Goodnight

I definitely think you guys are right - this is about a person who is completely neglected from their family life, and so turns to anything they can to get attention - school, rumors, cutting, whatever they can. And while they hate it - they keep putting themselves down with phrases like 'so unprofessional,' 'nothing exceptional,' 'you're nothing if you're just another' - it's the only way they feel like they're doing something right with themselves ('this is correctional.')

The sad thing about this song is that this person obviously has had no one to hold on to and sees themselves as completely worthless and screwed up. The chorus is absolutely heartrending.

'Mirror on the wall Frame the picture. Reflect this kiss to wish us all Goodnight.'

The only picture the mirror can reflect when you're looking into it is your own face. So the 'frame the picture' is almost a bitter jibe at this person's own self esteem, which is found in various places throughout the rest of the song. And the fact is that this person is looking at themselves in a mirror, pretending to kiss themselves goodnight because no one else will ever do it for them. It's a beautiful and breathtaking picture that makes you want to rip yourself up and cry.

My opinion... which could be extremely off, but it's here nonetheless.

I couldn't say what each phrase means individually, but to me it sounds as though it's generally about someone who has a shitty family life and desires attention from her school life and such...

"First place, on a classroom wall Every turn of a face Can help to break the Fall from a domestic disgrace"

It also goes on as the person telling themselves they have to be better, a "perfectionist"- if they don't do well, they'll just become a face in the crowd. Basically, someone thriving for positive attention that their own family can't give.

"Be a perfectionist You're nothing if your just another"

It's about being bullied.. It's a personal thing. I think it's actually about the members being bullied in school. "Goodnight" "we're not sleeping but it won't take long" fit with each other. If it continues maybe they'll be in a sleep forever. But you manage to make it out. But I believe it's about the actually members.

Just what I believe.. I'm obsessed with this band. All the music reaches out to me.. Well most if the newer music. I love all the songs though. Not one song I haven't heard. Great!

Amazing song, Im not sure about the meaning but the latest album is amazing stuff. As was the last, and even the EP. Such a good melody, such good lyrical content.

Man, I want to kidnap Chibi so she can be my muse ^.^

stargazer1223 I like your idea very much. I think it could be about everyone suffering the same thing from different angles such as a perfectionist or lovers where one wants more out of the relationship and it just isnt possible. Being inferior or mediocre hurts.

It is rumored that the song is about Phantasm which fits because it is about a boy who looses his parents and deals with a bodysnatcher who turns out to be evil or something to that effect. I never saw it, but after reading the plot it makes a lot of sense if they wrote the song around the theme of the plot in the movie.

I believe a few of these lyrics are off...

First place, on a classroom wall Every turn of a face Can help to break the Fall from a domestic disgrace Every rumor displaced is lost and found

A lack of discipline One hand to cut the other So unprofessional You're not a friend, you're just a lover Nothing exceptional This is correctional

Mirror on the wall Frame the picture Reflect this kiss to wish us all Goodnight

First day, in a victim's chair Every surface replaced Can help to keep you FAIR for a correctING gaze Every future displayed Will match your crowd

A loss of innocence One hand to wash the other Be a perfectionist You're nothing if your just another Something MATERIAL This isn't personal

Mirror on the wall Frame the picture Reflect this kiss to wish us all Goodnight

We're all dancing to the same sad song... And we're not sleeping but it won't take long

Elicit Confusion Confessions Incomplete Correction Submissive Restriction Instructions will repeat Direction

Mirror on the wall Frame the picture Reflect this kiss to wish us all Goodnight

As far as the meaning goes, I think it's about someone who self harms. They're able to control their performance in school, but at home their life is a mess. Whatever they use to harm themselves is really meaningful to them, but they resent it to a certain extent (friend v. lover). The person is unhappy about being less than amazing and feels a lot of release when they harm themselves. The kiss is symbolic for an act of harm. The surfaces replaced indicate covering up the self harm so that anyone that would try to "help" is unaware of the evidence of injury. The person hasn't gone far enough to kill himself/herself, but they intend to (sleeps is symbolic for suicide).

I don't think it's about love.. I think it's about 'mass followers'

'You're nothing if your just another'

In the last portion of the song, it isn't "Confusion" but it is "Convection".