You can be right
And I'll be real
Oh, and it still won't be a pain
That you will have to feel
Cause I don't need your approval
To find my worth
I'm trapped inside of my own mind
Afraid to open my eyes cause of what I'd find and I
Don't wanna live like this anymore
There goes my pain
There goes my chains
Did you see them falling
Because this feeling
There has no meaning
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
There it goes
Does it scare you that I can
Be something different than you
Would it make you feel
More comfortable if I wasn't
Well you can't control me
And you can't take away from me who I am
There goes my pain
There goes my chains
Did you see them falling
Because this feeling
There has no meaning
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
You can't change me
You can't break me
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
Have you ever felt
Like your only comfort was your cage
You're not alone
I've felt the same as you
Have you ever felt like your secrets give you away
You're not alone
I've been there too
Cause everyone is looking
Everyone is laughing
But I think everyone feels the same
Everybody wants to feel okay
Everybody wants to
Everybody wants to feel
There goes my pain
There goes my chains
Did you see them falling
Because this feeling
There has no meaning
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
Cause I don't want it
I don't want it
You can't change me
You can't break me
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
There it goes
And I'll be real
Oh, and it still won't be a pain
That you will have to feel
Cause I don't need your approval
To find my worth
Afraid to open my eyes cause of what I'd find and I
Don't wanna live like this anymore
There goes my chains
Did you see them falling
Because this feeling
There has no meaning
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
There it goes
Be something different than you
Would it make you feel
More comfortable if I wasn't
Well you can't control me
And you can't take away from me who I am
There goes my chains
Did you see them falling
Because this feeling
There has no meaning
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
You can't break me
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
Like your only comfort was your cage
You're not alone
I've felt the same as you
You're not alone
I've been there too
Everyone is laughing
But I think everyone feels the same
Everybody wants to feel okay
Everybody wants to
Everybody wants to feel
There goes my chains
Did you see them falling
Because this feeling
There has no meaning
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
I don't want it
You can't break me
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
There it goes
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To me, the song is saying "Hey, I might be different but no matter what you do you can't change me!"
beautiful song
It means that hes trying to reach out to God and how everyone is in the way.. then he gets saved.
To me, this is a revenge song. It's when you've moved on, but you still care enough to sing to the person who broke your heart. At first it starts off as, "OK, whatever - you can be right...but I'll be for real." and it turns into, "Have you ever felt lost, hopeless? So have I, I feel your pain." and then it turns into, "Everyone wants to feel better when they're down. And I'm over you." (hence the lyrics, "THERE GOES MY PAIN, THERE GOES MY CHAINS." And last, but not least, the lyrics, "DID YOU SEE THEM FALLING?" sort of taunts the heartbreaker.
the beginning starts off "you can be right and I'll be real"
I totally didnt see it that way ashleigh... but i know what youre saying. i think the speaker is saying that they are letting go of their chains- but its a process "I'm trapped inside of my own mind Afraid to open my eyes cause of what I'd find and I Don't wanna live like this anymore " And later in the song he brings the listener in by saying "Have you ever felt like your secrets give you away You're not alone I've been there too " I like the image the song gives you. the title implies a pathetic disfigured character but eventually the person is returned to his upright position
As we walk through life, so many people judge us and try to make us feel as though we are lesser than them. They try to bring us down in order for them to feel better about their own insecurities. The best words of this song I believe are.." everyone is looking, everyone is laughing but I think everyone feels the same... everyone wants to feel okay.." So many people live lies...and this song is about knowing yourself, and not being afraid to be who you are...it's about not changing for anyone else's sake, and when you just live...those chains just fall right off of your shoulders!
to me it was like letting go of all the insecurities, the fears, the pains.... about learning to "feel okay"... and realizing that we all go through that. Also just because I'm a Christian, it made me think about how we can leave our burdens at Jesus' feet... but anyways, yeah, the song is like about letting go of all those painful shadows of the past the hold us down and make us feel inferior.
this song is awesome. i absolutely love it. it reminds me of last summer, the perfect summer. but you know, is there ever a song that just totally relates to you, but you can't explain how? this song is perfect for me...but it is just too hard to explain. but i had to say something about it...it's just so incredibly wonderful.
you guys ever feel the first day of summer when your a student? that's the chorus thing... i guess hehe;) i really dont know..