This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Baby, I sorely miss the vibrant gleam
That's in your eyes
I'll write a song about it
And maybe if the melody's just right
I hope tonight it will find you
It will remind you
But what's holding me back
Is the thought of time we never had
My world's hanging by three words
That I can't bear to say
When you hear this chorus
Do you miss the way the world was spinning for us?
Do you hurt the way that I do?
After all this time, you leave me broken
This song is every word I left unspoken
When you hear this, girl, I'm hoping
That you'll think of us
That you'll think of us
Baby, I told myself that I'll be fine
But it's a lie
I don't wanna talk about it
Memories, oh, they cut like knives
Deep inside, I'm falling
Baby, catch me if you can
What's holding me back
Is the thought of time we never had
My world's hanging by three words
That I can't bear to say
When you hear this chorus
Do you miss the way the world was spinning for us?
Do you hurt the way that I do?
After all this time, you leave me broken
This song is every word I left unspoken
When you hear this, girl, I'm hoping
That you'll think of us
When you hear this chorus
Do you miss the way the world was spinning for us?
Do you hurt the way that I do?
After all this time, you leave me broken
This song is every word I left unspoken
When you hear this, girl, I'm hoping
That you'll think of us
That you'll think of us
Baby, I sorely miss the vibrant gleam
That's in your eyes
That's in your eyes
I'll write a song about it
And maybe if the melody's just right
I hope tonight it will find you
It will remind you
But what's holding me back
Is the thought of time we never had
My world's hanging by three words
That I can't bear to say
When you hear this chorus
Do you miss the way the world was spinning for us?
Do you hurt the way that I do?
After all this time, you leave me broken
This song is every word I left unspoken
When you hear this, girl, I'm hoping
That you'll think of us
That you'll think of us
Baby, I told myself that I'll be fine
But it's a lie
I don't wanna talk about it
Memories, oh, they cut like knives
Deep inside, I'm falling
Baby, catch me if you can
What's holding me back
Is the thought of time we never had
My world's hanging by three words
That I can't bear to say
When you hear this chorus
Do you miss the way the world was spinning for us?
Do you hurt the way that I do?
After all this time, you leave me broken
This song is every word I left unspoken
When you hear this, girl, I'm hoping
That you'll think of us
When you hear this chorus
Do you miss the way the world was spinning for us?
Do you hurt the way that I do?
After all this time, you leave me broken
This song is every word I left unspoken
When you hear this, girl, I'm hoping
That you'll think of us
That you'll think of us
Baby, I sorely miss the vibrant gleam
That's in your eyes
Lyrics submitted by sparklebbyshine
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I think it's like this: boy loves girl. Girl cheats on/leaves boy. ... And i think the boy is... trying to make the girl maybe feel bad and remember how good they had it, make her feel sorry for leaving or cheating or whatever.
yeah; by far best song on the album. i'm doing a pom routine to it. such a gooood song.
i agree completely. i think the boy was lead on tho only because it seems like wat im goin thru rite now. another reason y i completely love this song. the boy still likes her and hes misses wat they had sooo much and now hes hopin that she feels the same but he doesnt wanna say the three words - i love you - because he doesnt think she feels the same. in the chorus he asks if she feels the same and if she remembers the time when they were soo close or together and if shes left broken like he is.he wants to be over her and noes he shuld try to get over her but he noes its hard to just leave it be and the memories they had hurt more than movin on. and thats bout it. just hhow i feel. bein friends wit the girl but not how we use to be suks but movin on hurts just as much. luv this song and the solos sikk too and the bands all around great for bein that song that makes u feel better
These boys are amazing. Best album EVER.<3 :)
Hmmmm I'm addicted :] Out of some of my favorite bands that have new stuff out [All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Paramore, We The Kings, Mayday Parade] Mayday Parade definitely kept their old sound the best. And I'm in love with them. :]
ANYWAYS.. for the song :]
It sounds like he misses the girl desperately. He said it would be okay, and he would be fine, but he's so far from it. But he can't bring himself to tell her "three words That I can't bear to say" because he's been hurt too badly[?]. So, in writing a song about it, he tries to say all the things he couldn't tell her. {That he's so hurt/ asking her if she was ever hurt about it too/ what he thinks and or thought about them etc.} He wants her to think about them.
If I'm way off, let me know, I did my best :]
x ThreeCheersForFiveYears
basically all of your fav bands are my fav bands.that strange.<br /> did we just become best friends? (sorry had to put that step brothers quote in there for the sake of it.)<br /> <br /> all time low is AWESOME i must say.<br /> but hey i cant say stuff about other bands on a mayday song.<br /> <br /> go mayday. your my heros.
haha wow, I believe we did. :D ATL && Mayday are very very awesome. <333
Baby, I sorely miss the vibrant gleam That's in your eyes I'll write a song about it And maybe if the melody's just right I hope tonight it will find you It will remind you
-He's looking back on a breakup, and he realizes how much he misses her, and hopes she's thinking about him too.
But what's holding me back Is the thought of time we never had My world's hanging by three words That I can't bear to say
-He really wants to say he loves her, but he's afraid of how she'd react. He didn't say I love you to her, so that's why they probably broke up in the first place.
When you hear this chorus Do you miss the way the world was spinning for us? Do you hurt the way that I do? After all this time, you leave me broken This song is every word I left unspoken When you hear this, girl, I'm hoping That you'll think of us That you'll think of us
-He wants to inform her that he's indeed not over her, and hopes she has some guilt and feels sad and broken like he does.
Baby, I told myself that I'll be fine But it's a lie I don't wanna talk about it Memories, oh, they cut like knives Deep inside, I'm falling Baby, catch me if you can
-He kept reassuring himself that'd he'd get over her, but whenever someone brings her up, he gets upset, and the heart ache just repeats itself.
What's holding me back Is the thought of time we never had My world's hanging by three words That I can't bear to say
When you hear this chorus Do you miss the way the world was spinning for us? Do you hurt the way that I do? After all this time, you leave me broken This song is every word I left unspoken When you hear this, girl, I'm hoping That you'll think of us
When you hear this chorus Do you miss the way the world was spinning for us? Do you hurt the way that I do? After all this time, you leave me broken This song is every word I left unspoken When you hear this, girl, I'm hoping That you'll think of us That you'll think of us
Baby, I sorely miss the vibrant gleam That's in your eyes
I love Mayday Parade, although I do miss Jason dearly. This song is great, and I love the title. :) They always come up with such catchy song titles...
<br /> Just so you know, Jason is in a new band called "Go Radio" - I personally don't like the sound, but his vocals are still amazing. =] <br /> <br /> x ThreeCheersForFiveYears
This song is so great! I love the lyrics <3
This song is by far the best on their new album. Am I the only one that listens to this song solely for the amazing guitar solos sometimes? Good guitar solos are what so many songs today are missing. Mayday Parade hasn't exactly excelled in that department, but this song is great there. I'm seeing them live tomorrow, and I really hope they play this song.
okay, i may be wrong, but this is what i think this song is about...
so he really really like this girl, but when he couldn't get himself to say he loved her [My world's hanging by three words/That I can't bear to say], she broke up with him. he thought he could go on, but he couldn't [Baby, I told myself that I'll be fine/But it's a lie]. and it really hurts to think about [the thought of time we never had] [Memories, oh, they cut like knives/Deep inside, I'm falling] and he's hoping for her to come back [Baby, catch me if you can] [This song is every word I left unspoken/When you hear this, girl, I'm hoping/That you'll think of us].
thats my thinking, anyway. some other ppl might have a different idea :)
I think it means...
Hey I thought you said you loved me, but you hurt me. You said we'd always be together through darkness and dawn, but why am I the only that's hurting. I hope when you here this song that all the memories flood back into your mind. The good and the bad ones. I want you to remember how you crushed me, and I want you to regret it, because what you have wasn't worth losing what we had.
But then again the guy does say that his world is hanging by three words i can't stand to say... maybe they're "i love you"
I think it's about a guy missing a girl. For what ever reason they fell apart. He can't say what he wants to say. He wasted to much time holding back what he felt. "My worlds hanging by three words that I cant bear to say"
and the chorus is about the girl missing him everytime she hears the song. The song is him saying what he really cant say.
i love the title in itself. cuz way too many times do people lie by saying "oh i can't live without you" and i love that this is just like, "well then why aren't you dead yet??"
anywaysss
i agree with everyone, it's simply an unrequited love song