I've been pushing stones away far from these shores
I pretend that it's all OK
'Til on the brink of what can't be endured

We survive what we can't change
So let it fade
Just let it go
We pretend so nothing does change
We're flowers never breaking through the stone

I pretended and prayed it all away
Searching for a place to hide
But I don't need afflicted memories to fade
I just want to feel something real inside

We survive what we can't change
So let it fade
Just let it go
We pretend so nothing does change
We're flowers never breaking through the stone

I've been pushing stones away
Far from these shores
I
Pretend that it's all OK
'Til on the brink of what can be endured

We survive what we can't change
So let it fade
Just let it go
We pretend so nothing does change
We're flowers never breaking through the stone


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The Stone Lyrics as written by William L. Howerdel

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    ok first off i was extremely high when i listened to this song and i feel i nearly over-evaluated everything there is (and i mean it too). I highly doubt this is actually what the song was written about. If this comment interests you please reply...i just want to know I'm not alone :P (if you dont get that then you obviously aren't where I'm at) If you don't like reading I'd suggest looking at another comment maybe lol This is basically what I wrote in my notebook just phrased a little different. (minus the quotes)

    "I've been pushing stones away far from these shores I pretend that it's all okay On the brink of what can't be adored"

    hes explaining how he has broken through his mind by "pushing stones away" (and notice he says pushing instead of moving so its more of an outward moving motion). He pretends that what he sees is okay and what he sees cannot be seen by most other people. What I think hes seeing is humanity, life, maybe everything.

    We survived well we can change...

    We survived so far, and we can change our fate. let the thoughts fade just let them go, just swing on the spiral (life). We have the power to lead our species another direction. He notices that pretending is what most people do (whether they know it or not) because their minds can not see that they are doing it. Flowers (most people) never breaking through the stone (our mind)

    I pretend and pray it all away searching for a place to hide...

    He tries to make this all go away and wishes he never broke out of this shell. He doesn't need to pretend his way back "down" to himself with memories that don't really exist because he truly liked it better when he was all caught up in life. He also feels fake. I know this feeling very well firsthand, because while i was listening to this i felt like i was in a video game, which in a weird sense seems very true.

    there has to be more of you out there... lolz i probably sound like I'm losing my mind.

    buttcrackcanceron March 13, 2008   Link

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