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All the words in my mouth
That the scene deemed unworthy of letting out
Banded together to form a makeshift militia
And burrowed bloodily through my tongue and my teeth
So I stood proud in the gallery
With my open socket of a mouth for them to see
They just laughed and said "That boy, he
That boy's got woe, whoa
He lives with woe, whoa"
And this girl who I met
Whose pride makes her hard to forget
She took pity on me horizontally
But most likely because of my band
And that's all I can get when I'm lonely
And these visions of death seem to own me
In the quiet of the classrooms
All across the stacked United States of Woe, whoa
We live with woe, oh, oh, oh, oh
She said "I can't get laid in this town
Without these pointy fucking shoes
My feet are so black and blue
And so are you"
Please take me
Out of my body up through the palm trees
To smell California in sweet hypocrisy
Floating, my senses surround my body
I wake my nose to smell that ocean burn
Hah, hah!
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da, da da da
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da, da da da
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da, da da da
Ba da da, la da da, la da da
So now I'm forging ahead
Passed all the plutocrats who sold me out
Go sob in your bed
If life is twice as pretty once you're dead
Then send me a card
I'm still the optimist
Though it is hard
When all you want to be is in a dream
A dream
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da, da da da
La da da, la da da, la da da, da da
That the scene deemed unworthy of letting out
Banded together to form a makeshift militia
And burrowed bloodily through my tongue and my teeth
So I stood proud in the gallery
With my open socket of a mouth for them to see
They just laughed and said "That boy, he
That boy's got woe, whoa
He lives with woe, whoa"
And this girl who I met
Whose pride makes her hard to forget
She took pity on me horizontally
But most likely because of my band
And that's all I can get when I'm lonely
And these visions of death seem to own me
In the quiet of the classrooms
All across the stacked United States of Woe, whoa
We live with woe, oh, oh, oh, oh
She said "I can't get laid in this town
Without these pointy fucking shoes
My feet are so black and blue
And so are you"
Please take me
Out of my body up through the palm trees
To smell California in sweet hypocrisy
Floating, my senses surround my body
I wake my nose to smell that ocean burn
Hah, hah!
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da, da da da
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da, da da da
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da, da da da
Ba da da, la da da, la da da
So now I'm forging ahead
Passed all the plutocrats who sold me out
Go sob in your bed
If life is twice as pretty once you're dead
Then send me a card
I'm still the optimist
Though it is hard
When all you want to be is in a dream
A dream
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da, da da da
La da da, la da da, la da da, da da
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The term
"Just be yourself"
Comes to mind. The Scene deemed unworthy of his words, yet he stands proud in the gallery of these people looking at him. Spewing his words out for everyone to hear.
The girl, who cant get laid without her Pointy fuckin shoes, is another example. She can't be herself and "Succeed" but she wants to.
The last verse kinda messed with my theory a bit but brings it all back into focus, by saying "when all you want to be is in a dream"
Meaning, To me, the life that they are living isnt up to their own standards.
But by saying, "If life is twice as pretty once you're dead then send me a card i'm still the optomist, though it is hard.." right before that, I feel like he's really grasping that fact, that you need to be yourself, and telling the people who want to change themselves and him should "send him a card" so to speak.
Let me start by saying that the magic of music lies behind the interpretation of the listener.
As for this song, it seems straight forward at first, jumps into a metaphor, and concludes with, well a conclusion.
"All the words in my mouth that the scene deemed unworthy of letting out banded together To form a makeshift militia and burrowed bloodily through my tongue and my teeth."
I stood proud in the gallery with my open socket of a mouth for them to see. They all just laughed and said "That boy , he, that boy's got woe. (woe.) He lives with woe. (woe.)"
And this girl who I met whose pride makes her hard to forget, She took pity on me (horizontally) but most likely because of my band. (hey)
It's all I can get when I'm lonely and these visions of death seem to own me In the quiet of the classrooms all across the stacked United States of Woe. We live with woe.
[Metaphor Time]
She said "I can't get laid in this town without these pointy fucking shoes. My feet are so black and blue and so are you."
Please take me out of my body up through the palm trees to smell California in sweet hypocrisy. Floating. My senses surround my body. I wake my nose to smell that ocean burn.
So now I'm forging ahead past all the plutocrats who sold me out. Go sob in your bed. If life is twice as pretty once your dead then send me a card.
I'm still the optimist though it is hard when all you want to be is in a dream.
This song is simply amazing. This guy says everything i have ever thought but could not put into words
comedy...isnt this about say anything not the beetles? thats what i thought anyway. why dont the people arguing the merits of the beetles' career waste brain power on actual beetles songs? but what do i know. this is a great song.
"i can't get laid in this town without these pointy fucking shoes"
i think this is like a reference to the wizard of oz
with the magic shoes that can take u anywhere
coz it makes sence if u think about it...?
'when all you want to be is in a dream'
doesnt she wake up and its all a dream at the end of the film?
check this out, It'll change your whole opinion.
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from the man himself.<p><b><i>Edited by oofus on July 14 2006, at 10:22PM</i></b></p>
Wow, now it all makes a lot more sense, it all comes together to show how awesome the songwriting in this song really is. Thanks RustyJ and thanks Max Bemis.
to "the skid" : thank you.
I love this song. hangthedj9 (is that sn a mention to the band Hang the DJ from Pennsylvania? b/c I knew of of the members) described it well when he said that when Max sings that last verse it makes you feel like your pushing all of the people in your way off to the side and forging along. The only part I dont understand is the line
float in my senses, surround my body i wake my nose to smell that ocean burn
if anyone has any opinion on that line please comment. Or if anyone has that picture that was posted above please repost it because that link doesnt work anymore.
haha.. she takes pity on me horizontally? Say Anything seems to have quite the sense of humor, and I love thier sound.