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Footprints on My Ceiling Lyrics

Everybody wants a lover
Nobody wants to uncover
what may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past
wanna go without a care
pull Gardenias from her hair
I think of a time we didn't have a care in the world
captivated by her beauty I knew it was my life long duty
she had all the grace and charm of a radiant queen

How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
How do you hear without listening?
How do you live without feeling? yeah!
How do you take without giving?
And keep it all inside?

There are footprints on my ceiling
I can't help this fucked up feeling
something's wrong, you ain't coming 'round here no more
try to get my thoughts together
I think of a time when things were better
this miscommunication is breaking me down

How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
How do you hear without listening?
How do you live without feeling? yeah!
How do you take without giving?
How you treat your new best friend?

Everybody wants a lover
Nobody wants to uncover
what may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past
my heart is heavy slowly sinking
I redirect my desperate thinking
And kiss her red full lips like I did the very first time

How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
How do you hear without listening?
How do you live without feeling? yeah!
How do you take without giving?
There are footprints on my ceiling, yeah!
And I kept it bottled up inside... all my life.
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Cover art for Footprints on My Ceiling lyrics by Social Distortion

What an incredible song...Some songs that SD does, you just want to listen to them on repeat all day.

Cover art for Footprints on My Ceiling lyrics by Social Distortion

song of the year. absolutetly beautiful.

Cover art for Footprints on My Ceiling lyrics by Social Distortion

Beautiful is an understatement, this is glorious.

Cover art for Footprints on My Ceiling lyrics by Social Distortion

This song IS truly beautiful, I agree. Its just about how things get fucked up between people and how it sucks. Yet another social D song that makes me cry. What the hell?

Cover art for Footprints on My Ceiling lyrics by Social Distortion

i think this song is his story about growing up and learning about love. the first little part in the song is just saying that a lot of people fall inlove but then don't want to deal with problems when they come up.

then the first verse talks about being young and inlove and not having a care in the world, the next verse talks about getting married and how inlove they were... then he goes on to sing about how there is much more to love than just being inlove, and the lack of communication in their relationship was tearing them apart, because he just bottles up everything that he's been through and hides his feelings.

by the end of the song it sounds like he's learned to focus on the positive things about life, and that he's learning to open himself.

Cover art for Footprints on My Ceiling lyrics by Social Distortion

he's with this girl and 'wanna go on without a care'... he never really opens himself up with her about his inner demons, past that still haunts him...

..he wants to act like nothings wrong, the verse reflects that he's going through the motions of talking, listening, living... but obviously it isn't truthful, because he's not open about his own self.. therefore it's like he's just taking the full self she's giving him, but he's not giving it in return.. so the first chorus ends with 'how do you keep it all inside'?

..the end of the second chorus verse states 'how do you treat your best friend'.. prpbably implying his unwillingness to open up to her, and return what she gives.. is a cruel way to treat what you consider your best friend.. her

My heart is heavy, slowly sinking I redirect my desperate thinking

this has caused problems as he states 'you ain't comin' round here no more'. but keeping true to the theme as the verse i pasted above states.. he redirects his worriness and doesn't open up to her about his fears or the way he feels..

..so instead he 'kiss her red full lips, Like I did the very first time' ..keeping true to the theme of the song.. keeping it all inside and acting like nothing is wrong.

Cover art for Footprints on My Ceiling lyrics by Social Distortion

"How do you talk without speaking? How do you hear without listening? How do you live without feeling? How do you take without giving?"

i think the chorus is speaking a person with an ego who thinks that they are the best person in the world yet they are a complete asshole, i know many people like this and i hate them so much

this song and the CD are absolutlery amazing,m so much feeling

 
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