| The Get Up Kids – The Dark Night of the Soul Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Yea this is a break up song, I'll break it down: Never thought anything lasts forever Hanging on every word Hold the cards in tight basically there he could be saying that he never thought they would last forever but he hung on every word and tried so hard, held the cards in tight meant he kept himself true, didn't play the field, just tried his hardest to love her. Then he says the line "but your killing me with sincerity" in which he points out her flaw, and the line "And I'd make any move tonight" is him saying that he's not holding back anymore and if the hand comes he'll play the cards and give someone new a chance. Redemption is a bitch Too end on this part could be in there b/c he broke up with her once and got back together trying to change things; redeming the relationship and now he wants to end it again. Or it could be that the girl cheated and he gave her a chance for redemption but now regrets it. The latter makes sense with the title. The dark night of the soul The dark night of the soul This is either a reference to the painful deliberation he is undergoing in his decision to end the relationship b/c all he can think of are selfish reasons for breaking up, or it is a reference to her cheating on him, or I am totally wrong. All my training beget a traitor A monster with a mind of it's own The beast is poised to strike The bastard plays on these insecurities Takes all my will to fight to me this seems to make reference to a girl I know. She helped me break up with my gf b4 we got back together, but wasnt supposed to be anything more than a friend. But now that I'm back together with my gf she wants me. She knows she can win me and is like a beast waiting to strike. IT takes everything I have to keep her out of my mind and stay true to my gf. tonight is a dark night for my soul; trying ato convince myself to end a relationship and start something new; but trying to adhere to values inbued into me since my youngest days. Yea, that's just what the song means to me. |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – Here's To Life Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think you all have this pretty much correct; like the overall theme is that all of his heros were disturbed and mostly committed suicide. I think he is saying that he idolized them but with the line "but I draw the line at suicide" means that he wont follow them in that regard. "Here's to life" has so many possible meanings tangled into it in this song; I love it! |
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| The Get Up Kids – On with the Show (Motley Crue cover) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I havent heard the other versions, but I loved the get up kids version as soon as I heard it! | |
| The Get Up Kids – Regret (New Order cover) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| To me this song fits pretty good; basically, to have my gf (almost 2 years now), I had to stop spending time w/ my friends; that's what the first part of the song means to me. The chorus and the rest expresses how I want to fast forward through the next few years where we are in different schools and have a place of our own. "I wouldn't even trust you......look at me, I'm not you" reminds me of how she almost hooked up w/ a guy from work and how we are always on the edge of unfaithfulness, but don't know who to watch out for. That's probably not anything close to why the song was written/sang, but thats what I take from it. | |
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