In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I'm so fed up with everyone around me
No one seems to care
I'm just so far gone and nothing's gonna change
I'll never be the same
It's always do this, do that, everything they want to
I don't wanna live that way
Every chance they get they're always pushing me away
It's never enough, no it's never enough
No matter what I say
It's never enough, no it's never enough
I'll never be what you want me to be
It's all so messed up and no one ever listens
Everyone's deranged
I'm just so fucked up and I'm never gonna change
I wanna lay it all to waste
They're always say this, say that, nothing that you want to
I don't wanna live that way
Every chance they get they're always shoving me aside
It's never enough, no it's never enough
No matter what I say
It's never enough, no it's never enough
I'll never be what you want me to be
I'm done!
In the end we're all just chalk lines on the concrete
Drawn only to be washed away
For the time that I've been given
I am what I am
I'd rather hate you for everything you are
Than ever love you for something you are not
I'd rather you hate me for everything I am
Than have you love me for something that I can't
It's never enough, it's never enough
No matter what I say
It's never enough, no it's never enough
No matter who I try to be
It's never enough, no it's never enough
No matter how I try to taste
It's never enough, never never enough
I'll never be what you want me to be
No one seems to care
I'm just so far gone and nothing's gonna change
I'll never be the same
It's always do this, do that, everything they want to
I don't wanna live that way
Every chance they get they're always pushing me away
It's never enough, no it's never enough
No matter what I say
It's never enough, no it's never enough
I'll never be what you want me to be
It's all so messed up and no one ever listens
Everyone's deranged
I'm just so fucked up and I'm never gonna change
I wanna lay it all to waste
They're always say this, say that, nothing that you want to
I don't wanna live that way
Every chance they get they're always shoving me aside
It's never enough, no it's never enough
No matter what I say
It's never enough, no it's never enough
I'll never be what you want me to be
I'm done!
In the end we're all just chalk lines on the concrete
Drawn only to be washed away
For the time that I've been given
I am what I am
I'd rather hate you for everything you are
Than ever love you for something you are not
I'd rather you hate me for everything I am
Than have you love me for something that I can't
It's never enough, it's never enough
No matter what I say
It's never enough, no it's never enough
No matter who I try to be
It's never enough, no it's never enough
No matter how I try to taste
It's never enough, never never enough
I'll never be what you want me to be
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Never Enough Lyrics as written by Donnell Spencer
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As a guy who was born with the genetic defect to seek out women who are never happy and then spend years failing at trying to make them happy, this song has a profound meaning to me.
Just the entire tone of the song is exactly what it felt like to me. To me you can hear it in his voice. The combination of regret and anger being replaced with a feeling of failure brought on by shear mental and physical exhaustion.
The entire lyrics just fit all too well to my worst relationships but two parts in particular stick out in my mind.
First when he just keeps screaming out and repeating "I'M DONE!!!"
It's simple but it puts in words so eloquently what it's like when you've finally had all you can take and you just give up completely.
The other part finally puts into words perfectly what I have always felt but never could voice.
I'd rather hate you, for everything you are, Then ever love you, for something you are not I'd rather you hate me, for everything I am Than have you love me for something that I can't
Little long comment but feel this song kicks ass and deserves a good comment.
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Cheers,
Ryan
I will dare to sound whiney by saying that this song sounds like my life.
Basically I see it as a guy who is isolated from society. He tries to do what society wants, he always does the right thing. He feels so isolated that he feels that he cannot reconnect with society. The society wants him to change to be something that he can never be to fit in. He finally resolves to be left alone and to be himself.
I'd say this song is about being unaccepted for whatever reason whether it be your likes/dislikes, how you dress, who you hang out with, etc. Treating others with kindness and respect, but others can't do the same. Helping others and in return being ignored. Probably also deals with being pressured into conformity, but people still not accepting you.
On a side note... How in the hell does this remind you of your parents asking you to do a fucking a chore?
Omg it does!
To this song is about feeling like an outcast, like everyone hates you. But you refuse to try and become like them because you know it would all be a lie. it would never be good enough.
"I'd rather hate you for everything you are Than ever love you for something you are not I'd rather you hate me for everything I am Than have you love me for something that I am not."
This means to me that you would rather see who people really are and have them see who you really are and hate each other than pretend to be someone else just to get people to like you.
For myself as father the lyrics speak to the unrealistic expectations parents place on their children. No matter what they do its never enough. As a parent I've learned that the best expectation is unconditional love tempered with encouragements of finding their strengths and removing obstacles to success.
The way i see it, its not just about that. its about some people are too nice and get constantly taken advantage of. just constantly being used and when they try do something with or get something from the people they helped. the people make some excuse to avoid doing it. and now the person in like 'fuck this" and he's not going to try to help or impress anyone anymore because its a wasted effort.
This song reminds me of myself. It seems like the more I do for people, the more they expect of me. And I think the singer is singing from the heart. I think he's been taken advantage of way too much. I really think this song speaks to me. I really take to heart when he says that everyone shoves him aside. I truly feel that way sometimes
I agree with you 100%<br /> I'm more or less the same way.<br /> People have asked for money, rides anywhere and everywhere, run errands for them, anything that involves making you do it for them so you don't have too, with them having to give back absolutely nothing in return, and then shove you aside and call you an ass hole or a 'self-fish f*ck,' yes, I have been called that, when you've had enough of their bull shit and decide you wont take their shit anymore.<br />
Maybe means that he is so tired of everyone walking all over him that he says fuck you and fuck it all. also maybe that we are all going to die one day so be remembered as being a nice person and not an asshole? lol, and you bitched at your parents about taking out that trash because you were to busy on myspace? lol get a life.
I can tottally see where the one kid is coming from about the parents. I mean thats pretty stupid but still i can see it but the way i see the song is someone is constalily being nice, doing all the right shit and noone appreshates it from him and like maybe a family thinks that he isn't doing anything with his life and they always ask more and more of them you know?
i love this song. to me it means that sometimes what you do just isnt enough. no matter how hard you try or what you say people or someone always want more from you and then you get to the point where you have just had enough. i love the end of the song where he says i would rather u hate me for everything i am than love me for something im not : )
another song on my list of great songs. to me it means that whatever you do it is "never enough". just trying to get that someone you love back into your life and trying EVERYTHING you possibly can and everything you do is just never enough. they never see what you're trying to do and it hurts. also, another great part is the end.. "In the end we’re all just chalk lines on the concrete Drawn only to be washed away For the time that I’ve been given I am what I am". I believe here that he's trying to say that everyone is the same and eventually were all going to die. And for the time that he is given to live on earth he's going to be himself and no one else. He isn't going to try and be something he isn't to get someone to love him. Hence the I rather you hate me, for everything I am Then have you love me, for something that I can’t. I know i'm probably waaay offf from what this really means. But i just find lyrics that i relate to and make them my own.