This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
I could go on talking or I could stop
Wring out each memory 'til I get every drop
Sift through the details of the others involved
The true crime would be thinking it's just one person's fault
Like an honest signature on a fake ID
Like the guilty conscience with the innocent plea
You can just ignore it, put it out of mind
But ain't it funny how the past won't ever let something lie?
Let's make a list of all the things the world has put you through
Let's raise a glass to all the people you're not speaking to
I don't know what else you wanted me to say to you
Things happen, that's all they ever do
In a different time, on a different floor
I might mourn the loss of who I'm not anymore
So I'm driving out to Oakland for a good look back
And a few revisions to my plan of attack
Let's make a list of all the things the world has put you through
Let's raise a glass to all the people you're not speaking to
I don't know what else you wanted me to say to you
Things happen, that's all they ever do
I think I'll see Lilly
See where she stands
I can't help how I feel, I don't think anyone can
Sometimes we're lovers, sometimes we're friends
The hope of magnetism between two dead ends
Let's make a list of all the things the world has put you through
Let's raise a glass to all the people you're not speaking to
I don't know what else you wanted me to say to you
Things happen, that's all they ever do
Let's make a list of all the things the world has put you through
Let's raise a glass to all the people you're not speaking to
I don't know what else you wanted me to say to you
Things happen, that's all they ever do
We could qualify the spirit guides you listen to
Or why a mom's compelled to bronze its baby's shoes
I don't know what else that you want me to say to you
Things happen, that's all they ever do
That's all they ever do
That's all they ever do
That's all they ever do
Wring out each memory 'til I get every drop
Sift through the details of the others involved
The true crime would be thinking it's just one person's fault
Like an honest signature on a fake ID
Like the guilty conscience with the innocent plea
You can just ignore it, put it out of mind
But ain't it funny how the past won't ever let something lie?
Let's make a list of all the things the world has put you through
Let's raise a glass to all the people you're not speaking to
I don't know what else you wanted me to say to you
Things happen, that's all they ever do
In a different time, on a different floor
I might mourn the loss of who I'm not anymore
So I'm driving out to Oakland for a good look back
And a few revisions to my plan of attack
Let's make a list of all the things the world has put you through
Let's raise a glass to all the people you're not speaking to
I don't know what else you wanted me to say to you
Things happen, that's all they ever do
I think I'll see Lilly
See where she stands
I can't help how I feel, I don't think anyone can
Sometimes we're lovers, sometimes we're friends
The hope of magnetism between two dead ends
Let's make a list of all the things the world has put you through
Let's raise a glass to all the people you're not speaking to
I don't know what else you wanted me to say to you
Things happen, that's all they ever do
Let's make a list of all the things the world has put you through
Let's raise a glass to all the people you're not speaking to
I don't know what else you wanted me to say to you
Things happen, that's all they ever do
We could qualify the spirit guides you listen to
Or why a mom's compelled to bronze its baby's shoes
I don't know what else that you want me to say to you
Things happen, that's all they ever do
That's all they ever do
That's all they ever do
That's all they ever do
Lyrics submitted by talihinathrees, edited by mandapop
Things Happen Lyrics as written by Taylor Goldsmith
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Verse 3: The verse goes in line with the chorus. The speaker now accepts that he has to be different and move on so he's driving out to Oakland to clear his mind and find a new way to clear a path forward in life.
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@Pokemystroke I dig it. If memory serves Oakland is across a body, the Pacific or an inlet, from San Fransisco, which could symbolize crossing over into new awareness. They say water is usually sexual in dreams, could apply here, maybe not intended. This could be a flip side of Elvis Costello's "Accidents Will Happen," similar idiom title, but Elvis typically dumps the motherlode of guilt on the girl. He does say "I used to be the victim but I'm not the only one," but doesn't detail his faults, just leaves it at "I know what I've done," and it echoes at the end like his mind saying "Yeah, you still need to deal with it." "Things Happen" is a grown up taking bigger steps down the line & questioning judgement altogether.
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I dig it. I believe Okland is across a long bridge over the Pacific or an inlet, from San Fransisco, could symbolize crossing over to a new point of view, traveling the bridge and seeing your shore from the other side. Water is said to be sexual in dreams, maybe that too. This feels like the flip side of Elvis C.'s "Accidents Will Happen"; similar idiom title, but typically, Elvis dumps the motherlode of guilt on the girl. He does he sees he's not the only victim, but "doesn't want to hear (about) it (because) I know what I've done." Then his mind echoes "I know, I know etc." which is both like waving a person off from a discussion, but also his mind saying "You may know, but you you're not dealing with it." Things Happen (the title and song) contrasts a cop-out (a "hit and run" can be more a mishap than misdeed, plus cold and impersonal) here the adult is taking bigger steps and finding peace. (I also wonder if the name Lilly suggests something beautiful whose fragility he was careless with.