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”
The nicest man I ever met
Was more malicious than malcontent
Yeah, he taught me how to hold my tongue
And wait to strike till their backs were turned
And you slither away like the snake that you are
Yeah, you slither away like the snake that you are
All I ever did was look up to you
And if all I ever did was let, let you down
Ain't nothing stopping me now
Divinities fell correctly beneath
The receding pride of his twenties
Was capital M-E
(I couldn't self describe)
Was capital M-E
(But you can't say I didn't try)
So you say what you want
(Maybe I didn't get my way)
So you say what you want
(Maybe I didn't get my way)
I got, I got away
All I ever did was look up to you
And if all I ever did was let, let you down
Ain't nothing stopping me now
Was it everything you hoped for?
Was it all that and more?
Too much, too soon
Or too good to be true
Was it everything you hoped for?
Was it all that and more?
All I ever did was look up to you
And if all I ever did was let, let you down
Ain't nothing stopping me now
All I ever did was look up to you
And if all I ever did was let, let you down
Ain't nothing stopping me now
Was more malicious than malcontent
Yeah, he taught me how to hold my tongue
And wait to strike till their backs were turned
And you slither away like the snake that you are
Yeah, you slither away like the snake that you are
All I ever did was look up to you
And if all I ever did was let, let you down
Ain't nothing stopping me now
Divinities fell correctly beneath
The receding pride of his twenties
Was capital M-E
(I couldn't self describe)
Was capital M-E
(But you can't say I didn't try)
So you say what you want
(Maybe I didn't get my way)
So you say what you want
(Maybe I didn't get my way)
I got, I got away
All I ever did was look up to you
And if all I ever did was let, let you down
Ain't nothing stopping me now
Was it everything you hoped for?
Was it all that and more?
Too much, too soon
Or too good to be true
Was it everything you hoped for?
Was it all that and more?
All I ever did was look up to you
And if all I ever did was let, let you down
Ain't nothing stopping me now
All I ever did was look up to you
And if all I ever did was let, let you down
Ain't nothing stopping me now
Lyrics submitted by matthew_tm
Capital M-E Lyrics as written by Edward Reyes Adam Burbank Lazzara
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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This song is at first hard for me to find good... It's about fred. I liked him and still do. The song itself sounds like it was made by fred himself.. it had some similarities with his songs on tcf. I think Adam did this on purpose. the part were "but i got, i got away." was a patented Fred tone.. If he was still in TBS he would surely sing that line...
I didn't know that they had a bad breakup. About Fred or not this is an unbelievably good song.
The break up in public seemed like it was nice, but Fred did say he would turn in songs, and they always refused to use them and he was real upset about that. Then fred wrote the song "complaintor" directly about being in TBS. So i suppose they are just writing their comeback at him
so typical TBS... this hypes their two bands more... Like they did with Brand New...
How is that typical? When you write, you write what you feel. Obviously Adam felt this way at the time so he wrote about it. Same with Jessey Lacey and Fred Mascherino.