| Rise Against – This Is Letting Go Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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| Rise Against – This Is Letting Go Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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The part about the wind dying and the whole world ceased to move is talking about the moment of truth. I interpret this song as a guy who has to break up with a girl and she's not expecting it. So he sees her, and it's like everything in the world stands still. It's nothing but him and her, his stomach is in knots, he's nervous, but he knows he has to do it. The wind died, all hope has been lost or abandoned; the whole world ceased to move, it's like time stood still, and there was nothing but them two. Continue on with the verse though, then he says: "Now so quiet, her beating heart became a boom." She now knows something is wrong. The intensity between them is nearly unbearable and her beating heart became a boom; she was so nervous you could hear her heartbeat. "We locked eyes, for just a moment or two. She asked why, I said don't know why." She knows it's over, without him even saying anything, and the worst part of it all is his response when "she asked why," and he says, "I don't know why." |
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| Rise Against – Wait For Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I have been listening to this song all day (and the album the past two days), and this one is probably my favorite. I'm not expert in instruments, but the chords in the beginning certainly have a way of absorbing and captivating me. It's definitely got the tone of desperation. I'm actually going to take the relationship approach to this, but that's the beauty of Rise Against: their songs can be looked at from so many different perspectives, and I know someone will come up with their own fascinating interpretation. He's asking the person, "Do you see the world in different colors, or is everything black and white?" I once told someone that not everything is black and white, there is a grey area, and she responded, "no, the world is colored." I'll never forget it; we are all a consequence of circumstance. So he's asking this person, maybe for another chance, to look at his situation and realize that it is unique and should be looked at differently. Maybe he wronged someone. Maybe he fought with his girl? Maybe his life is going as great as he'd like. This question sets up the tone of the song, and keep this question in mind, it will come up again! "Alone in your thoughts. I've stood where you stand today." There was a time when he was in her position, and now the tables have turned and he needs help. He's crying out for help, and he's turned to the person whom he helped once. But maybe this person is fed up with his mistakes, and so he asks, "Can you wait for me now?" Just like I waited for you before, now I'm asking you, not because you owe me, but because I need you, so, "[will] you wait for me now?" And so the girl asks why should I wait for you? The response: "A promise of safe return I delivered..." Her life was on the brink of destruction, and he promised that if she stuck with him, she'd be safe; a promise he delivered. But maybe now being with her is too much? Maybe he realizes this burden on his shoulder is heavier than he first thought, hence the verse: "But the ocean is wider than I first guessed." Maybe dealing with her problems and dealing with his problems on his own was harder than he'd expected. The ocean being a metaphor for his problems: wide, vast, seemingly endless. It wasn't always an ocean of problems, however; in fact, there were roads. He had a clear path, which is why he says, "When roads disappeared, I followed the rivers." Indeed, those roads disappeared he followed the rivers, meaning things were getting messy, but to some degree manageable, nevertheless. But somewhere in this mess, "I got in over my head," and it became too much. And so the rivers ran to the ocean, "And so a deep breath I'll take in," meaning he's out of options. He needs help, but he sees his life getting worse and worse until he finally decides there is no turning back. His life is messed up, and he is drowning. Will she save him, like he saved her? Will she "wait for me now. Air is running out." I agree with the last verse being purely metaphorical. Dreams shattered, the house on fire (once something's burned it can never be perfect again), a tangled web (so intricately designed, so easily destroyed), the key turning to see the locks changed (what worked before isn't working now), in time to hear the backdoor slam (he came to her, and she slammed the door in his face. she was his last hope, and it's gone), a sound to this day he'll never forget. He'll never forget the day she said she won't wait for him And all of this answers the question posed in the beginning, "Do you see the world in colors, or is it black and gray?" "The colors turned to black and gray." Not only does she see things that way, but his life is now that way. The irony here however, is that her life actually is no different. Both of their lives are black and grey. The end's robbed me now! Well, thanks for reading =D |
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| Rise Against – Savior Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song means so much to me. My now ex-girlfriend and I recently broke up. It was a messed up situation, but in the end we sort of agreed it was best. As time goes on though, I'm finding myself slowly forgetting how she looks, slowly forgetting how she sounds, slowly forgetting what the color of her eyes were and her scars (she had one) and how she got them. I truly don't remember how she got that scar, but I remember that she told me. I did have a lot of regrets after the breakup where she sort of did me wrong. That's why there is no reconciliation that will put me in my place, because in the end she was at fault, and there's not much that can mend my scar. And so I'm stuck here in the present drunk off my draining seconds that turned into hours and days and have become weeks of afterthought that's only wasting time. Nevertheless, the words that I told her, that I loved her and that she was #1 seldom rang true, since I failed her in the end. And so a wall came between between us, an emotional barrier, a wall that neither one of us could break through, and it eventually led to us disappearing from one another's lives. A wall that we just couldn't break through, until we disappeared. So you tell me now: if this aint love, then how do I get out, because I really don't know. That's when I wrote her a vicious email, the most horrible words I've ever said to another human being, only to immediately regret it, and so there was no reconciliation that could put me in my place once again. No amount of tears could bring forth any reconciliation. We talked on the phone, and I asked her to forgive me, and she asked me to forgive her. She said maybe it's better if we just stopped talking or seeing each other. And I want to tell her now that I don't hate her, as I know she doesn't hate me. She told me that she just wasn't in the right place and that I should move on, while there's still nothing left to save. Now I realize that I truly am not the answer for the questions that she still has and her doubts that haunt her. You'd think that things were fine and dandy, but no. The days press on like crushing weights, for no man does it ever wait, whether you're broken hearted or just broke, and all that emotional stress is just added weight that crushes your soul. Top that off with the memories of days past, memories of places that we used to go to, songs we used to listen to, shows we used to attend to, memories of dying days that are only kept alive because they are just that: memories, and they will die once forgotten. Even if she stretched her hand out for me now, I would put a fist of uncurled fingers, as my feelings have been bathed in flames, and I would not hold her hand ever again. So will she understand? Will she understand that I don't hate her, but I don't love her anymore. She moved back home to Texas and I live in Chicago now. Is that 1,000 miles away? Well, it's far enough, there should be nothing left to say, but why does it feel like there's so much left? Why do does it feel like there was room for improvement. Could we have been so much more? What if things had been different? What if I handled myself differently? It feels like there's so much left, but I don't know, and I will never know. In the end, we never had a choice. This wall that we created between us was too much noise: the screaming, the fighting, the animosity had deafened us to logic to reason and it has taken me under with no chance of ever coming back. Still, Katie, you should know that I don't hate you. And I know you don't hate me. Our timing just sucked, it's unfortunate, but it's ok. I truly don't hate you, I wish you happiness. (By the way, this all true, and it's how I feel. I love this song. Thank you Rise Against!) |
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