| Three Days Grace – No More Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Not to call either one of you stupid or anything but this is how it actually goes: "I can't stop the rain But I can stop the tears Oh I can fight the fire But I can't fight the fear." It even says so in the song pamphlet. |
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| Skillet – Falling Inside the Black Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| THANK YOU! I get so tired of people bashing others or bringing others down just because we don't all think the same and for having different opinions; if you don't agree with someone kindly address your own thoughts, or, better yet, just ignore it. | |
| Skillet – Falling Inside the Black Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| To me this song sounds as though you have hit a hard part in your life, a time where everything seems to be out of your control, making you feel like there's nothing but darkness to what is going on; you're wondering if your life could return to the point where you felt happiness, and I think the part "can you hear me?" is where you are "calling to your past" to see if it could be yours again. | |
| Tokio Hotel – Automatic Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| To me it sounds like a doomed romance [but not forbidden love]; you realize that you're with a person who most likely has been through a lot that they have reached the point of apathy. Because of this you know that in the long run it won't last and that they will never feel the same about you, and what's the point of love if it isn't a forever thing? Due to this you constantly beat yourself up while in the relationship, repetitively asking them and yourself [in your head] "why do I keep loving you?" | |
| Breaking Benjamin – So Cold Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I agree that it sounds like an apocalyptic scenario especially with the crowded streets being cleared away; it could possibly even be a survival of the fittest situation. "Hollow heroes separate" to me sounds as though the fittest to survive are falling apart within due to disaster. "In this land of make believe" to me is even though it's really happening to you it still feels surreal. "Wise men wonder while strong men die" sounds like who they thought would be considered as the fittest end up dying and those who are left are curious as what is the key to survival among humans. The fact that they keep reiterating "it's all right" at the end sounds as though they are trying to convince themselves that everything will be okay even though they know deep down that it won't be, "denial". | |
| Breaking Benjamin – The Diary of Jane Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I'm a writer and sometimes when I find a song that I feel connects to the story it helps me understand the "storyline" to the song a little better. I don't expect anyone to agree with my interpretation or anything but here is how I see this song: in my story that I feel this song pertains to there is this guy who is misunderstood, thus negatively judged; he's one of those guys who come off as cocky and is often viewed as a jerk; however, no questions asked, he'll be by your side in times of need. and it's an apocalyptic [non-religious] story; you'll see throughout my interpretation why I mentioned that small fact. "If I had to/I would put myself right beside you/so let me ask/would you like that?/would you like that?/" - as I had said before the guy will be by your side without any question in your time of need; the part where he says "so let me ask/would you like that?" often makes me think of how when somebody hates you there is literally nothing that you can do that will satisfy your haters or that will allow them to see you in a different light, pertaining to that saying "haters gonna hate"; however, he does not let their hatred affect his actions. "and I don't mind/if you say this love is the last time/so now I'll ask/do you like that?/do you like that?" - love often is connected to the heart, so to me this sounds as though he is going to willingly give up his life to save someone else; the part "so now I'll ask/do you like that?/do you like that?/" kind of sounds as though he's wondering if this selfless and heroic gesture of his will satisfy those who hate him. "Something's getting in the way/something's just about to break/I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane/so tell me how it should be" - my story interprets survival of the fittest and the hated guy is only one of the fittest for so long; something eventually takes his life: "something's getting in the way/something's just about to break/". the name Jane means "[the Lord] is gracious" [it might be interpreted slightly different in other texts] and I think this could be linked to survival of the fittest because you could one of the few people who are actually the strongest to survive. anyway, back to my definition: "I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane/" makes me think of the guy as he struggles to find a noble reason worth dying for. "try to find out what makes you tick/as I lie down/sore and sick/do you like that?/do you like that?/there's a fine line between love and hate/and I don't mind/Just let me say that I like that/I like that/" - the "try to find out what makes you tick/" line sounds like the guy is trying to find out why these people hate him. "as I lie down/sore and sick/" - the thing causing the apocalypse eventually gets to him because he wasn't able to stay strong long enough; he starts dying and the part "do you like that?/do you like that?" makes it sound as though he is wondering if his haters loathed him enough that they wanted him to die for them to prove his worth. "there's a fine line between love and hate/and I don't mind/" makes me think that if someone has a problem with you that it's their problem because you shouldn't change to make someone "love" you. "Just let me say that I like that/I like that/" sounds as though he's glad that he knows how these people truly feel toward him. "Something's getting in the way/something's just about to break/I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane/as I burn another page/as I look the other way/I still try to find my place in the diary of Jane/so tell me how it should be/" - "as I burn another page/as I look the other way/" - to me this says "as my life slowly comes to end [burn other pages] and as I try not to let the negativity get to me [look away]" because even if you're dying you should never think ill of those who hate you [kind of like that whole "fighting fire with fire" scenario] because you hating them won't solve, help or change anything. "Desperate, I will crawl/waiting for so long/no love, there is no love/die for anyone/What have I become/" - the desperation would due to him dying and as you die you can’t get far nor do anything fast or normal pace. “waiting for so long/” could be him thinking to himself that maybe now his haters will see who he truly is. “no love, there is no love/” would be that since these people hate him the fact that he is dying won’t change their minds. “die for anyone/” I don’t think necessarily has to do with literally dying in place of someone; it could possibly just indicate that you’re willing to be there for them without question even if they don’t feel the same about you. “what have I become/” could be what the guy is thinking moments away from reaching death. |
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| Pop Evil – Monster You Made Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| this song makes me think that even though you try to remain good and strong-willed you could [and by the way the sound goes] become influenced by the negativity in your life, especially when people really test your integrity. and I think it could really pertain to a situation where your faith or lack of faith gets tested. sometimes you turn ugly on the inside due to the confliction in your life, even if you don't want to become that "monster". I think it's pretty relatable. | |
| 10 Years – Silhouette Of A Life Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| sodomy has too weird of a definition so I would say just look it up; once you do connect it with mental. in other words, a person thinks that a certain thing was going to happen or that it was going to happen a particular way, but when he finds out the truth of why the incident had happened it messed with his mind, blew him away. | |
| P.O.D. – Going In Blind Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I see this as even though you won't always have the answers, or at least not the right ones, that you need to attack it with all you have. the "roads leading me back to you" could just mean someone you have in your life is actually good for you even if you don't want to return to them, but that your life will be back on track if you do pull through with returning to that one person. the "fine line" I see as balancing between right and wrong. just my take on it. definitely one of their best songs. |
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| Red – Hymn For The Missing Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I see this as someone who is trying to remain whole during a tough situation, but that the event just kept getting worse- "night was growing dark". maybe it's about a relationship [friend or dating] because the part "Thought you were beside me But I reached and you were gone" makes me think the other person in the relationship had given up to a certain degree; "Sometimes I hear you calling From some lost and distant shore/ I hear you crying softly for the way it was before"- the "shore" could just be symbolic of the distance wedged between them, and that "I hear you crying softly for the way it was before" is the singer apologizing for causing the other person all this pain but that things couldn't be the same. "Where are you now/ Are you lost/ Will I find you again/ Are you alone/ Are you afraid/ Are you searching for me/ Why did you go I had to stay/ Now I'm reaching for you/ Will you wait, will you wait/ Will I see you again" would be the singer's concern toward the other person, knowing that he didn't want to cause them any pain; sometimes friends can read each other so well that they can decipher what's in the other's heart without being told "are you searching for me?" And you can usually tell who is more of a friend "giver" in a relationship and that the singer obviously would be that one: "why did you go/ I had to stay/"; "now i'm reaching for you/ will you wait, will you wait/" sounds as though the singer is finally ready to mend the relationship but that the other person isn't showing signs of returning to how things used to be. "You took it with you when you left/ These scars are just a trace/ Now it wonders lost and wounded/ This heart that I misplaced" I think shows more intimacy, because a friend can't exactly take your heart away. scars can never leave either or obviously he is going to always hurt about losing the relationship. |
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| Red – Buried Beneath Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I see this as someone who has been through a lot, possibly too much, that they have reached the point of either no return, rock bottom, or that they just give up on finding bliss. "The weight of the world" could be all the bad events in their past because as much as you try you cannot escape it. "am I living or dead" could refer to being dead on the inside but not physically, and you're maybe wondering if other people can see that. the chorus makes me think that they possibly had someone who had stuck by them in the past but as time progressed the two of them had just drifted apart, but that the one finally breaking realizes they need that one person more than ever; "I've tried to live without" could be them giving a reason why they had been a shut in [tried to live without needing the help of others]. "buried beneath" could just mean being lost within themselves. the part about the house makes me think that even if they try their hardest to succeed at something they wanted they could never be satisfied. "I Thought I was climbing out/ But it's dragging me down/ What's hidden here with me/ Thought I was alone/ But it pulls me deeper now/ I can't escape" I think would be where he felt he was making progress with self-healing, but ended up realizing he was slipping further into the darkness; and sometimes you really can't save yourself, which is actually a bad thing because you technically are the only one who can be your savior. |
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| Crossfade – The Unknown Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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to me this song is about a ghost, it even has that haunted feeling to it. the reason why I think this is due to the words "Can you hear me/ Can you see any part of me/ Can you feel me/ Can you bleed for me/"; ghosts, or spirits [whichever you prefer] are obviously dead and maybe they are wanting to come back to life; maybe they had died on accident and too young. "Can't you see me walkin' in your shoes/ Can't you feel me steppin' all over your soul/ Can't you feel me reach into you" sounds as though the ghost had latched themselves onto someone they were real close to, possibly protecting them from harm; ghosts can reach you too, although it usually does take them a lot of energy [possibly prove they are still there with you]. the title even makes it sound as though it is about someone who has passed away, because you don't exactly know what will happen in the afterlife, and if a ghost does attach itself to you you may or may not know who it is. I'll probably get a lot of low ratings or just ignored for this comment but that's how I see this song. |
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| Christina Aguilera – Reflection Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this has to do with having parents who are too controlling over how their child ends up becoming even if they weren't really there for their child. possibly due to living with this the child has become so lost that they don't recognize his/herself; maybe it is almost innate for them to "wear a mask" instead of being who they really are, yet knowing deep down it is wrong for them. I also think it has to do with deception of religion and how other people will expect you to follow in their footsteps for no apparent reason. I also like the line "Why must we all conceal/ What we think, how we feel?/ Must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide?" because it does seem that nowadays you're only allowed to speak your mind, open up with what's in your heart as long as it's "religiously correct", and the "secret me" would really fit a lost person because deep down you may know who you are but you have to keep that self locked up so no one else can see. unfortunately I can relate to this song; probably why I love it so much. |
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| Three Days Grace – No More Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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he does say "I just can't live here"; if you have the song on loud enough and just actually listen you can note the "here" while he's saying "no more" [background lyrics, so to speak]. and don't get the impression that i'm calling you stupid because that wasn't my intention. |
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| Three Days Grace – No More Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| and he does say "I just can't live here"; the "here" is the background lyrics when he follows with "no more". if you have the song on loud enough and just intently listen you'll note the somewhat-hidden "here". | |
| Stone Sour – Hesitate Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this really fits a guy who has had a rather-empty life and had filled it with violent, destructive behavior, but that he also had formed a family with people who really care about it; but I also think the guy had chosen drugs or something life-threatening that had his days numbered. "you were my fire, so i burned, 'til there was nothing left of me" could fit both sides of his life, the good and the bad, because the bad choice of lifestyle pretty much spear-headed him to an early grave but because he actually had people who loved him it was harder to give his all when he would fight. "why give me hope then give me up just to be the death of me" would be him talking to life; maybe he was finally given all that he had needed in life but it obviously was given to him too late. the chorus makes me think that he has no choice but to sit back and watch the life that he had needed all along and do nothing about it, sort of the "take your medicine" scenario, and that in a weird way he just wants the "needed life" to just leave him so he can't feel anymore pain. "we never made it, you hesitated" sounds as though he tried to make good terms with his life but in spite of his struggle he got himself killed ("you [life] hesitated"). the rest of the song I think would fit him after death, how even though his soul was still earthbound that he wouldn't be able to enjoy what he had left behind like he would have been able to if he were still alive. "you were my fire, so I burned, now there's nothing left of me" would be him summing up what his life had been and done to him, and the "there's nothing left of me" would declare that he had died. just my take on it. probably my favorite stone sour song. |
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| Papa Roach – Silence Is The Enemy Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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not to sound mean or offensive but this really makes me think of hardcore Christians [so obviously not each one of them] and how if you are non-Christian or opposed to Christianity that they don't want to hear it at all, that they would rather have you keep your mouth shut about what you do or don't believe in. I can relate to this because I know a lot of Christians but it seems like only one of them has made it clear that she isn't open to other religions or even accepting those who aren't religious at all; she also speaks her mind WAY too much, always supporting what the bible says, and if she hears anything that goes against the bible she freaks out on you, but I think that fact is hilarious anyway because she's divorced and guess what? that's one of the biggest sins in the bible [i'm not being preachy, it's just a true fact; i'm not even Christian]. but I think this song can really reflect us "non-religious" people, especially with the needles-sewing-mouth-shut, hate-it-when-speaking-mind, opinion-is-waste-of-time, and especially the line "this is the reason that we're all so fucked up, you are the reason that we don't believe"- I think this line is real good to use against Christianity because supposedly god is love and that means unconditional, accepting no matter what, yet most Christians have warped so many minds into believing that you do anything remotely against the bible that you're evil and condemned to hell and the hardcore Christians also tend to hate you for that to. I am pagan [and by the way paganism is the longest-known religion and Christianity was even built off paganism so they are hypocritical and narcissistic if they are opposed to pagans] and I know a lot of people who have been through divorce; I could honestly care less about that. I also have friends who are either bi- or homosexual and I love them unconditionally- their choice of lifestyle is not mine. so pretty much I see this song as a stand against hardcore Christians, and I don't care if you hate me for this either because SILENCE IS THE ENEMY!! |
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| Breaking Benjamin – Hopeless Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| whenever I hear this song it makes me think of someone who gets caught in the undertow, trying to fight their way back to the surface; they become disoriented, begin panicking, and cannot prevent themselves from drowning. as they are drowning their life flashes before their eyes, possibly a life of depression and mistakes; and drowning does take awhile so the length of the song is all right for this scenario. | |
| 10 Years – Dying Youth Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I don't know why but I think this is about a boy who wishes he had never been born but at the same time wishes that he could just return to being a kid because he never really had a childhood. I can sort of relate to this. plus the line about looking backwards, choosing to live as statues makes me think that you're dwelling so much on what could have been that you're not getting anywhere, not moving forward [running in place]<- not intentionally added, by the way. sad and powerful song; definitely one of my favorites. |
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| Red – Start Again Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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to me this is about a young boy who was abandoned by everyone he loved and that he wasn't strong enough to keep them in his life; later on he meets this one person who is open to helping him, but due to his past the boy is afraid- doesn't want to get hurt again-, but at the same time he doesn't want to lose this person because he knows he needs them and without this person he probably would have either given up on life or would have died doing something idiotic and reckless. "I know where we've been, how'd we get so far" could be the boy running through how the two of them had started out as strangers, how at first things had been so rough between them, but that he has also realized how much like family the two of them had become. and he wants the person to forgive him because he knows he needs them. probably my favorite red song. |
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| Papa Roach – Roses On My Grave Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| to me this song is about someone who is living a lie due to betraying someone he cares about but hasn't come forward about it. "it feels like i'm looking alive" could mean that no one can see the self-hatred or agony he's suffering in constantly. "the truth shall be told one day, i'll be underground someday" I think is that he's planning on telling the person down the road and if they were to get mad it doesn't matter because he'll die eventually, take his medicine for the wrong doing. "please forgive me" obviously is where he's saying that he didn't mean to hurt that one person. | |
| Atreyu – Lose It Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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to me this song is about a boy (or girl, but I think it fits a boy better) who is faced with a real tough decision and he doesn't know which side to take. "I lose my hold" could be that he just doesn't feel in control anymore. I really like the line "grabbing what I need and grip it til it bleeds" because the decision he needs to make or situation he has been brought into will tear his heart no matter what, forcing him to lose someone he loves either way. "this is it, i'm shaking, my body's aching" could be where he's just exhausted from everything, that the situation is killing him slowly; "this is it i'm falling, my wings need to grow" could mean that he is either looking for a miracle to cure everything or that he needs to become stronger to make the decision. I don't know; it's just my take on it. I love this song and I think it's one of their best. I love the tension in it too, and how it begins with a somewhat-sad instrumental piece. |
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| Atreyu – Lead Sails (And a Paper Anchor) Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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to me this song is talking about how you're leaving a good life behind and that you're shoving yourself in a direction that won't get you anywhere good, possibly a bad habit (e.g. drugs, fighting). "will I come up for air" could mean that he isn't sure if he'll be able to dig himself out of the rut. "save me, take me home" I think is where he knows he can't save himself but he secretly wants to go back "home", a place that is safe, a place where there is love and a reason to live. love this song, too. |
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| Three Days Grace – No More Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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to me it's about being pushed to your limits and feeling as though you can't go on; but it also sounds as though he's not really looking for a reason to stay but he may be considering it due to someone who really needs him. love this song, by the way. one of their best [in my opinion]. |
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| Three Days Grace – Give Me A Reason Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this is a song about someone who is negatively viewed by those who don't actually take the time to get to know him, but maybe he's the only one in his family that is trying to keep everything together (possibly where the family faces the danger of poverty). but he refuses to run because he isn't guilty of anything or a wimp and that he's only "one man" and can only do whatever he's able to (not superman). maybe he's a gang member and because of that people expect the worst from him- "give me a reason to turn and run, give me a reason to burn this house down, give me a reason I wish you would"- stereotyping, I guess, and he's saying that he isn't about to lower himself into committing any of the bad things people claim he does. one of my favorites off transit of venus. |
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| Three Days Grace – Drown Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this is a song that's generally saying that you can only rely on yourself and that you cannot let anyone wrap you around their finger; if you realize you're headed in a bad direction you'll take care of it before it gets worse- "save myself before I drown". "drown, rolling faster than i'm breathing" could be where you haven't gotten a hold of things and that the situation is spinning out of control, suffocating you. awesome song by the way. definitely one of my favorites of theirs. |
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| Papa Roach – Scars Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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not to sound egotistical or anything but this song really makes me think of the way I was in high school; I had been through a lot in my life but I am the "suffer in silence" type- I don't reach out to others for help. however I was there for virtually all my friends, no questions asked, but in return I was treated like shit. I like the line "I cannot help you fix yourself, but at least I can say I tried; i'm sorry but I gotta move on with my own life" because although I had been expected to be there for and help everyone due to being the "everybody's best friend" character in the group, I've had to put my foot down at times and focus on myself so I wouldn't become even more lost than I already was, but that those people who I had helped did not reserve the right to say that I wasn't there for them at all and had not come to their aid. so basically I think this is a song about someone who had been treated as a doormat and they're refusing to continue being that way. |
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| Papa Roach – My Heart Is A Fist Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| for some reason I think this song is about someone who had died but who had also treaded you badly when they were alive (e.g. an abusive/negligent parent); because of this the child has committed to a life of self-hatred, possibly even fighting a lot because he could care less whether or not he would come out of it alive. . "I see you on your cloud looking down; i'm on my knees today, but you don't notice me" makes me think that the boy knows he had hit rock bottom and realizes he needs to finally reach out for help, but the "you don't notice me" would indicate that he knows the bereaved parent could care less about where the boy is in life | |
| Slipknot – Snuff Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| this used to make me think of the only guy i loved [he's now my ex but my feelings for him haven't changed]; the weird though is i think it now reflects me. i haven't spoken to him in awhile but i was hoping that he would forget me and just move on as though i never existed; i've been recently told that he had asked about me. "if you love me let me go" always makes me think of that; i want to be rejected from his heart. "runaway before i know"- i unfortunately know that he still lives in the same town i do and i was hoping he would have left by now, and if he does leave i don't want to know until after he is gone, that way i can't do anything about it. "my heart is just too dark to care, i can't destroy what is in there" i think really reflects me; i've been through a lot and i am only 20; i've already reached my breaking point, i'm virtually numb and very little can still faze me; and you literally cannot destroy anything from your past because it does heavily impact on who you become, whether or not you want to be that way. "i don't deserve to have you; my smile was taken long ago, if i can change i hope i never know"- because of the person i am now i literally don't think i deserve to be happy, at least not with another person; i've was pretty much never happy except when i was with him, and that even feels like it was so long ago. "but all of that was ripped apart when you refused to fight" i think really fits how i look at him now because i fought for him but he refused to fight for me even though he and i and our mutual friends all knew how happy we were when we were a couple and that he and i were "the best thing that had ever happened" for each other, so i guess it's sort of that "you had your chance, you blew it" scenerio. "Save your breath, i will not care; i think i've made it very clear"- i can picture myself saying this to him if he were to ever come back to me because i literally don't care anymore. "i only wish you weren't my friend; that i could hurt you in the end"- for awhile he and i actually were best friends; nobody else was there for us even though they claimed they were our friends; the sad thing too was that he and i were there for our friends no matter what yet we were the ones who were treated like dirt; although i had been severely torn up from knowing i had to let him go i was still there for him and he was there for me [up until we had to permanently say goodbye]. "if you care don't ever let me know" i guess sums up how i feel know and should probably shout that into his face. | |
| Avril Lavigne – Nobody's Home Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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what i get out of this is the girl had lost a sibling and feels at fault for her brother's/sister's death even though she isn't. she has forced herself into believing she is responsible for it and won't open herself to what others have to say. possibly due to this she has chosen a bad way to live (e.g. prostitution, drugs) because she believes she doesn't deserve to be happy in any form. "doesn't know where she belongs" could just mean she doesn't realize she doesn't have to suffer and does actually deserve happiness. "i couldn't help her/ i just watched her make the same mistakes again"- the singer tried and failed at helping the girl but could only sit back and watch the girl continue the bad lifestyle. by the way, one of her best songs [in my opinion]. |
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| My Darkest Days – Can't Forget You Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| to me this is a song about permanently losing someone that you possibly could have saved; even if it wasn't your fault that the person had died you feel culpable anyway. the guilt eats away at you and even though you still have dreams about them, you think you're only remembering them because of the guilt, nothing else, and it really tears you down, wishing to be "set free". | |
| Drowning Pool – Paralyzed Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| this song makes me think that although you may love someone they don't have to feel the same toward you. obviously they will do everything in their power to break you down to the point where you're left "paralyzed", numb. my favorite drowning pool song, too; and this would fit a "lying outside in the rain" scene perfectly. | |
| Three Days Grace – World So Cold Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| to me this is just waking up to the fact that life isn't fair and that bad/horrible things will happen and you cannot always prevaricate or stop them. but it also sounds as though someone had lost a loved one through death and that they feel culpable for that person's death even if it wasn't ["living with myself is all i have"]; you could also feel like you're not getting anywhere when you fail at something, especially if you feel responsible for a person's demise. "i feel like i'm losing my mind" could be that he has blamed himself so much that the incident consumes him to the point of no return. "frozen in time" obviously is where you can't move forward and that can happen through self-blame. by the way, one of their best songs; in my opinion Life Starts Now is their best album. | |
| Linkin Park – Numb Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| for some reason i don't think this is neccessarily about someone who is being abused or anything in that nature; to me it sounds like it's a person talking to life, saying they have lost sight of who they are and even though they don't know what they want in their life they don't like the direction that their life is pulling them in. | |
| Nickelback – Far Away Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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this song makes me think of a father who is a drug addict and he recently received news that he was going to die soon due to the drug use; because of this he’s talking to his child (most likely a daughter). This time, this place/ misused, mistakes/ (misused and mistakes being that he wasted all his valuable time on drugs) too long, too late/ who was I to make you wait?/ (he waited too long to start acting like a father and feels bad) just one chance, just one breath/ just in case there’s just one left/ (he’s hoping for at least one shot at being the father he should have been in case he dies sooner than expected) ’cause you know/ that I love you, I have loved you all along/ (he never meant to shove his daughter aside and make her feel as though he didn’t love her or know she existed) and I miss you, been far away for far too long/ (he had spent time with her before doing drugs- “I miss you”, and he’s “been far away for far too long” due to being on the drugs) I keep dreaming you’ll be with me and you’ll never go/ (he wishes that he could rewind time or that his daughter would not resent him for what he has done) stop breathing if I don’t see you anymore/ (he’d rather die than miss his last chance to be with his daughter) On my knees I’ll ask/last chance for one last dance/ (he wants to have at least one memorable moment with his daughter before dying) ’cause with you I’d withstand/ all of it to hold your hand/ (he’ll deal with the pain he’s in just to be with her)/ I’d give it all, I’d give for us/ give anything but I won’t give up/ (he’d do anything to make it up to her but he wants to succeed before she loses him for good) You know/ that I loved you, I have loved you all along/ (she knows deep down that he has loved her although he hadn’t showed it) So far away, been far away for far too long/So far away, been far away for far too long/ (I really like how this part is almost like an echo, showing how detached he had been from the daughter) I wanted/ I wanted you to stay/ (he never wanted to lose her) ’cause I needed/I need to hear you say/ I love you, I have loved you all along/and I forgive you for being away for far too long/ (he needs to hear his daughter say that she forgives him for not being “there” all this time and that she loves him anyway) So keep breathing/ ’cause I’m not leaving you anymore/ (they’ll keep each other in their hearts) Believe it, hold on to me, never let me go/ (he really means that he won’t abandon her like before) Keep breathing ’cause I’m not leaving you anymore/Believe it, hold on to me, never let me go/Hold on to me, never let me go/Hold on to me, never let me go/ (this, I assume, is after the father dies and it is his words that the daughter keeps in her heart) |
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| Breaking Benjamin – Give Me A Sign Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The way that I interpret this song is someone who has a family member or a very close friend who is a drug addict. “Dead star shine/Light up the sky/I'm all out of breath/My walls are closing in/ Days go by/ Give me a sign/Come back to the end/The shepherd of the damned”- the drug addict would be the “dead star [shining]” because they look alive but on the inside they have already died. “light up the sky”- the drug addict’s problems are consuming the concerned one’s life, or hanging over their head. “I’m all out of breath/ My walls are closing in/”- the worried one doesn’t know how to help the addict and the pressure is “closing in” on them. “Days go by/ give me a sign/”- as time progresses he wants to know if the drug addict is showing any sign of recovery or hope. “Come back to the end/ the shepherd of the damned/”- the drug addict relapses and is basically symbolic of being “damned”. “I can feel you falling away/No longer the lost/No longer the same/And I can see you starting to break/I'll keep you alive/ If you show me the way/ Forever - and ever/the scars will remain/I'm falling apart/ Leave me here forever in the dark/”- he can feel the addict becoming a lost case (“falling away”); “No longer the lost/”- the singer has finally become aware of the addict’s perilous lifestyle; “No longer the same/”- although it may be a family member or someone he used to really know the addict has morphed into someone the singer no longer recognizes. “And I can see you starting to break”- the singer knows the addict wants to give up (die) because he had grown so addicted; “I’ll keep you alive/if you show me the way/”- the singer will do everything in his power to heal but has to know if his ways are helping any. “forever and ever/ the scars will remain/”- no matter how much time passes or how much progress could be made the agony of seeing how much the addict is hurt will never leave the singer; “I’m falling apart/ leave me here forever in the dark”- the singer is helpless and feels as though this “darkest hour” is never going to leave him. “Daylight dies/ Blackout the sky/ Does anyone care?/ Is anybody there?/ Take this life/Empty inside/I'm already dead/I'll rise to fall again/”- there’s no longer happiness in the singer’s life “daylight dies/blackout the sky”; “does anyone care? Is anybody there?”- the singer is the only one who stayed to help the addict. “Take this life/ empty inside/”- the addict is slowly slipping away and addicts tend to be “dead [empty] inside”; “I’m already dead/ I’ll rise to fall again”- the singer knows that he has already failed the addict and feels as though he will just let the addict down again. “I can feel you falling away/ No longer the lost/ No longer the same/ And I can see you starting to break/ I'll keep you alive/ If you show me the way/ Forever - and ever/the scars will remain/ I'm falling apart/ Leave me here forever in the dark/” “God help me I've come undone/ Out of the light of the sun/ God help me I've come undone/ Out of the light of the sun/”- this may upset some or all of you but I don’t believe in god but I think this may aid my explanation here. “god help me I’ve come undone/”- the singer is looking for someone to help because he has failed but knows there is no hope; “Out of the light of the sun”- the singer feels as though he’ll never escape the darkness because he cannot help the addict. “I can feel you falling away/ No longer the lost/ No longer the same/ And I can see/you starting to break/ I'll keep you alive/If you show me the way/ Forever - and ever/ the scars will remain/” “Give me a sign/ There's something buried in the words/ Give me a sign/ Your tears are adding to the flood/ Just give me a sign/ there's something buried in the words/ Give me a sign/ Your tears are adding to the flood/ Just give me a sign/ There's something buried in the words/ Give me a sign/Your tears are adding to the flood/Forever - and ever/The scars will remain”- “Give me a sign/ there’s something buried in your words/” I think is where the singer is not quite sure if the addict is actually promising to come off the drugs or if he just wants the singer to stop worrying; “Give me a sign/ your tears are adding to the flood/”- I look at this as where the detox, rehab, etcetera, is hurting the addict to where he’s in agony and due to the fact that the addict is hurting the singer feels even more helpless, or coming even closer to drowning and reaching the point of giving up, therefore “adding to the flood”. “Forever - and ever/ the scars will remain”- he ultimately failed, resulting in the addict’s death, and the singer knows that the whole incident (the drugs, detox/rehab, agony, and addict’s death) will always leave scars on his heart and mind, and feels he’s to blame due to failing. |
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| Five Finger Death Punch – Far From Home Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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When I am writing about a certain character's situation (how he is viewed, his life, situation) in one of my books I always think of this song; the boy is a tortured artist (which I think is brilliantly divulged just through the instruments) who is misinterpreted by those who don’t know him just because he is a gang member. “Another day in this carnival of souls/ Another night settles in as quickly as it goes/ The memories of shadows, ink on the page/ And I can't seem to find my way home”- “carnival of souls”- I see it as a creative way of wording the people who exist along with you. “another night settles in as quickly as it goes/”- everyone has their darkest hours but they’ll disappear, or at least fade. “The memories are shadows/”- the memories are basically hauntings, things he doesn’t exactly want to remember, but they fuel his tortured artist side and helps him write his music (“ink on the page”); “and I can’t seem to find my way home”- he’s not sure about what could make him happy anymore. “And it's almost like/ Your heaven's trying everything/ Your heaven's trying everything/To keep me out/”- negative events just keep on popping up out of nowhere and prevent him from reaching happiness. “All the places I've been and things I've seen/A million stories that made up a million shattered dreams/”- the character has an eccentric gift that allows him to see how a person had been injured. “The faces of people I'll never see again/And I can't seem to find my way home/”- he loses the two most important people in his life, thus preventing him from reaching bliss. “Cause it's almost like/ Your heaven's trying everything to break me down/ Cause it's almost like/Your heaven's trying everything to keep me out/”- heaven would be the town in this part, and because he is hated just from what people hear about him they are purposely tearing him down or “[breaking him] down”, and also “[keeping him] out” of being a part of them. “Cause it's almost like/Your heaven's trying everything to break me down/Cause it's almost like/Your heaven's trying everything/Your heaven's trying everything to break me down/To break me down/To break me down/Your heaven's trying everything/Your heaven's trying everything to break me down”- heaven would be life in this part; life can throw things at you that can help you, make you happy, break you, etcetera, and it feels as though everything that has happened to him was to break him down, possibly force him to give up on life. “Your heaven’s trying everything/ your heaven’s trying everything to break me down”- the bad things in life had affected him, and he knows there will be more, but he’s just going to use them to aid in all forms of his art because he refuses to weaken. |
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| Three Days Grace – Over and Over Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I’m thinking about using this song for a book that I am writing (it won’t actually be in the book; hopefully if [and when] it becomes a movie they will listen to my advice and possibly use it for the credits); when I choose songs for my books I do actually pick them out carefully (I listen to the storyline, the mood of the song, and overall the words; I try considering the singer’s voice too- that can attribute to the emotion quite a bit). I know a lot of people look at this as either a drug addiction (what it was originally written for) or a love situation; the way that I look at it though is a habitual, or a “lifestyle” addiction; my words tend to confuse people so I’ll try explaining it as best as I can: “I feel it everyday it's all the same/ It brings me down but I'm the one to blame/ I've tried everything to get away/So here I go again/Chasing you down again/Why do I do this?/”- the character in my book has been an orphan for a long time and the only thing that made him feel alive, although it symbolizes that you are dead, is fighting; he doesn’t realize how addicted he had grown to the fighting until a few years after it had been taken away from him (he had been “adopted” by a cop who cares for him but then the boy left after living with the cop for about half a year). “it brings me down but I’m the one to blame”- it was the boy’s decision to leave behind the new and better life he had made for himself (lying in the bed he has made); “I’ve tried everything to get away”- he left the town that reminded him that he had been abandoned; he attempts making himself worthwhile by trying (and then failing) to hold down a job; he manages to get his high school equivalency but gets expelled from college during his first six or so months due to jumping to the “attacked” student’s defense in a fight (that is what brings back the “addiction”); his boss hears about the school fight and fires him, leading to a somewhat-serious street fight that lands the main character in jail. He reluctantly returns to living with the cop and because he knows the cop really loves him like a father should he starts thinking “Why do I do this?” “Over and over, over and over/ I fall for you/ Over and over, over and over/I try not to/”- the boy has tried so many ways to get away from the fighting addiction but he “falls for [it]” although he “[tries] not to”. It feels like everyday stays the same/ It's dragging me down and I can't pull away/ So here I go again/ Chasing you down again/ Why do I do this?/”- it feels like everyday just runs together, which I think everyone is able to relate to one way or another. “it’s dragging me down and I can’t pull away”- because the fighting keeps coming back into his life he feels as though he is going nowhere, if anywhere hitting rock bottom, and he can’t seem to find a way to put an end to it, thus “chasing you down again”. “Over and over, over and over/I fall for you/Over and over, over and over/I try not to/ Over and over, over and over/You make me fall for you/Over and over, over and over/ You don't even try/”- this is mainly why I don’t exactly like the drug interpretation of this song; I think you do have control over drugs although you may not want to face up to it, whereas a fight (or any lifestyle addiction) can just catch you off guard, forcing you to jump to your defense and ultimately landing yourself back at “square one”. “You make me fall for you/”- the character just tries to mind his own business and the guys he used to fight will just attack him and he defends himself violently; “You don’t even try”- this is mainly the reason why I see it as a habitual/lifestyle addiction and not a drug addiction; since fighting technically cannot be labeled as a person it cannot take on its own “decisions” or “attempts”. “So many thoughts that I can't get out of my head/ I try to live without you, every time I do I feel dead/ I know what's best for me/ But I want you instead/ I'll keep on wasting all my time/”- the thoughts are the memories that he has from his fighting days and although they aren’t pleasant they consume him. “I try to live without you, every time I do I feel dead”- any addiction can force you to feel “dead” when you have to live without it, and since fighting was the only thing that had made him feel “alive” back on the streets he feels empty without it. “I know what’s best for me/ but I want you instead/”- he knows it is best if he tries taking on a life that would be worthwhile, ie a job, family, career, etcetera, but since fighting had virtually embedded itself into his soul he keeps receiving that unsolicited pull to revert to that lifestyle. “I’ll keep on wasting all my time/”- he feels he can’t do anything about it and lets it consume him. |
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| Creed – With Arms Wide Open Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I’m a writer and I have an artistic state of mind so I tend to carefully consider songs, pictures, stories, etcetera and try figuring out what the deep meanings are. "Well I just heard the news today/It seems my life is going to change/I close my eyes, begin to pray/Then tears of joy stream down my face" what I get from this is that a boy and his girlfriend are still young, high schoolers, and had gotten intimate one night; he unintentionally got her pregnant and she informs him about it. at first he's scared because he's going to be a father- "my life is going to change". "I close my eyes, begin to pray"- he's hoping that everything will be all right due to how young they are. "then tears of joy stream down my face"- in spite of everything he's happy that they are going to create a product of their love. “Well I don’t know if I’m ready/to be the man I have to be/I’ll take a breath, I’ll take her by my side/we stand in awe, we’ve created life” I think he’s rather scared about becoming a father because he doesn’t know if he is mature enough to “be the man [he has] to be”. but he “takes a breath” and refuses to leave the girl’s side. “We stand in awe, we’ve created life”- the pregnancy goes fine and the two of them fall in love with their child at first sight. “now everything has changed”- becoming a parent really changes your life around and you need to start thinking differently. “if I had just one wish/only one demand/I hope he’s not like me/I hope he understands/” They only “negative” thought he holds at this point is that he hopes his son (I’m going by the wording) does not make the same mistake that he had done. I think the line “I hope he understands” is him saying that just because the parents had made a foolish mistake (but obviously do not regret their son all the same) that it is not all right for his son to pull the same reckless act and dig himself in to the same rut. I think the rest of the song is virtually self-explanatory. |
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