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Goodbye Lyrics
All that you do is steps above
Anything else we could dream of
My tabloid girl, you miracle
God's gift to earth but cynical
Wannabe's gather around you
Walking on eggshells behind you
Spit on your face I'd love to
If only I didn't love you
And then your friends will say
that you look good today
Goodbye, goodbye!
And then to your dismay
you turned your head one day
goodbye, goodbye!
Humbleness taught me to share the love
But you never caught the drift, did ya?
My little girl, you see the world
A dismal place where you're the thrill
My sweet you certain in state of grace
Larger than life to all human race
If I could just pull back your reigns, make 'em tight
My sweet, there's nothing larger than life
I hear my conscience say
that you look good today
Goodbye, goodbye!
And then to disbelief
you turned your pretty cheek
Goodbye, goodbye!
You never caught the drift, did ya?
You never caught the drift, did ya?
And then your friends will say
that you look good today
And in your special way
you knew before they told ya
And then with no delay
you turned you head one day
Goodbye, goodbye!
Anything else we could dream of
My tabloid girl, you miracle
God's gift to earth but cynical
Wannabe's gather around you
Walking on eggshells behind you
Spit on your face I'd love to
If only I didn't love you
that you look good today
Goodbye, goodbye!
And then to your dismay
you turned your head one day
goodbye, goodbye!
But you never caught the drift, did ya?
My little girl, you see the world
A dismal place where you're the thrill
My sweet you certain in state of grace
Larger than life to all human race
If I could just pull back your reigns, make 'em tight
My sweet, there's nothing larger than life
that you look good today
Goodbye, goodbye!
And then to disbelief
you turned your pretty cheek
Goodbye, goodbye!
You never caught the drift, did ya?
that you look good today
And in your special way
you knew before they told ya
And then with no delay
you turned you head one day
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This is my interpretation.
This guy is going out with a prominent girl that everyone admires and thinks is "larger than life." She makes friends easily but always has to say goodbye to them because of her lifestyle. In the beginning of the song she's saying goodbye with dismay but at the end she says it with no delay (or emotion?) because it might be happening too often. It's possible that the lifestyle is getting old for her. People tell her she looks good but she never gets to see them again. Her boyfriend has been with her for who knows how long and he obviously saw something more than just looks in her because he dumps her despite that.
Her boyfriend tolerates her lifestyle but takes notice that she isn't doing the same for him, "Humbleness taught me to share the love, but you never caught that drift did ya?" She might be doing something questionable outside of their relationship. He dumps her, "And then to disbelief, you turned your pretty cheek, Goodbye! Goodbye!", even though he knows she's pretty, "I hear my conscience say, that you look good today." He never mentions that he admires her prominence, in fact he says he wishes he could show her that she's not larger than life. To him she's just a person like everyone else.
This is one of my all-time favorite songs and Alien Ant Farm is a very underrated band.
one of their greatest songs, does anyone the meaning?