@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
I was just a shoulder you could cry on
You ruined my favorite shirts
I write my favorite songs about you
They'll never make the record
When you highs are low
and your ups are down
I'll be nowhere to be found
Tell me babe who's laughing now?
When your yes and no
And your fire is cold
You're nothing but skin and bones
Formerly so beautiful
Out with the old
In with the new
I can do better than you
If your love don't stick
Then please don't stick by me
And if your heart's untrue
Then please don't lie with me
And if your love don't count
Then you can count on me
For nothing, for nothing
I'm sitting by my phone
2.00 AM you should be home
I'm cutting patterns in the floor
I'm in it for the win,
But I'm losing all my friends
Chasing you is like chasing the wind
When your hugs are shrugs
And your kisses are curses
I'll be nowhere to be found
Tell me babe who's laughing now?
When your calm is crazy
And your clarity's hazy
You're nothing but skin and bones
Formerly so beautiful
Out with the old
In with the new
I can do better than you
If your love don't stick
Then please don't stick by me
And if your heart's untrue
Then please don't lie with me
And if your love don't count
Then you can count on me
For nothing, for nothing
Alright!
If your love don't stick
Then please don't stick by me
And if your heart's untrue
Then please don't lie with me
(Come on! Clap with me! Clap with me!
Clap those hands! Clap those hands! Alright!)
And if your love don't count
Then you can count on me
For nothing, for nothing
You ruined my favorite shirts
I write my favorite songs about you
They'll never make the record
When you highs are low
and your ups are down
I'll be nowhere to be found
Tell me babe who's laughing now?
When your yes and no
And your fire is cold
You're nothing but skin and bones
Formerly so beautiful
Out with the old
In with the new
I can do better than you
If your love don't stick
Then please don't stick by me
And if your heart's untrue
Then please don't lie with me
And if your love don't count
Then you can count on me
For nothing, for nothing
I'm sitting by my phone
2.00 AM you should be home
I'm cutting patterns in the floor
I'm in it for the win,
But I'm losing all my friends
Chasing you is like chasing the wind
When your hugs are shrugs
And your kisses are curses
I'll be nowhere to be found
Tell me babe who's laughing now?
When your calm is crazy
And your clarity's hazy
You're nothing but skin and bones
Formerly so beautiful
Out with the old
In with the new
I can do better than you
If your love don't stick
Then please don't stick by me
And if your heart's untrue
Then please don't lie with me
And if your love don't count
Then you can count on me
For nothing, for nothing
Alright!
If your love don't stick
Then please don't stick by me
And if your heart's untrue
Then please don't lie with me
(Come on! Clap with me! Clap with me!
Clap those hands! Clap those hands! Alright!)
And if your love don't count
Then you can count on me
For nothing, for nothing
Lyrics submitted by whenmemoriesfad3
Count on Me (For Nothing) Lyrics as written by Caleb Turman Austin Bello
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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no one has commented?! awesome song and i think its just refering to having a good time and finding someone who you can rely on as a friend. or a loved one. btw the third line in the first verse/paragraph, it should be we're, not were.
@stewie840: That's because as I am writing this comment, only a few people have even heard this song.. It's on the Underdog Alma Mater album, which is to be released a week from now (as of time of writing).
Good song though, not the best in the album, but still good..
yerr.... i think its about taking some freedom and enjoying it i thought it was one of the best...
i think it's about his mom... and how she wasn't there for him growing up, and now she wants to be a part of his life.
but he's not sure if he wants her to be, even though he loves her.
I agree with Nikki.
I mean it says mother like in this first line Mother, I know you know I'm having a good time I'm sleeping so little But I'm living the good life No need to worry Got a place to lay my head down No need to worry I got a place to sleep
It makes sense he loves his mother but she was never there for him.
@keeto: i know, i guess i thought some people may have downloaded the advanced copy like me since i was impatient and wanted an early listen :P. not that i'm not going to buy the cd! i love it! but canada sucks and the release was pushed until mid-may :@ @nikki: i agree, it does make sense if it was about his mother.
@keeto: i know, i guess i thought some people may have downloaded the advanced copy like me since i was impatient and wanted an early listen :P. not that i'm not going to buy the cd! i love it! but canada sucks and the release was pushed until mid-may :@ @nikki: i agree, it does make sense if it was about his mother.
its about calebs life, he said it in a video if any one read their Alternative Press spread he talked about how he left his house at 16 and lived in his car.
so okay, i guess it is about his mom. & i see that now, but with the whole "we made the back our bedroom" and "i'm not sure that i really want to touch you but i will only if you ask me to" thing i saw it as being about a guy (or girl). like, he's someone who you have so much fun with and love the hell out of, but he's just not someone you can 100% count on.. and that's why it wouldn't work.
I think most of the song is about his mom. At first I thought it was about a girl, because of the 'made the back our bedroom part' but it makes sense if you think of it as living in a car, and not banging in a car.
And then I think this part:
I love you, but I'm not sure That I really want to touch you But I will only if you ask me to Yeah, you'll never be that for me Yeah, you'll never be that for me
He could now be talking about a girl, and referring to how he was used to how his mother was with him, and he's scared to get close to a girl because of that.
But yeah. just guessing.