| Linkin Park – Figure.09 Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| I think this song is about the cycle of abuse. He was abused... and now it “never goes away” and “took what I hated and made it a part of me”. Now he can’t separate himself from what HE has done. And the cycle continues... perhaps in someone else’s song to come. | |
| The All-American Rejects – It Ends Tonight Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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So... I think a lot of peeps are going to think I'm way out in left field with this one. But I really hear it when I listen to this song, especially since the lead singer gives off a pretty big bi vibe. To me, this sounds like a drug-induced bromance, between one straight guy and one gay guy who get high together and mess around. I've heard this story many times, but it rarely ends well, especially when the gay friend starts having feelings for the straight guy, but the straight guy just wants to get off. [Your subtleties They strangle me I can't explain myself at all] This sounds to me, like the straight friend is starting to notice that this is much more than just convenient guilt-free sex for the other guy, who is starting to let his feelings show. Maybe he didn't even know the friend was gay beforehand. [And all the wants And all the needs All I don't want to need at all] The straight guy has physical wants and needs, whereas the gay friend also has emotional ones. But, the straight guy doesn't want to feel that way. He may even be starting to experience the beginnings of very confusing feelings that he doesn't want to have, and surely doesn't want to grow to need. [The walls start breathing My mind's un-weaving Maybe it's best you leave me alone] They get high together, as usual. Seeing walls start to "breathe" is a common effect of many drugs, including molly and ecstacy. I'm sure many more. The straight friend is starting to feel the guilt drop away as his inhibitions are lowered, knowing that he is going to start messing around if the other guy doesn't leave, which he knows he wont. [A weight is lifted On this evening I give the final blow] As the drug sets in, the pressing weight is lifted and he gives in and they mess around again. But in his mind, this has the be the last time. This even gives a double entendre to giving a "final blow". [When darkness turns to light It ends tonight It ends tonight] This could also be a double entendre, meaning that in the morning, it's over. For real this time. But could also be about the feelings he thinks are total darkness that become light under the drug, or even under the excuse of the drug. [A falling star Least I fall alone I can't explain what you can't explain Your finding things that you didn't know I look at you with such disdain] He's falling into this, what is now becoming a lifestyle. Neither really have the experiences to understand the feelings let alone talk about them, not that he even wants to talk, other than the screaming inside his own head. Learning new things he didn't know before, gay stuff, and maybe even feeling like the gay friend tricked him into getting high just to mess around with him. He feels resentment for that. [Now I'm on my own side It's better than being on your side] It's over. I'm back playing for my own team, which is better than being like you, gay-wad!! [Just a little insight will make this right It's too late to fight It ends tonight It ends tonight] He just has to clear his head and stick to his decision. Don't try to change his mind anymore. It's over. It has to be over. |
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