Hello
I've waited here for you
Everlong

Tonight, I throw myself into
And out of the red
Out of her head, she sang

Come down and waste away with me
Down with me
Slow, how you wanted it to be
I'm over my head
Out of her head, she sang

And I wonder
When I sing along with you

If everything could ever be this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when
She sang

Breathe out
So I can breathe you in
Hold you in
And now
I know you've always been
Out of your head
Out of my head, I sang

And I wonder
When I sing along with you

If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when
She sang

And I wonder

If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when

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Now that I've read other ppl's interpretations, I think the sex/virginity/love song meaning makes a lot of sense. Listening to it on my own, I never even thought of that. It always sounded like it was written about Kurt's death (and I'm not one of those dipshits who thinks EVERY song by NIRVANA or Foo Fighters is about his death). There's like 2 other people who thought it, too, so it's not just me. But, i don't think any of it has to do with Dave using heroin because i know he was never into that.

The whole song (minus the 'she' parts) sounds like it's about Kurt Cobain:

Hello I've waited here for you Everlong

-I always thought that sounded like him seeing Kurt again in heaven (it sounds kinda corny, but still).

And I wonder When I sing along with you If everything could ever feel this real forever If anything could ever be this good again The only thing I'll ever ask of you Gotta promise not to stop when I say, when.

-Definitely sounds like he's looking back at being in NIRVANA and remembering the feeling of being part of something that huge and real. He knows he will never have that chance again.

Slow how You wanted it to be I'm over my head, out of her head, she sang

-Cobain hated the constant attention and publicity. When they became way too famous way too fast, it was too much to take ("in over my head"). He was mentally unstable ("out of her head").

Breath out So I can breathe you in Hold you in

-Makes me think of Dave seeing Kurt's dead body and wanting him to breathe and be alive again. He wants to be with him again.

And now I know you've always been Out of your head, out of my head, I sang

-(Even though I know Kurt Cobain didn't kill himself) I think Dave realized how many problems Kurt had and how much he suffered during his lifetime. He was "out of his head" and Dave, realizing this, goes "out of his head" as it hits him that he will never see his friend again.

Now that I've read other ppl's interpretations, I think the sex/virginity/love song meaning makes a lot of sense. Listening to it on my own, I never even thought of that. It always sounded like it was written about Kurt's death (and I'm not one of those dipshits who thinks EVERY song by NIRVANA or Foo Fighters is about his death). There's like 2 other people who thought it, too, so it's not just me. But, i don't think any of it has to do with Dave using heroin because i know he was never into that. The whole song (minus the 'she' parts) sounds like it's about Kurt Cobain: Hello I've waited here for you Everlong -I always thought that sounded like him seeing Kurt again in heaven (it sounds kinda corny, but still). And I wonder When I sing along with you If everything could ever feel this real forever If anything could ever be this good again The only thing I'll ever ask of you Gotta promise not to stop when I say, when. -Definitely sounds like he's looking back at being in NIRVANA and remembering the feeling of being part of something that huge and real. He knows he will never have that chance again. Slow how You wanted it to be I'm over my head, out of her head, she sang -Cobain hated the constant attention and publicity. When they became way too famous way too fast, it was too much to take ("in over my head"). He was mentally unstable ("out of her head"). Breath out So I can breathe you in Hold you in -Makes me think of Dave seeing Kurt's dead body and wanting him to breathe and be alive again. He wants to be with him again. And now I know you've always been Out of your head, out of my head, I sang -(Even though I know Kurt Cobain didn't kill himself) I think Dave realized how many problems Kurt had and how much he suffered during his lifetime. He was "out of his head" and Dave, realizing this, goes "out of his head" as it hits him that he will never see his friend again.

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David Grohl, like most humans, is reaching for something ''that can last forever'' because we intuitively realize that another metaphysical or spiritual state of being must exist-- like Socrates said -- you can't define ''hot'' without something that is ''cold.'' you can't define greater, without something that exists being ''smaller.'' Every single thing exists as a ''compound in one.'' Life wouldn't exist, if death didn't exist. And Mortality, or death wouldn't exist, if Immortality didn't exist. Thus, we continue to reach for ''something real'' ''something that can last forever.''

The reason why people cry during this song is because it resembles a prayer--almost like reaching out to God, or something more "eternal" than this short, fleeting existence, and the love and connections we experience here-in. We've all had separations from good people, people we love, and we look toward God, or something more "eternal" than ourselves, for re-assurance.

According to the video, the two people who are singing the song have entered into each other's dreams--through dreams, they have detached from a physical extistence and entered into a spiritual/metaphysical existence, where they are in each other's dreams. The end of the song is CLASSIC. They wake up from their dreams and through music--their spiritual/dream/metaphysical existence (whatever you want to call it) becomes part of their reality. Trying to apply one's ''dream'' to reality, or the ''spiritual, eternal nature of things'' to the here-and-now physical world, is what we all crave to do.

I've had maybe one or two moments in my life where I felt connected to a ''higher power,'' mainly through dreams or a dream-like state of consciousness (not drugs, which are a counterfeit). And the video is about dreaming -- so I think my interpretation is the best so far. lol And since the song's title is ''everlong'' and it deals with ''the eternal nature of things'' and it sounds like a cry for something to "last." yes... I'm convincing myself more and more as I write this, it is about ''eternal'' stuff, it is the human soul crying for something to last, for something immortal and eternal to exist.

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