| Trapt – Product of my own design Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It wasn't obvious to me at first, but I now am convinced this song is about leaving the church. This new found interpretation struck a chord in me, since I am in a very similar place right now. In the first verse, the writer has questioned his faith, and found it to be unsatisfactory. Someone (perhaps his parents and extended family) is telling him that his conclusions are incorrect; he should see and think their way. In the chorus, he criticizes his opponents for their arrogance; using faith as a shield from rational thinking. He refuses to assimilate, choosing instead to follow his own reasoning. The second verse sounds very much like the teachings of Christianity. The "promised guarantee" of eternal life in Heaven after death; freedom of choice, though only under a set of regulations to be followed to gain this prize. His "own weight" that "cannot be carried" is the sinful nature that Christianity teaches is present in every human; one that only Jesus Christ can atone for. The writer opposes this belief, and indicates its absurdity. "You were my eyes, You were my ears, You were my conscience all these years" He was raised in the church, which was supposed to teach him right and wrong, though now its virtues have been taken into question. "No more, My vision has never been so clear, Looks like I have no one left to fear" However, he has freed himself from the narrow view of his old religion, and can't believe how blind he was until now. Without the threat of eternal punishment in Hell, he is free to choose his own lifestyle, and free to define his own morality. |
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| Driving East – Blue Eyes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I'll start off with some lyric suggestions, because I think they change the meaning of the song a little bit: "I can't say I'd dump her" -> "I'd kiss and I'd dump her" "By casting my curse, you're the same" -> "My gift and my curse are the same" "You'd rather hear it from a friend" -> "You had to hear it from a friend" "I promise/To give you eternity/To choose how/The fall, it would sound/Cos' you're insecure" -> "I promised to give you eternity, but you fell/Before they were selfish and insecure" *I'm not completely sure about the "they" in this one, it could mean his eyes, a pretty common theme in the song. ---- The song starts out with the singer having a conversation with his now deceased wife, possibly asking her if she died because she found out he was cheating on her. Next he says he wishes he could rewind to before he and his lover cheated. He would have ended the affair at the first kiss. At this point, he figures out that his actions have completely changed the future he invisioned. He blames his blue eyes, calling them his gift and curse -- They help him attract women, but they have now helped him start a secret relationship which eventually loses him his wife. He reiterates the fact that he was cheating on her, sleeping in a bed not theirs. He couldn't even face her to tell her what he did, and now he'll never have the chance to apologize to her face. At the end of the song, he seems to indicate his wife died from a fall. He then goes on to say how he used to be think only of himself, and now realized what he lost. He hopes she's happy in another life, because he broke her heart in this one. Lastly, he describes his lies to cover the affair. She trusted him completely. Now his betrayal makes him feel like his words are strangling him. Because of them, he's responsible for losing the girl he loved. |
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| Charlotte Sometimes – waves and the both of us Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Instead of "let them/let it" I am 98% sure it's supposed to be "better" -- which seems more fitting anyway. | |
| Forever the Sickest Kids – Believe Me, I'm Lying Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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To me, the first verse make it sound like the girl can only tell when the guy is telling small lies, yet still trusts him while completely missing how everything about him is a lie. He realizes this, and even goes so far to say he "never should have taken this so far" because he knows they can't have a future when he's never truthful with her. When he tells her to buy a drink, it sounds like he's foreshadowing the end of the relationship. He tells her to buy a drink in order to forget about him, because she's going to cry about him breaking her heart when it's over. The second verse is more talk about how he knows exactly what she wants to hear, but he can't keep being dishonest with her. In the third verse, he wants her to realize how he used her so she won't let it happen again. He trys to salvage his dignity by putting her needs ahead of his, and hoping she learns not to leave herself so vulnerable. |
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