"That'll Be The Day" as written by and Buddy Holly Jerry Allison....
And it's too late to leave this life behind
Everybody's speaking using words they can't define
And it's not my choice but I embrace it nonetheless
You brag of your indecency like a monkey beats its chest
You brag of your indecency like a monkey beats its chest
And I don't care who you are or what you've done
Everybody equals out when all the songs are sung
We will sing them loud and we will sing them until we pass
You're shattering our innocence like a bullet through a glass
You're shattering our innocence like a bullet through a glass
So hey: I don't care if you go now or if you stay
Oh your back is bleeding, you're bleeding on me
That'll be the day when the sun falls down
The angels may weep but I'll hear no sounds but hey
I take that back I won't stop singing when I'm dead
I'll sing from the great beyond, I will echo in your head
And if you think taking your life will set you free
You've got something to learn, it's called humility
You've got something to learn, it's called humility
So hey: I don't care if you go now or if you stay
Oh your back is bleeding, you're bleeding on me
That'll be the day when the sun falls down
The angels may weep but I'll hear no sounds but hey
Gone! everybody's crying
Now you're gone
And everybody's missing you: from apathy to sympathy
This new found love is new to me
And I can hear you laughing in your grave
Everyone's forgiven
Now we're saved
Every single sin absolved
What's the point denying
When we all know we are lying to ourselves (and you can't keep that smile off your face)
Hey: I don't care if you go now or if you stay
Oh your back is bleeding, you're bleeding on me
That'll be the day when the sun falls down
The angels may weep but I'll hear no sounds but hey
Hey: I don't care if you go now or if you stay
Oh your back is bleeding, you're bleeding on me
That'll be the day when the sun falls down
The angels may weep but I'll hear no sounds but hey
Everybody's speaking using words they can't define
And it's not my choice but I embrace it nonetheless
You brag of your indecency like a monkey beats its chest
You brag of your indecency like a monkey beats its chest
And I don't care who you are or what you've done
Everybody equals out when all the songs are sung
We will sing them loud and we will sing them until we pass
You're shattering our innocence like a bullet through a glass
You're shattering our innocence like a bullet through a glass
So hey: I don't care if you go now or if you stay
Oh your back is bleeding, you're bleeding on me
That'll be the day when the sun falls down
The angels may weep but I'll hear no sounds but hey
I take that back I won't stop singing when I'm dead
I'll sing from the great beyond, I will echo in your head
And if you think taking your life will set you free
You've got something to learn, it's called humility
You've got something to learn, it's called humility
So hey: I don't care if you go now or if you stay
Oh your back is bleeding, you're bleeding on me
That'll be the day when the sun falls down
The angels may weep but I'll hear no sounds but hey
Gone! everybody's crying
Now you're gone
And everybody's missing you: from apathy to sympathy
This new found love is new to me
And I can hear you laughing in your grave
Everyone's forgiven
Now we're saved
Every single sin absolved
What's the point denying
When we all know we are lying to ourselves (and you can't keep that smile off your face)
Hey: I don't care if you go now or if you stay
Oh your back is bleeding, you're bleeding on me
That'll be the day when the sun falls down
The angels may weep but I'll hear no sounds but hey
Hey: I don't care if you go now or if you stay
Oh your back is bleeding, you're bleeding on me
That'll be the day when the sun falls down
The angels may weep but I'll hear no sounds but hey
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"That'll Be the Day" as written by Buddy Holly Jerry Allison
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not quite about Jesus. The line about having a smile on his face implies that it was a suicide or the man wanted to die at least. This would also tie in the line about thinking that taking your life will set you free and how that's just a crazy thought.
oh your back is bleeding, you're bleeding on me
that'll be the day when the sun falls down
the angels may weep but i'll hear no sounds but hey
a back bleeding is a sign of betrayal. The angels singing applies to the gates of heaven opening to let a person in. The last line would prove that this were a suicide as any person that kills themselves isn't going to heaven according to the church.
you're shattering our innocence like a bullet through a glass
Once again, lost innocence because of self abuse and suicide
or maybe this is all about Julius Cesar and I'm to big into suicide.
"if you think taking your life will set you free
you've got a little thing to learn its called humility"
and then toward the end
"gone! everybody's crying
now you're gone"
it seems like kind of a harsher (yet slightly less specific) way of saying "dont forget your family, reguardless what you chose to do"
i hear that tom kalnoky writes more than one song about the same topic...i think that this is an example
He did all could to stop the suicide but he couldnt stop him from killing himself.
It's cool how these following three songs from Everything Goes Numb interlock with each other, each song has the same meaning but a different situation/outcome.
A Better Place, A Better Time - He wants to prevent someone from killing themself, and he sucessfuly stops them.
The Saddest Song - He wants to prevent someone from killing themself, but the person successfully kills himself, the rest of the song is about how he deals with it.
That'll be the day - The person already killed themself and he is singing about the aftermath.
now you're gone
and everybody's missing you: from apathy to sympathy
this new found love is new to me
and i can hear you laughing in your grave
everyone's forgiven
now we're saved
every single sin absolved
what's the point denying
when we all know we are lying to ourselves (and you can't keep that smile off your face)"
I feel this song may be about god/jesus and how thomas feels like its a big lie. Just my thoughts but it makes sense.
Good song.