Overweight

Excellent MozfanMS2! Does anyone else notice how one line here or there throughout the album can apply exactly to you, or an ex, or the one you now love, and the next line applies to someone else and some other time in your life?

Everything in it seems so universal, eventhough it was very specific for Justin.

I have a feeling this song would be absolutely immense live.

Holy fuck, this song is amazing. It's one of my favorite songs of all time... I bet it would be EPIC live. It can relate to me so well, almost every line [except the 'kiss a girl' one lol]. And I bet it could relate to most people in some way or another. The tune is awesome and it's just fucking beautiful in everyway. As for meaning, I think MozfanMS2 got that one head on.

mozfanms2..you got it! This is the one of the best songs out of foiled. How can there be so little comments? There should be more blue october fans!

This is the part of the album (Foiled) where Justin tries to settle all accounts. The entire song is an apology to all those who had "carried the weight of another" (in this case, him). And he starts off saying that he never wants to forget how bad the bad times were, so he'll "carry a piece of who I was before". First apology is to the Ex (the one who hurt him). He apologizes for the things he's done (but particularly the scene from "Congratulations" where he showed up at her wedding wanting to talk to her but his words wouldn't "come out right". Finally he lets her know that " I'm happy that you're happy / This is no longer about me" and he tells her goodbye. Next is an apology for the hurt he caused (in this case I'm thinking he means to himself, since he seems to be on both ends of the bat) in a physical and emotional way with his "self-destructive" actions and his "guilt of what reality has given me". Next come his friends, for the way he treated them when they cared about (and most likely for) him. He wants them to know that they are dear to him and he keeps them "deep inside my heart". The final apology is the most general and the most personal. Justin is laying out how he wants to live his life, "as an equal" treating "ones who love me with respect" and wanting to offer the whole world - "a piggyback". He's met the love of his life and wants "to kiss a girl, and know I'll never lie again". After some of the things he's written concerning his dad, he wants to call him "and tell him that I care". And of course, anyone whose familiar with Justin and Jeremy (Listen to "For My Brother") knows how much Justin feels he owes his brother for having "saved my life a thousand times", and that throughout the years of bad times Jeremy has "been my friend / Who's always there". I think I backed up the last verse on the iPod over and over because it was so incredible, hearing it live (from just a few feet away) was a really special treat.

Wow, thanks for that MozfanMS2. Great way to lay it out. Makes a lot of sense now.

i agree sarahliquid...most of it feels like it applies to me on one way or another....

yeah, i agree about it being great live... the high background vocals. the lyrics are good too

I can only imagine how awesome it would be to listen to this song live

It was amazing live, I saw them here in NYC, this is my favorite song by Blue October just for this verse....

want to learn to walk with others as an equal I want to treat the ones who love me with respect I want to tell the world I'll give them all a piggyback And try to take away my negative effect I want to kiss the girl, I know I'll never lie again I want to call my dad and tell him that I care I want to let my brother know He saved my life a thousand times Throughout the years he's been my friend Who's always there

This verse just touched me in so many different aspects. I listen to it over and over again on my MP3. Just AMAZING