In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I got a problem with everyone I know
I got a problem I want everyone to know
I got up late last night for the punk rock show
I say it sucked because I'm emo.
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna say what I don't mean
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna mumble, Gonna give up all my hope.
Bringing everybody down, Everybody with a frown.
Bringing everybody down, When's it gonna come around?
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
I like to listen to my favorite band, The Cure.
I'd ask her out but she'd say No, No for sure.
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna say what I don't mean
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna mumble, Gonna give up all my hope.
Bringing everybody down, Everybody with a frown.
Bringing everybody down, When's it gonna come around?
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me. (x11)
Nobody likes me, guess I'll go eat worms.
I got a problem I want everyone to know
I got up late last night for the punk rock show
I say it sucked because I'm emo.
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna say what I don't mean
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna mumble, Gonna give up all my hope.
Bringing everybody down, Everybody with a frown.
Bringing everybody down, When's it gonna come around?
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
I like to listen to my favorite band, The Cure.
I'd ask her out but she'd say No, No for sure.
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna say what I don't mean
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna mumble, Gonna give up all my hope.
Bringing everybody down, Everybody with a frown.
Bringing everybody down, When's it gonna come around?
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
Cheer up emo kid, It's a brand new day
Cheer up emo kid, It'll be okay.
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me. (x11)
Nobody likes me, guess I'll go eat worms.
Lyrics submitted by Xzavierg
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This song is great... hahaha youre life story
Awesome song, awesome band. I think this song is sarcastically and ironically poking fun at kids who do nothing but feel sorry for themselves, and it's telling them to chin up, it's not as bad as you think it is.
i think this is stupid, i mean i aint emo, but i dont like people dissing emo kids, its not like they go round makeing people life a misery, thay aint abusive asshole like alot of the rest of the world, why cant you grow up and leave them to their own world? im sure theres other things you can be doing instead of bullying emos, like drink beer!:P but we should be fighting toether not amung ourselfs...
...conclusion... leave the emos alone and piss off pepole who deserve it
i dont think this song was intended to poke fun at emo kids, but rather to tell emo kids that they shouldnt be so depressed in life because if you think about it, your situation probably isnt that bad. i think patent pending wrote this song at a time when things were going good for them after a rough time...if you listen to the rest of their music, they are kinda emo so it doesnt make sense for them to mock emo kids. they are just saying how you shouldnt be so upset in life because they know what its like. they have been there ebfore but now they are not and they are trying to get the message across that things will get better
but thats just me
What's with all the songs dissing emo kids nowadays? I agree with lonewolfac, leave them alone. Besides, actually writing songs making fun of them is just going to make them more depressed an more...emo-y
seems kinda repetative.
i love this song so much, its obviously about emo kids and how just being around them kinda makes you wanna die... so they should cheer up and then everyone would be happy :)
this song makes me giggle =] i like it.
...but some of these lyrics are wrong. hmm. =/
One day, I got soo emo I turned ska...
I think Patent Pending evolved the same way. Neverthess, they are one of my influences.
the song is kinda funny. im am emo-punk myself, but real emo-punk. afterall emo is a sub genre of hardcore punk, not a fashion statement or lifestyle. i love the part at the end where it says i guess ill go eat worms