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.
She's the kind of girl that you see in the movies
Seen her in my dreams and now she's standing next to me
Down by the shore, first weekend of the summer
Gotta take a chance and just ask for her number
I wish I had a song on MTV
'Cause in a crowded room, I'd be the only one she'd see
She's looking bored and now, I'm running out of time
I've only got six minutes if I'm gonna make her mine
One minute and the earth begins to shake
Two minutes and my heart begins to break
Another minute and she makes me feel brand new
That's just three minutes with you
Four minutes and she's everything I see
Five minutes and she's where I wanna be
Another minute, everything just feels so new
I need six minutes with you
Six minutes
She's looking at her watch while the DJ is spinning
This could be the end or it's just the beginning
She's the kind of girl that I wanna know better
Reaching for her keys so I guess it's now or never
I wish that I was on the radio
I'd sing her favorite song, she'd be front row at every show
This parties lame and now, I'm running out of time
I've only got six minutes if I'm gonna make her mine
One minute and the earth begins to shake
Two minutes and my heart begins to break
Another minute and she makes me feel brand new
That's just three minutes with you
Four minutes and she's everything I see
Five minutes and she's where I wanna be
Another minute, everything just feels so new
I need six minutes with you
Six minutes
Sometimes I feel like the catcher in the rye (rye)
Sometimes I wish that I could catch her eye (eye)
Sometimes I wish that I could be that guy
(That guy, that guy, that guy)
Yeah, time is passing by
I'm losing my mind (mind, mind, mind)
I need one, two, three, four, five minutes with you
One minute and the earth begins to shake
Two minutes and my heart begins to break
Another minute and she makes me feel brand new
That's just three minutes with you
Four minutes and she's everything I see
Five minutes and she's where I wanna be
Another minute, everything just feels so new
I need six minutes with you
Six minutes
Seen her in my dreams and now she's standing next to me
Down by the shore, first weekend of the summer
Gotta take a chance and just ask for her number
I wish I had a song on MTV
'Cause in a crowded room, I'd be the only one she'd see
She's looking bored and now, I'm running out of time
I've only got six minutes if I'm gonna make her mine
One minute and the earth begins to shake
Two minutes and my heart begins to break
Another minute and she makes me feel brand new
That's just three minutes with you
Four minutes and she's everything I see
Five minutes and she's where I wanna be
Another minute, everything just feels so new
I need six minutes with you
Six minutes
She's looking at her watch while the DJ is spinning
This could be the end or it's just the beginning
She's the kind of girl that I wanna know better
Reaching for her keys so I guess it's now or never
I wish that I was on the radio
I'd sing her favorite song, she'd be front row at every show
This parties lame and now, I'm running out of time
I've only got six minutes if I'm gonna make her mine
One minute and the earth begins to shake
Two minutes and my heart begins to break
Another minute and she makes me feel brand new
That's just three minutes with you
Four minutes and she's everything I see
Five minutes and she's where I wanna be
Another minute, everything just feels so new
I need six minutes with you
Six minutes
Sometimes I feel like the catcher in the rye (rye)
Sometimes I wish that I could catch her eye (eye)
Sometimes I wish that I could be that guy
(That guy, that guy, that guy)
Yeah, time is passing by
I'm losing my mind (mind, mind, mind)
I need one, two, three, four, five minutes with you
One minute and the earth begins to shake
Two minutes and my heart begins to break
Another minute and she makes me feel brand new
That's just three minutes with you
Four minutes and she's everything I see
Five minutes and she's where I wanna be
Another minute, everything just feels so new
I need six minutes with you
Six minutes
Lyrics submitted by musicgal310
6 Minutes Lyrics as written by Joseph Belmaati Rich Cronan
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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The lyrics are amazingly similar to LFO's song also called 6 minutes!!!
Wow, I like this song but the Catcher in the Rye reference makes no sense.
What does childhood innocence have to do with picking up girls? lol
I like these lyrics, even though i've never heard the song. I'm not a Jonas Brothers fan, i think they're over-comercialized...I'm more into alternative and indie, but I'll admit that not all of their songs suck.
This is one of my favorites. It's about that strong feeling you get in a first impression.
it's actually an lfo cover blessbabe.
they just changed some of the words around. to make it cleaner.
some of the chords sound ska/reggaeish. that makes me laugh.
and I agree one hundred percent with itsamountain, the Catcher In The Rye makes NO SENSE. If you're going to reference a book in a song, at least have it correlate to the song. The Catcher in the Rye reference sounds like a bad pickup line. sigh.
This was the very first Jonas Brothers song I ever heard. And I really liked it, then I remembered that LFO sang the same song. And I think that the Jonas Brother's cover is way better than the original.
I think this song is about a guy saying that he only needs 6 minutes to make her like him. It's a really cute song.
JONAS BROTHERS SUCK!
Jonas Brothers suck balls. They don't have any talent at all. Listen to real music homos.
amen
Stop generalizing, there is no such thing as real music. Real music could be banging on trashcans. The Jonases make good music, I love their style. Songs don't have to have crazy guitar riffs to be legit.
Stop generalizing, there is no such thing as real music. Real music could be banging on trashcans. The Jonases make good music, I love their style. Songs don't have to have crazy guitar riffs to be legit.
look, the jonas brothers were great till they got all commercialized. you have to admit, to have three brothers with any talent at all is pretty cool
talent?? hahahahaa you make me laugh