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Just hold your breath
To make sure you won't wake up again
'Cause you ruined my '04 and that's the best that I could hope for
To watch you fall apart from the inside
We're gonna spread it to the world
To the world, about how you lied
How you lied
A free lesson on growing up
Never trust anyone to the point where your back's exposed
Every person I've ever know was a fake
and you'll see your closest ones go first
Who needs enemies?
You've got friends
I'm a gentleman and you're a liar
I'll expect the best of you but it's so hard
I'm a gentleman and you're a liar
I'll expect the best of you but it's so hard
Let's start over
When we reach the top we'll watch you bury yourself
This wasn't easy
It wasn't easy
Let's start over
When we reach the top we'll watch you bury yourself
This wasn't easy
It wasn't easy
A free lesson on growing up
Make the best of their worst
And never compromise what you feel is right
I make a point to be powerful when I speak
Be the one to give them nightmares when they sleep
Never back down from anyone
I'm a gentleman and you're a liar
I'll expect the best of you but it's so hard
I'm a gentleman and you're a liar
I'll expect the best of you but it's so hard
Let's start over
When we reach the top we'll watch you bury yourself
This wasn't easy
It wasn't easy
Let's start over
When we reach the top we'll watch you bury yourself
This wasn't easy
It wasn't easy
I watched the weight of your world cave in to crush you
I watched the weight of your world cave in to crush you
I watched the weight of your world cave in to crush you
I watched the weight of your world cave in to crush you
To make sure you won't wake up again
'Cause you ruined my '04 and that's the best that I could hope for
To watch you fall apart from the inside
We're gonna spread it to the world
To the world, about how you lied
How you lied
Never trust anyone to the point where your back's exposed
Every person I've ever know was a fake
and you'll see your closest ones go first
Who needs enemies?
You've got friends
I'll expect the best of you but it's so hard
I'm a gentleman and you're a liar
I'll expect the best of you but it's so hard
When we reach the top we'll watch you bury yourself
This wasn't easy
It wasn't easy
Let's start over
When we reach the top we'll watch you bury yourself
This wasn't easy
It wasn't easy
Make the best of their worst
And never compromise what you feel is right
I make a point to be powerful when I speak
Be the one to give them nightmares when they sleep
Never back down from anyone
I'll expect the best of you but it's so hard
I'm a gentleman and you're a liar
I'll expect the best of you but it's so hard
When we reach the top we'll watch you bury yourself
This wasn't easy
It wasn't easy
Let's start over
When we reach the top we'll watch you bury yourself
This wasn't easy
It wasn't easy
I watched the weight of your world cave in to crush you
I watched the weight of your world cave in to crush you
I watched the weight of your world cave in to crush you
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pretty easy, its about friends that turn out to be fakes. and how they are burying themselves with all their lies.
this is my fav by these guys!
i agree with Elysia
this song has one hell of a heavy breakdown. i freaking love it =)
ugh... and its also describing my life right now =(
This is not about ex-friends in general.
I'm from Ocala, FL, where ADTR is from. So I know what this is about.
This is about a specific person I need not mention. Just know this is someone they used to affiliate themselves with and no longer do. This song is a direct bash and insult to him. This song disgusts me entirely.
ADTR has the attitude of 'never turn my back on my friends.' And the nature and origin of this song I can't bash because I've heard some details here and there. However, I am very upset at this song specifically. They choose to publicly humiliate this one person to Ocala, FL and to everyone who knows this situation. Its a public "Fuck You" to this person... which is against what they claim to stand for. This makes me feel like they are full of shit.
Who cares that they're blatantly saying "fuck you" to a person? They stand for friendship, if this person betrayed them, then they have every right to bash them. Why does this disgust you?
Who cares that they're blatantly saying "fuck you" to a person? They stand for friendship, if this person betrayed them, then they have every right to bash them. Why does this disgust you?
I think he's shitty, 'cause he may've bumped his vagina on his keyboard. Twat.
I think he's shitty, 'cause he may've bumped his vagina on his keyboard. Twat.
Is there anymore details you can give us about this person and the situation, without being rude to anyone? I don't agree with the notion of ADTR being hypocrits,but if you have facts to prove me wrong, I'm all ears. If you have something useful to better explain this song, I'd apreciate it. :-)
Is there anymore details you can give us about this person and the situation, without being rude to anyone? I don't agree with the notion of ADTR being hypocrits,but if you have facts to prove me wrong, I'm all ears. If you have something useful to better explain this song, I'd apreciate it. :-)
so you're saying they should stick to "never turn my back on my friends" when those friends betray them? ok yea next time your friends betray you, be sure to stay true to that saying, see where it gets you
I agree with the two comments above me. AceIsGnarly: You're right, publicly humiliating someone isn't right, period, I don't care how you look at it or what the person did. But at the same time, they never turned their back on their friends. someone did something to lose that friendship, hence the public humiliation. But I would, however, like to know what the hell happened. so if anyone is interested in sharing this with me, it would be nice.
Maybe try Google?
Maybe try Google?
I'd definately be pissed if someone wrote this about me. BUT if you were betrayed (as i know a lot of us have been) sometimes you just have to let a friend go. they are simply not worth your friendship. Having that said, artists write most lyrics based on the events in their life and what they are feeling. its really hard to pull some random subject out your ass and write about something you have no experience with. im sure some of us here write lyrics and/or music...and raise your hand if you've ever written about a situation, good or bad, in your life. they have every right to write about this subject...and it just so turns out it ended up on the record. so...basically what you're saying is any artist that writes a song publicly about a bad thing that happenned in there life that involved someone else is wrong for doing so.
ok, im going to stop my rant. i think i made my point.
i wouldnt even call that a rant. if it were one i would have lost interest. i have to agree with you. it sucks on both ends, the betrayer and the betrayed. i (the betrayed) have written songs that i hope my ex-girlfriend and faux-edgers (both are the betrayers) will hear. its almost revenge, but not quite. things just need to be expressed.
i wouldnt even call that a rant. if it were one i would have lost interest. i have to agree with you. it sucks on both ends, the betrayer and the betrayed. i (the betrayed) have written songs that i hope my ex-girlfriend and faux-edgers (both are the betrayers) will hear. its almost revenge, but not quite. things just need to be expressed.
Its hard to defend either side: the betrayer or the betrayed. Sometimes the betrayed does something that deserves being betrayed over, and yet, in a general view, its wrong to turn your back. I've been in a situation where something VERY wrong was going down, and I HAD to betray friends to stand up for what was right and make my own point clear. Sometimes you have to be on the other side of your friend's, or you'd just be a follower.
Its hard to defend either side: the betrayer or the betrayed. Sometimes the betrayed does something that deserves being betrayed over, and yet, in a general view, its wrong to turn your back. I've been in a situation where something VERY wrong was going down, and I HAD to betray friends to stand up for what was right and make my own point clear. Sometimes you have to be on the other side of your friend's, or you'd just be a follower.
Wow, AceIsGnarly big hot shot. Lol. I'm from Coral Springs, FL, and just because your from Ocala doesn't mean you know EVERYTHING about ADTR. Hell, if that was possible then I'd know everything about A New Found Glory. and I agree Elysia, the lyrics are pretty self explainatory.
Lol wow i read like all those comments. Yeah just becuase you're from somewhere doesnt mean shit. But anyways. It's about exfriends. I guess however you take it but obviously its getting back at someone, revenge