man
He's drinking up, he's all-American
And he'll drive
He's volunteered with grace to end your life
We'll tidy up
It's sad to hold, but leave your shell to us
You explode
You firefly, you tiny boat, with oars
Feather oars
The world tilts back and pours and pours and so
You satellite
You tidal wave, you're a big surprise
And I've one more night
To be your mother
The signal interrupts
My baby's frequency, not strong enough
Remain in my hands and smile
We will miss you, but in time you'll get set up
And we will write
Hey, beauty supreme
Yeah, you were right about me
But can I get myself out from underneath
This guilt that will crush me?
And in the choir
I saw our sad Messiah
He was bored and tired of my laments
Said, "I died for you one time, but never again"
Never again, never again, never again, never again
Never again, never again, never again, never again
Well, I love you so much (Never again)
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply (Never again)
No, 'cause I can dish it out (Never again)
But I can't take it (Never again) - 2x
One will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Two will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Three will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Four will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Five will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Six will love you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Seven loves you so much
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply
'Cause I can dish it out
But I can't take it
Seven loves you so much (We'll never have to buy adjacent plots of earth)
But do me a favor, baby, don't reply (We'll never have to rot together underneath the dirt)
'Cause I can dish it out (I'll never have to lose my baby in the crowd)
But I can't take it (I should be laughing right now) - 3x
Lyrics submitted by bnjared, edited by robbeh118, fob0403, nikkiixc, Mellow_Harsher, empiricynicism, XanderBoi
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in the words of jesse lacey...
"there was a 6 year old girl who was returning from a wedding on a road on long island which is about a mile away from my house. and uh, it was late that night and there were two limousines following each other and the younger girl was in the front limousine, and her mother and family were in the rear limousine. some kid, some long island over-privilaged white kid had a fight with his girlfriend and decided he would tie one on. so he got in his car and got on the exit ramp of a highway, and was speeding down the wrong way of the highway. he didn't even see this limousine coming at him, didn't hit the breaks, he just hit the limousine head on. the little girl katie flynn was decapitated, the limo driver was killed instantly. the limousine that was behind stopped, the mother got out and ran to see whether she could find her daughter and she found her daughter's head laying in the middle of the highway. so she picked it up and she sat on the side of the curb with her daughters head on her lap while the rescue workers cut her daughters body out of the limo. she went on tv a day later and explained this story in detail to the public, and it just brought my life to a hault."
this is the true and exact story/meaning to the song
Who the hell edited these lyrics? They were spot on before, now they are wrong in several places and written in terrible english.
Correct lyrics: (from old BN website, and lyric sheet that came with the vinyl)
'K', here's your ride Get your petals out and lay them in the aisle Pretend you are God, and grow And that it's your day to wed We have found your man He is drinking up He's all-American, and he'll drive He has volunteered with grace to end your life We'll tidy up It's sad to hold, but leave your shell to us You explode, you firefly, you tiny boat with oars Feather oars The world tilts back and pours and pours And so, you satellite You're a tidal wave You’re a big surprise And I've one more night to be your mother"
The signal interrupted My baby's frequency not strong enough Remain in my hands and smile
We will miss you but in time you'll get set up And we will write
Hey, you beauty supreme Yeah, you were right about me But can I get myself out from underneath This guilt that will crush me In the choir, I saw our sad Messiah He was bored and tired of my laments He said, "I died for you one time, but never again"
Never again...
Well I love you so much But do me a favor baby and don’t reply Cause I can dish it out But I can't take it
(repeat: 1234567)
background: (We'll never have to buy adjacent plots of earth We'll never have to rot together under the dirt I'll never have to lose my baby in the crowd I should be laughing right now)
As for the meaning, it's pretty well documented here and elsewhere that the song is about Katie Flynn ('K' from the first line of the song) who was killed when the Limo she was in was hit head on by a drunk driver. She was 7 years old, and was returning from a wedding where she had been the flower girl. <br /> Katie was decapitated in the crash, and her Mother held her daughter's head in her arms as the ambulances arrived.<br /> The song is written form several perspectives: Katie's mother; the drunk-driver; and finally Jesse, as narrator.
why is the first part in quotations?<br /> what's the meaning of that?
This song is 100% centered around the death of seven year old Katie Flynn but I think the intent is to rope the listener in to how death affects both the family of the deceased and those (who are or who feel) at fault.
Here's a link to an article describing the incident: nytimes.com/2005/07/05/nyregion/05crash.html
So now, we know Katie was a flower girl at the wedding she had attended. Odd that they say he's volunteered with grace to end your life. Though they do likely mean to use grace as a word, grace was the other flower child at the weddings name, she survived the crash. The first half of the song (and many of the songs on this album) appear to be told from the mothers perspective. As though observing a court trial, most of these songs take you through the emotional journey that Katies mother is going through, as well the journey that her murderer Martin Heidgen is going through after drunkenly killing her.
Here's some of her moms perspective.
"K, here's your ride. Get your petals out and lay them in the aisle Pretend you garden grows, And it's your own day to wed We've found your man. He's drinking up. He's all-American, and he'll drive. He's volunteered with grace to end your life"
And then we have Martins, it sounds almost like he's contemplating suicide.
"Hey, you beauty supreme Yeah, you were right about me But can I get myself out from underneath This guilt that will crush me In the choir, I saw our sad Messiah He was bored and tired of my laments He said, "I died for you one time, but never again""
In the end I think that it's either Katies mom saying that Katie is in a safe place or that it's showing how this death has changed Martins view of life love and death (telling someone not to love him because he doesn't deserve it, stating that he'll never be loved or have children and never have to suffer a loss like Katies mother did).
"Well I love you so much, but do me a favor baby and don't reply Cause I can dish it out, but I can't take it I'll never have to buy adjacent plots of earth We'll never have to rot together underneath dirt I'll never have to lose my baby in the crowd I should be laughing right now"
I also thought it was an interesting use of the word grace seeing as that's her sister's name! Interesting... I'm glad you know this song is actually about Katie. I'm thinking maybe the first word is "Kate" and maybe Jesse just didn't pronounce the t well? Great input.
My mistake, it's definitely 'K' as was said many times~
I actually learnt what this song meant yesterday. Its about this little girl who was a flower girl at her aunties wedding. And after the family was riding in a limo, and they were hit by a drunk driver. And out of the 3 kids, mom and dad, the little girl got decapitated in the accident. The mother found her daughters head..and hugged it for an hour while waiting for the ambulance to come..the rest of the family had minor injuries, and she was the only one to pass away. Sad story ;/// But its true. And these guys wrote this song because they grew up in the same hometown as the family.
after reading the story of kate's death and watching the limo crash video, this is my perspective on
the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 loved you so much, but do me a favor baby don't reply
it has to be from the point of view of the devil. he's talking to the seven deadly sins, which he obviously loves. however, after kate's tragic death he actually feels remorse. that is why he says he can dish it out, but can't take it.
look at the underlines at the end: the devil never "has to be down to earth" (actually feel the feelings he inflicts)
never "has to live together on this piece of dirt" (live on the earth with the sins he invokes)
doesn't have to "find his baby in the crowd" (search for his decapitated daughter's head)
and the devil "should be laughing right now", but instead he feels remorse for the unrightful death.
just a thought
Get your petals out, lay them in the isle
They signal to interrupt
We will write (breathe in) So breathe Yeah, you were right about me
Just some spelling fixes...
I was almost sure the end said 'I should be locked up right now'...but I do hear it as laughing, which is surely right. I thought it was better when I heard 'locked up'. :/
Just FYI for any more posts to come, the song is based on an awfully sad and true story about the death of a 7 year old girl (and the limousine driver) by a drunk driver whilst she was inside the limousine, as flower girl for a wedding. Hence all the references to the number 7 etc. It makes sense when you know the story. Look it up.
Okay, I wanted to let all of you know the real meaning of this really sad song.
It is about a 7 year old girl named Katie Flynn.
She was the flower girl in her aunts wedding and was killed on their way home after the wedding, July 1, 2005. A drunk driver crashed head on into their limo after driving two miles the wrong way on the Meadowbrook Parkway. The limo driver Stan Rabinowitz was also killed.
Stan was killed on impact, Katie was decapitated. Katie’s mother sat on the side of the high way cradling her daughters severed head.
If you don’t see how this song was a tribute to Katie and her family and a poster against drunk driving, I don’t know what to tell you. Brand New is from Long Island, NY and clearly as a local band was affected and moved by their story.
Listen to this song with this story in mind and I hope you’ll understand.
Hobbyy I disagree with you completely... And It's a different sound just as YFW and Deja were tremendously different but both amazing. You haven't even heard the entire new CD so maybe you should wait to judge it until you've actually heard it? just a thought...
I think the seven's at the end are something different. notice that its said four times, but really theres only 3 seven related verses (the first one is said to times). three 7's....777...is the number of god. The devil and GOD are raging inside me.
@TheMasquerade I took the 7's to be a reference to her age, and also I heard once that your brain lives for seven seconds after decapitation...so I thought about her mom holding her there right after the accident.