Miami Lyrics
Stop me if you've heard this one before
The whole truth is nothing but a good excuse
So long as you don't torture me with my past
Let's be honest; a secret silenced is a secret safe
Well every hour on the hour
(Every hour on the hour)
You have to, you just have to trust me
Whoever I was then,
I can't ever be again
So stop me if you've heard this one before
Sideways blinders,
I can't find a way (around a way) around..
Well every hour on the hour
You have to, you just have to trust me
Whoever I was then,
I can't ever be again
The terror held in wedding bells
And comfort in there's no one else
The truth be told I'm never gonna know
Well every hour on the hour (every hour on the hour)
Unhand me, God damn me, Miami
Whoever I was then I can't ever be again
The terror held in wedding bells
The comfort in there's no one else
The truth be told I'm never gonna know
The terror held in wedding bells
The comfort in there's no one else
The truth be told I'm never gonna know
i think the song is about not being ready to get married.
....okay that cut off my comment. lol.. continuing:
instead of "the faith you found I never found" i think it's "i never FELT"
and the last line it's not "would you be told i'll never go in alone" -- it's "Truth be told I'm never gonna know" .... yeah sorry i'm nit-picky lol.
you did a pretty good job though, i couldnt get those verses the first 20x i listened to the song lol
Hey thanks that does sound a lot better! I had some trouble with it haha... One of the best songs off the new album for sure... I cannot get enough of this song.
Sick song. Pretty rocking solo for tbs. a secret silenced is a secret safe
Sick song. Pretty rocking solo for tbs. a secret silenced is a secret safe
F*ck it cut my comment anyway continued:
a secret silenced is a secret safe
Cut my comment once again: IMO this song is about a relationship, where one sied is hiding something about their past, possibly a story about an ex he can't quite get over with (miami being the place where he used to live and date this girl). He's trying to get over his past but he can't (can't find his way around miami). The line about the the terror of the wedding bells makes imagine all this as happening right before a wedding. They're trying to get all the details about their past settled right before tying the knot. And I suppose they do since he manages to convince her that what's done is done (Whoever i was then i will never be again, the comfort that there's noone else). Although the story about relationships is terribly cheesy, it's can be looked at more generally as quite good lyrics about starting again.
Again, like some of the other songs on this album, I feel like it is dealing with God. Perhaps someone close to him found God and he is having trouble dealing with his own beliefs.
And for a real big stretch... Miami being a metaphor for sin? He knows he's been living a life of sin, and therefore doesn't want to be tortured for the things he did once, and that's his fear in accepting God in his life??
I'm sure I'll be torn apart for that one.
@geoffk....Huh? How could you get that this song is about God? I know everyone is entitled to their own opinions but when they are just dead wrong then you gotta call it what it is. Saying this song is about God is like saying Like A Virgin is about Mary the mother of Jesus. lol. This song is clearly about a couple getting ready to take the plunge into marriage and having questions of a past relationship or indiscretion surface. I think that the singer cheated on his future wife while in Miami and whatever happened there keeps coming up....
@geoffk....Huh? How could you get that this song is about God? I know everyone is entitled to their own opinions but when they are just dead wrong then you gotta call it what it is. Saying this song is about God is like saying Like A Virgin is about Mary the mother of Jesus. lol. This song is clearly about a couple getting ready to take the plunge into marriage and having questions of a past relationship or indiscretion surface. I think that the singer cheated on his future wife while in Miami and whatever happened there keeps coming up. Miami, every hour on the hour. And he tries to tell her "whoever I was then I can't ever be again". No matter what he says he can't overcome it. Goddamn me Unhand Me Miami. Do you see it yet?
She wants him to tell her everything about what happened in these lines. Does anyone every want to know all the details of someone cheating on them?
"The whole truth is nothing but a good excuse So long as you don't torture me with my past Let's be honest; a secret silenced is a secret safe"
With these lines the singer is saying that there are constant reminders that he can't get around them and overcome her fear of a repeat cheating episode.
"Reminders, they are not reluctant So stop me if you've heard this one before Sideways blinders, I can't find a way (around a way) around.."
In the end when he speaks of "faith" he is speaking of the faith that one has in another person that they could never do wrong and that he has never found that in another person. Here in these final lines he basically sums up his fears of the pending marriage and breaks it off with the line "Truth be told, I'm never going to know.
"The faith you found I never felt (never felt) The terror held in wedding bells The comfort in there's no one else The truth be told I'm never gonna know The terror held in wedding bells The comfort in there's no one else The truth be told I'm never gonna know"
So in summary, this has absolutely nothing to do about God.
my favourite song on the album so far i think. not quite sure of the meaning tho.. possibly about a past relationship, something about keeping secrets from someone else.. and admiting that he shouldnt have or summit? "You have to, you just have to trust me Whoever I was then, I can't ever be again"
i don't know how accurate i am, but its such an awesome song. i love the way adam sings "Reminders, they are not reluctant So stop me if you've heard this one before Sideways blinders, I can't find a way (around a way) around.."
amazing.
@CarCrashHearts...Agreed. I think this is the best song on the album. Amazing lyrics considering this topic has been covered 1000 times before. A lot of fans don't seem to like this tune. I don't get it. I think it is their best on the album.
@CarCrashHearts...Agreed. I think this is the best song on the album. Amazing lyrics considering this topic has been covered 1000 times before. A lot of fans don't seem to like this tune. I don't get it. I think it is their best on the album.
i most def. dont argree w/ u....