| Manchester Orchestra – I Can Barely Breathe Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think the song is really about general wars between one self, ones loved one, or one against the world. Not just one or the other. The lyrics are much too well written and powerful to just conform to one certain meaning. It's definitely about losing someone, or something. Whether again, that be a loved one, a relationship, or the world itself. And it's explaining the war within ones self about it and explaining how they feel about it. The realization, the truth about it. The truth about how something really is when a human feels like it's "the end." All the bad, the hate, the pain, the questions. |
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| Brand New – Jesus Christ Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I read through some of the comments, not all so apologies if this is a repeat of someone elses. As a person with depression, this song had a really different meaning to me then a lot of people thought it to be. Basically the song is about someone with a really shitty life, who is probably depressed, having a conversation with "Jesus Christ" about it because he's alone and he's gotten to a place where turning to some sort of faith is the only "comfort." Whether that faith is literally the Jesus Christ from Christianity or his own "Jesus Christ." "Do I divide and fall apart?" He's asking if he should let all the bad in his life consume him and fall apart from life. A really big thing a lot of people suffering depression can really feel in touch with. Do you let it consume your life? Do you part from everything that "made" life for you? "Cause my bright is to slight to hold back all my dark" Again, something anyone with depression can relate to. He's talking about there isn't enough good stuff happening in his life or within himself to make him move on from the bad. There isn't a good enough balance between the two, and he can only pretend he's fine for so long before the "darkness" breaks though. "And the ship went down in sight of land" Pretty simple. He feels like he fell apart and got depression or was about to recover it right before "land". Land being where everything is better. There's a lot of other parts I could give my explanation for but the result would be extremely long. Just, I interpret this song not as a war within someones self about religion or anything like that. It's just a kid, who is depressed, alone, confused, and has a pretty shit life talking to his "Jesus" about it all because he has no one to help him. |
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