I'd like to close my eyes, go numb
But there's a cold wind coming from
The top of the highest high-rise today
It's not a breeze 'cause it blows hard
Yes and it wants me to discard the humanity I know
Watch the warmth blow away

So don't let the world bring you down
Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold
Remember why you came and while you're alive
Experience the warmth before you grow old

So do you think I should adhere to that pressing new frontier?
And leave in my wake a trail of fear?
Or should I hold my head up high and throw a wrench in spokes by
Leaving the air behind me clear?

So don't let the world bring you down
Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold
Remember why you came and while you're alive
Experience the warmth before you grow (you grow old)

So don't let the world bring you down
Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold
Remember why you came and while you're alive
Experience the warmth before you grow old

Before you grow old
Where did it go? Where did it go?
Where did it go? Where did it go?


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The Warmth Lyrics as written by Michael Aaron Einziger Brandon Charles Boyd

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    a simply fucking awesome song. so pretty, with a good bit of building dynamics (the last chorus). I especially love teh bit where the overdriven guitar plays the guitar melody line during the last chorus, cuz it fits so well with every other instrument. Obviously, the message is simple and powerful.

    But i see it in some more detail than some:

    "I'd like to close my eyes; go numb but there's a cold wind coming from the top of the highest highrise today" He wants to escape from a monotonous overborne life, but the assholes of big commerce prohibit him (where is the CEO's office? the top of the highrises) "It's not a breeze 'cuz it blows hard and it wants me to discard the humanity I know; watch the warmth bow away" He takes a lot ofshit, and the slingers of that shit want him to conform "So don't let the world bring you down not everyone here is that fucked up and cold remember why you came and while your alive experience the warmth before you grow old" The first chorus is him talking to himself, or rather preaching and self-assuring "Do you think I should adhere to that pressing new frontier, and leave in my wake a trail of fear? Or should I hold my head up high, and throw a wrench in spokes by, leaving the air behind me clear?" Then he asks a friend, perhaps, if he should break out of the mold and throw everyone off, or if he should suck it up and be 'fucked up and cold' like everyone else seems to be by destroying others' lives and leave the way clear for other fucked up souls. The second chorus is a preaching from the friend to the narrator, perhaps, or a preaching from the narrator to the listeners. The third reprise of the chorus is a loud and clear declaration of the narrator's intent - to not be a dickhead - as well as words of advice to the listeners. My p.o.v. Guess I'm long winded too.

    therambler07on January 07, 2007   Link

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