The End Of A Fraud

well this is just how i interpreted the whole album(a little more literal than two 0 two) CAR UNDERWATER--he drives his car into the water, wanting to die, because the girl "left and abnadoned him"--but as he is sitting in the sinking car he realizes that he didnt tell her that he was dying becuase he loved her

TRUTH ABOUT HEAVEN--this i thought might have been a dream he had when he blacked out, or just as hes sitting in the car waiting to die- he realizes he still wont be happy when he is dead becuase the girl wont be with him

REMEMBER TO FEEL REAL--he looks back on his life and realizes the girl was right about all his problems and he wants to change his ways for her in the afterlife

AWKWARD LAST WORDS--this is where the guy actually dies in the car ("were out of time and i cant breathe") his last thoughts are that he needs to change his ways so that, in the next life, he will not push the girl "so far away from me"

STAY ON THE GROUND--in this song hes talking about how he started thinking of ways to change for her, but becomes pissed off when he realizes that the girl is not going to kill herself for him and that he has about 50 years of waiting until she dies and joins him

QUICK LITTLE FLIGHT--hes now a ghost and and he "flys" to her house, but is sad when he realizes that she cant even see him

THE MORE YOU TALK--im not quite sure how this ties into the story, but he is obviously pissed off at the girl, maybe for not caring and worrying about him enough when they were together ("youve seen me, do i look okay to you?") and for the fact that he did so much for her and she did little in return

BASEMENT GHOST--so the guy retreats to her basement, jsut to be close to her, praying that she'll know hes down there

WALKING AT NIGHT ALONE--hes picturing what it would be like to be with her again ("i get to hear your voice again") i noticed some connection between car underwaters "i didnt care that you left and abandoned me" and walking at nights "tell me all about your new friends" the guy is obviously so desperate for her that he is interested in her telling him about things she did to hurt him

I HAVE BEEN RIGHT ALL ALONG--he finally realizes he never meant that much to the girl, and starts to wish he wouldnt have killed herself for her, but he still believes she is his only love

END OF A FRAUD--the ghost leaves the girls home, trying to convince himself to not ever think about her again ("you better believe this was all a joke to me")

the album ends in with the line "dont believe that the weather is perfect the day that you die" which i think sums up the whole album. the line basically means jsut becuase you do something extreme, it will not solve all your problems--the guy killed himself for the girl and still she didnt love him back

the end of this song is amazing, when he starts in on the verse from "The Truth About Heaven" with the high pitched vox... wow what a great finalle to an amazing album. Feb. 22nd go get this cd!

this is an amazing finish to an amazing cd...the way that each song is tied together with one another in this cd to tell its story is awesome...from the start of the album in Car Underwater where hes "dying" i interpreted it as him giving up on a love that he has and leaving it behind because he feels that he just bothers her too much...and burdens and brings her down...so he thinks it would be much better to just abandon it then continue to trouble her...he would do anything for her to make her happy...and since he only bothers her..he might as well kill off his ties with her...in The Truth About heaven he realizes that he cant go on with just abandoning everything and realizes how awfull everything can be when you leave it all behind...things dont end up better when you give up...everything is miserable when you cant be with the one you love...even heaven...in Remember to Feel Real he discusses the way that he always tried to act differently in order to be a freind of everyone and to please everybody and even showoff...but by doing that he created his own disguise for himself and its hard for him to determine what was really meaningfull and true to him when hes not even true to himself...but he does know that he cares about this girl...thats all he wants..in Awkward Last Words he feels the regret and resentment of leaving his relationship behind...so he decides to try and get it back...he says that hes gonna change everything about the way he was and make things finally work out...hes gonna be true to himself and prove to the her that he can be himself and thats all he wants is to start everything over...the same deal is pretty much happening in Stay on the Ground...he feels the regret of leaving and realizes he cant be happy and optimistic when he cant stay with this girl...he lies to himself and says hell be able to move on and just look out for himself...but he realizes thats a lie and knows that all he wants is this girl..hes sick of not feeling "alive"..in Quick Little Flight hes attempting to start things over with this girl...he wonders if she notices at all..if she cares...if she "can see him at all"...again in The More You Talk the Less I Hear he is trying to get back together with her and hes doing his best...everything is bogging him down...friends, conscience...everything..all he knows is that he needs to be with her...he needs to be "alive" again...he continues to "haunt" her in Basement Ghost Singing...and hes just trying his hardest to make things work...he thinks that hes getting through to the girl in "i thought i heard you come out for more"...but he knows thats crazy...shes moving on and forgetting about him...hes losing a lot of confidence in himself and hes pretty much done for...in Walking At Night, Alone hes kind of reminiscing about how things used to be...and how great they should have been...but hes hearing about all the new things in the girls life and how she is moving on and he cant stand to believe that...he wishes that she would just stay with him...but thats unlikely at this point..hes been alone once already...and he cant stand to go back to feeling like that...in I Was Right All Along he begins to cope with his loss..."you cant turn off that youre dead, you just deal with it"..thats all he can do now is realize that hes done...and move on...he also realizes that he didnt leave much of a mark on this girls life...that he was insignificant..even after coming to realize this...he still believes that he was meant for her...that he could have been so well off with her if he was true to himself and her from the start...but its too late for that...and now in The End of a Fraud hes finally giving up for good..."leaving for a second time"...again he realizes his insignificance and that he didnt have much of an effect on her life...upon learning this he also learns that he never meant anything to her in the first place...that he was never "alive"....again he notes that leaving everything behind or "dying" will not solve all of your problems....sorry for all the rambling...

hey...awesome summary of the cd...good job!

two 0 two... that summary made me cry! probably because my (ex) boyfriend is feeling the same way as the guy from AFS was. so i'm hoping that what you said about "Remember to feel Real" and "Awkward last words" come true for me in my situation. and i hope i dont end up heart broken again.

but anyways, i used to think that only the appleseed cast had albums that told a story so deep, but youve proven me wrong. you've made me love AFS more than ever.

thank you so much for posting your interpretation of the new album.

this song reminds of "staying alive" as a closer to cursive's "the ugly organ" anyone else feel me on that?

One word: Shivers. Up my spine. God, its amazing.

i completely agree. shivers and tears lol the end is so moving and i just love it

its the perfect ending to a perfect album sorry to sound so gushing haha

I like two_on_two's way of putting it, it actually gets into the deeper concept in the album.

It basically explores the idea that if you died, and were given the chance to see what your life would be like after your death...in this case, he goes through it all finding she never really loved him.

"It’s all pretty clear But when I left you all stayed the same Now I think I believe That I was never alive in the first place"

I think that stanza finishes it perfectly, especially the last line.

I like two_on_two's way of putting it, it actually gets into the deeper concept in the album.

It basically explores the idea that if you died, and were given the chance to see what your life would be like after your death...in this case, he goes through it all finding she never really loved him.

"It’s all pretty clear But when I left you all stayed the same Now I think I believe That I was never alive in the first place"

I think that stanza finishes it perfectly, especially the last line.