Summer don't know me no more
He got mad, tiresome
Summer don't know me
He'd just let me low in myself
'Cause I do know love
From you then
Just dying

I saw that day
Lost my mind
Lord, I'm fine
Maybe in time
You'll want to be mine

Don't stop the bud when it comes
It's the dawn, you'll see
Money won't get there
Ten years passed tonight
You'll flee
If you do that
I'll be sworn
To find you

I saw that day
Lost my mind
Lord, I'm fine
Maybe in time
You'll want to be mine

I saw that day
Lost my mind
Lord, I'm fine
Maybe in time
You'll want to be mine
Maybe in time
You'll want to be mine
Maybe in time
You'll want to be mine
Maybe in time
You'll want to be mine
Maybe in time
You'll want to be mine


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    Am I the only person left on Earth who knows grammar, punctuation, and spelling? "Typo" doesn't even begin to describe how the English language is being butchered online these days... Maybe that's what "Last Living Souls" is about....

    Anyway, I agree that this song is about a man who is dying. I don't believe that he's in Iraq, but he did serve there. The song takes place in the future. He doesn't feel that God wants him anymore. "Summer don't know me" implies to me that he feels out of place during the summer (a time of hot weather and LIFE) because he took innocent lives in Iraq (a time of hot weather and DEATH). The innocent blood he took makes him feel guilty and sinful to the point that he can't attone for it. "Lost my mind" is the only explanation that he can offer for his actions, and he believes that god won't think it's a good excuse. Hence the repetition of "Maybe in time You'll want to be mine." He's trying desperately to convince himself that there is still hope for him.

    FacUtSciamon September 09, 2005   Link

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