I turn around and I'm in your world
Your pleasure is my pain in your world
But dissatisfied, I'll crawl to your world
And your body's warmth
Will only leave me colder in my world

No, it's not what I wanted
But she's holding my hand
No, it's not what I wanted
At least she's holding my hand

Well, I'm inside out
I'm all inside out
Yes, she's tearing me apart
Well, I'm inside out

This casual arrangement
Leaves a bitter taste
Our usual commitments
That's just kill me and killing you

Well, our casual arrangement
Just leaves a bitter taste
Well, our usual commitments
Just killing me, killing you

And I wish it was
Oh, if I could change the world, I wish
Maybe if circumstances could allow, would allow
And you could come around again tonight

Oh, take me out of here
'Cause I'm never coming home
Oh, take me out of here
'Cause I'm never coming home

Well, I'm inside out
I'm all inside out
Yeah, she's tearing me apart
Well, I'm inside out

Well, this casual arrangement
Leaves a bitter taste
Our usual commitments
That's just killing me, killing you

We'd better change
We'd better change, change
We'd better change
We'd better change, change




Lyrics submitted by nephari

Rise & Fall Lyrics as written by Adam Goemans Ross Bonney

Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.

Lyrics powered by LyricFind

Rise & Fall song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

4 Comments

sort form View by:
  • 0
    General Comment

    The meaning is pretty obvious but its one of those songs you can just leave on repeat and never get tired of it.

    john5304on October 13, 2007   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Album art
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Album art
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve. The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future. Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere" The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Album art
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Album art
No Surprises
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.