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I Can Feel Your Pain Lyrics
Well I watched a black tied family
Rise up from graves near cemeteries
That I have not been to since your goodbye
And I drink another simile
And compared your Jesus to a thief
And he took my bones and he turned them into bread
Cause I can feel your pain
In my bones, in my bones
I was scared to call your mother
For news that you weren’t getting better
My God, just what the hell am I supposed to do?
And I ran off, and ran on to something
That I swore was everything but beautiful
I only say that word for you
Cause I can feel your pain
In my bones, in my bones
And I can feel your pain
Deep in my bones, deep in my bones
And Hal-hallelujah to the one in our bones
And Hal-hallelujah to the one who we love
(humming)
Rise up from graves near cemeteries
That I have not been to since your goodbye
And compared your Jesus to a thief
And he took my bones and he turned them into bread
Cause I can feel your pain
In my bones, in my bones
For news that you weren’t getting better
My God, just what the hell am I supposed to do?
That I swore was everything but beautiful
I only say that word for you
In my bones, in my bones
And I can feel your pain
Deep in my bones, deep in my bones
And Hal-hallelujah to the one in our bones
And Hal-hallelujah to the one who we love
(humming)
Song Info
Submitted by
lyme01 On Feb 05, 2007
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For me this song is about loss, and the pain you feel when you can do nothing to help somebody around you. It reminds me of a situation I had when a friend of mine was in the hospital. I have a feeling that somebody really important died in Andy's life died from getting sick or something. (That I have not been to since your goodbye) Jesus is called a thief because he took that person away from him. He describes a situation of helplessness, because in those situations there really is not a lot that you can do. You juwst want to run away because of the pain that you feel. So, that's at least my take on it.
all i can say is
"beautiful. i only say that word for you."
oh god oh godddd.
I can't believe only one other person has reali8zed the greatness of this song.
I feel its about a loss that you can't really accept, and you dont want to accept.
the humming at the end of this song give me chills, especially when i saw it live.
I love this song, especially the line "And I ran off, and ran on to something, That I swore was everything but beautiful, I only say that word for you" just the way he says that, and the sentiment you feel behind it is just spellbinding, i adore this band.
this song definitely shows the true sincerity and genuine quality of andy's voice. there aren't many that can match that kind of emotion. i love it.
'I was scared to call your mother For news that you weren’t getting better My God, just what the hell am I supposed to do?'
so real. sometimes you avoid bad news best you can even know you know full well that it won't change it.
absolutely fucking incredible song. he's so raw. you can hear the pain in his voice and almost feel the pain because of it.
i fall asleep when i listen to this song. i get some strange comfort from it. love it.
I just recently bought this album, and I have to say it was automatically one of my favorites if not my absolute favorite. From the opening and on i literally had butterflies. I couldn't stop smiling - until this song hit. I CRIED, and only one song has made me cry before - and that was when Conor performed Spring Cleaning when I saw Bright Eyes last fall. As many others here have said:
And I ran off, and ran on to something That I swore was everything but beautiful I only say that word for you
ooh boy, I almost couldn't contain the emotion that ran through me with his voice.
i agree, there is no way you can listen to this song and not get chills and feel all the pain he is feeling as he sings this... i think ive actually cried a time or two or come close to a few times while listening to it...
i also forgot to add in i noticed was during the part "compare your jesus to a thief, and he took my bones and turned them into bread, cause i can feel your pain, in my bones..." he's explaining his anger with god but at the same time portrays that its not wrong to question god and feel like a bad person or totally rejecting any faith in a god because with the line of turning his bones to bread he still suggest a comfort in his god sharing the burden of his pain. just something i saw on...
i also forgot to add in i noticed was during the part "compare your jesus to a thief, and he took my bones and turned them into bread, cause i can feel your pain, in my bones..." he's explaining his anger with god but at the same time portrays that its not wrong to question god and feel like a bad person or totally rejecting any faith in a god because with the line of turning his bones to bread he still suggest a comfort in his god sharing the burden of his pain. just something i saw on the spiritual aspect of this song...
the first time i heard this song, it came up on shuffle on my iPod before i had listened to the full album.
"beautiful; i only say that word for you."
that line immediately caught me. i physically stopped what i was doing and replayed the entire song. gorgeous. abso-fucking-lutely gorgeous.