Left the ground
In black and white
And when the plane went down
The colors all around
I know by now
The margins slight
And still I can't get out
She's all I think about
Can't let her go
It's who you know

We came down to watch the world walk by
And all she found was trouble in my eyes
From the sky she pulled me down tonight
Let her go
Let her go

She moves fast
Takes control
And like a heart attack
I know I can't turn back
And time just passed
Nights move slow
And she was all I had
Thought I'd never last
Can't let her go
It's who you know

We came down to watch the world walk by
And all she found was trouble in my eyes
From the sky she pulled me down tonight
Let her go

Let her go

We came down to watch the world walk by
And all she found was trouble in my eyes
From the sky she pulled me down tonight
She calls out the farther that I fly
I love that sound, so give me one more line
And from the sky she pulled me down tonight
Let her go
Let her go
Let her go
Let her go


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Rough Landing, Holly Lyrics as written by Peter Michael Mosely Longineu Warren Iii Parsons

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    Actually it's not about a girl in particular...they said it before many times...none of the songs on the album were really written about a certain someone..the 'her' he is talking about is holly as in hollywood...

    and to Kelsiops

    First of all the song 'City of Devils' has nothing to do with SOTY's lyrics "City lights burn" bcuz 'City of devils' is about Los Angeles...you know how it is nicknamed the "City of Angels"..well yellowcard is talking about all the negative things about LA..just like the lyrics "It's hard to find angels in hell" meaning LA is hell...sooo it has nothing to do with SOTY's lyrics..unless SOTY were singing about LA and how it's not such a great place afterall...and I don't think that's what they were singing about...

    Second...'Rough Landing, Holly' is about Hollywood..and Blinks 'Easy Target' is NOT about hollywood..if you would take the time and look up the meaning of the song you would find out it has nothing to do with Hollywood... For Example... The first, "Easy Target," tells the story of a high school kid who gets invited to a pretty girl's house, so he rides his bike there as quickly as possible, only to have her and a friend jump out of the bushes and soak him with a hose. He leaves sad and dejected.

    And...'Two Weeks From Twenty' and' Wake me up when September ends' are similar due to the fact that they are both about a guy who goes to the war...but umm ppl BEFORE Green Day have songs about the war also..sooo Green Day is not the first to come up with that idea...and they are certaintly not the last...the war is something that affects a lot of ppl...and that is why there tends to be more than ONE song about it..

    Krissy_04on February 08, 2006   Link

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