Push

Sorry to burst any bubbles, but this is not at all about sex. If you were a fan of the band, you'd know the lead singer - song writer, Josh, had bulimia and a heroin addiction. I think it's a mixture of both, but also possibly about the pressure that came with trying to overcome both of them.

Well at first thought it sounds like it's about sex...but I guess if you really analyze it, it COULD be about heroin...

"It'll wear you down and wear you down (You chase it breathing in and out and in and out)" -The 'wear you down' part is self-explanitory...the breathing in and out could be inhaling and exhaling...since he smoked the heroin.

"You didn't think you'd feel it all but you were wrong about it" -I guess that could be ...he didn't think that it would really have an affect on him but it did...like whether he thought he wouldn't get high and he did or maybe he thought he wouldn't feel shitty after and he did.

"Using like it's going out of style maybe just a little while This'll be the last time everytime's a last time" -I agree with mrsjoshramsay for this part...also the fact that he says "using" instead of "using it" or something makes me think it's more about drugs.

Another reflection on how the song related to my first romantic relationship:

You never really wanted it You'll settle for a bit of it We started with a big bang And now it's coming back again

He didn't want it at first, but he ended up giving it a try. Things were happening really quickly for us, until they weren't...

Hey, don't you feel it now? My shiny side down Hey, burning brighter still And you're getting sick And you're feeling it

Once I got to expressing my feelings, he wasn't comfortable and got sick of it all, and so, he kept pulling and pulling away.

It'll wear you down and wear you down You chase it, breathing in and out and in and out They'll push you up against the wall, against the wall You didn't think you'd feel it all but you were wrong about it Push

My honesty was getting to be too much for him, wearing him down, yet he kept chasing it until he felt the push. He didn't think he would feel so much, but he was wrong.

It started with a handgun Loaded with excuses I started faking it And then we started breaking it All the pieces used to fit Using like it's going out of style Maybe just a little while And This will be the last time Every time's the last time

Excuses, excuses, excuses. He kept bringing them up and since he wasn't taking ownership for his actions, I started acting like I was okay, even though I really, truly, wasn't. That's when things started to break and no longer fit like they used to.

Hey, don't you feel it now? My shiny side down Hey, burning brighter still And you're getting stuck And you fucked it up

He felt stuck, so he started putting up a wall of boundaries; boundaries that worked for him and him alone. I respected them, but I wasn't happy. And then when I tried to speak up and set a boundary of my own, he wouldn't respect it. I regreted it I regret a lot of things I regreted it I regret a lot of things

I wonder if he regrets how things ended with us. I know I have my regrets. I wish I spoke up more for myself and didn't let him walk all over me, but what's done is done. At least there's a lesson to be learned from it all.

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This Song is awsomee. Sounds like its about a messed up relationship, like most songs... Newayss Love it.

Makes me think about drugs for some reason.

this part of the song

"It'll wear you down and wear you down (It's easy breathing in and out and in and out) I'll push you up against the wall against the wall You didn't think you'd feel it all but you were wrong about it"

that reminds me of that PUSHing game (also pass out game) where you breath in and out deeply and someone pushes you up against a wall and then you pass out/faint. just thought i'd put that out there

some parts of it make me think it's about an eating disorder.. even more than some of their other songs are about this too. either way, it's a great song. =)

i think this song is about his heroin addiction he used to have..

You never really wanted it You'll settle for a bit of it We started with a big bang And now it's coming back again

• i think here he's saying that it started out that he only wanted to try it maybe to fit in or just for something to do and it didn't really matter, he just did it in his spare time and then all of a sudden he started craving it and depending on it basically.

It'll wear you down and wear you down

• i guess it's basically self explanitory. it's something that makes you seem happier and happier everytime you take it when in reality, if you don't have it, you're just getting more and more depressed.

You didn't think you'd feel it all but you were wrong about it

• i think he's saying that he tried it once and figured there'd be no harm in it since it was his first time but he got hooked right away?...

Using like it's going out of style maybe just a little while

• i think he's saying how he used it soo much, everyday, maybe even several times a day almost as if the next day there'd be no way to get anymore.

This'll be the last time everytime's a last time

• very self explanitory. he kept telling himself he was going to stop, going to quit, just one more time.. but one last time turned into a second time and then a third and so on...

and as the last lines say, he regrets ever touching it because it probably screwed his whole life up..

i don't think any of there songs sound like they're about relationships. their album is basically about josh's bulimia and heroin addiction hence the title of the cd, fix me..

Josh's voice is fantastic.

Push--> pehaps go out of your comfort zone to strive for somethign you need to try hard to get