| Mayday Parade – When You See My Friends Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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So basically this song is about Derek's relationship, where he talked about it during an interview and played it on acoustic. He said he went through a complicated relationship and says there was a lot of things going on. As an overall, this song is basically about the relationship between a guy and a girl who self harms. The verse is from the guys perspective or dialog while the chorus is the girl's. So it's like a conversation between them. Verse 1: At one point of the relationship, the guy was shocked about the girl's secret, where she harm herself. He tries to convince her to trust him and say that he'll be clear to answer people regarding this issue, where 'they' is referred to the girl's friends. Chorus 1: Shes asking him to send her regards to her friends because shes afraid of what theyll think about her once the guy tells them about the issues that shes facing with and how he deals with it. The last two lines of the chorus just show how the guy deals with it, which is walking away since he was shocked about it, because he cannot think clearly. She asks him what he thinks about all of this. Verse 2: He was furious about it. The have had rough pass with fights and all regarding other things, while the main issue now is more important when compared to the other ones. He ask her was she honest with herself, since she always change the issues just so that he wouldnt find out the big part of herself that shes hiding. He threatens her that if she continue to lie to him, he'll never come back to her. Chorus 2: (some might think that it is the same as the first one, but its not. because this is her respond to the guy's second part-verse 2.) she ask him to tell her friends how he handle it this time. she knows that this relationship wont go anywhere because she cant see him in her life anymore by what she did. Verse 3: He's beginning to accept her and all of her secrets. He said he'll do it and he wont have any regrets about it. He wants her to tell him all her dark side so he will man up and tries his best not to say a word about it or judge her. He'll do anything for her, giving all of what she wants, because this will make her stay with him because he needs her in his life and he'll be happy about it. He says that he'll be with her until the end (at the bottom of the ocean). Hes asking her to lead the way, as in showing him all her details. He says he'll be very happy, even though it will hurt him. Chorus 3: She knows that they carry on with this relationship, he will eventually be hurt by it even though he says he'll be happy. (from the last line of verse 3 - and it cut like a knife to the bone) So the last chorus, she ask him to tell her friends how he handled it this time. The second part of the chorus is changed to 'so neat and clean...' and not 'you turned and all...' meaning that shes not angry or sad about it anymore since she know shes the reason why he got hurt in the first place. Shes acknowledge that the world has pretty things, meaning that the guy is kind to her and has always been there for her, and advise him not to the same mistake as she did. But she knows that they live in two different world, and cant be together. So shes letting him go and accepting it. And from the music, it slowed down, somewhat indicating that she has accepted everything and letting him go |
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