First place on a classroom wall
Every turn of the 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 corrected gaze
Every feature displayed will match your crowd

A loss of innocence, one hand to wash the other
Be a perfectionist
You're nothing if you're 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

Illicit conviction, confessions incomplete
Correction, submissive restriction
Instructions will repeat direction

Mirror on the wall, frame the picture
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight


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Goodnight Lyrics as written by Michael Rainbow

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    My Interpretation

    I actually don't think this song is about suicide, I think this song is about a person with very low self esteem who seek's other people's attention in order to escape from his depressions and problems but deep down he just wants to be accepted and loved. He feels he's not special or good enough so he constantly does thing to feel special or different.

    First place on a classroom wall

    Notice the pause between first place and classroom wall because it's important. While first place is often a positive thing, the wall is a negative one, like when we were kids we'd be force to stand up against a wall when we did something that got us into trouble.

    Every turn of the face can help to break The fall from a domestic disgrace Every rumor displaced is lost and found

    Every single person who gives him attention makes him feel better because he starts feeling special, people talk about him a lot and when they stop talking about him [lost] he would do something to make them talk about him again. [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

    It's clear that he cuts himself maybe because he wants attention, maybe because he feels depressed, maybe both. He constantly puts himself down [so unprofessional] he's not a friend to himself, he just wants love in the form of attention.

    Mirror on the wall, frame the picture

    Mirror obviously symbolizes himself, we usually put use frames in order to make pictures look better and that's what he's doing, he's doing all these things in order to feel better about himself.

    Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight

    We kiss people whom we love, reflect this kiss refers to the fact he wants to feel loved by someone and accepted and when he does he can finally stop doing all these things thus the goodnight.

    Arc66on September 13, 2012   Link

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