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We saw the summer night,
We drank down the sober sky
Left our mark into the concrete
Burned up all our tires sleeping
Words flow as we are fading
Watch the canvas become our painting
Not all roads lead to Rome
'Cause this one leads to the hell back home
Oh oh, this is what we do.
Oh oh, this is what we do.
You can say, it's wasted ignorance.
But we're okay, just living in the wreckage.
Don't you get the wrong impression
It's just business with the worst intentions
We felt the floor fall out
And, well, I guess it's too late now
Guess we'll just count our losses
Fix it no matter what the cost is
Lie down with a view
Fell asleep ontop of the roof
Remember when the sky turned orange
Or was it black the night before?
Oh oh, this is what we do.
Oh oh, this is what we do.
You can say, it's wasted ignorance.
But we're okay, just living in the wreckage.
Don't you get the wrong impression
It's just business with the worst intentions
It's just business with the worst intentions
You can say, it's wasted ignorance.
But we're okay, just living in the wreckage.
Don't you get the wrong impression
It's just business with the worst intentions
We drank down the sober sky
Left our mark into the concrete
Burned up all our tires sleeping
Words flow as we are fading
Watch the canvas become our painting
Not all roads lead to Rome
'Cause this one leads to the hell back home
Oh oh, this is what we do.
But we're okay, just living in the wreckage.
Don't you get the wrong impression
It's just business with the worst intentions
And, well, I guess it's too late now
Guess we'll just count our losses
Fix it no matter what the cost is
Fell asleep ontop of the roof
Remember when the sky turned orange
Or was it black the night before?
Oh oh, this is what we do.
But we're okay, just living in the wreckage.
Don't you get the wrong impression
It's just business with the worst intentions
It's just business with the worst intentions
But we're okay, just living in the wreckage.
Don't you get the wrong impression
It's just business with the worst intentions
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I love the drum machine :]
I love the lyrics to this song, but I'm not sure what they mean.
"We saw the summer night, We drank down the sober sky Left our mark into the concrete Burned up all our tires sleeping Words flow as we are fading Watch the canvas become our painting Not all roads lead to Rome 'Cause this one leads to the hell back home" -This part makes me think of touring ("burned up all our tires sleeping" - sleeping in the van) But maybe it's about coming home from tour ("'cause this one leads to the hell back home")
"Oh, oh, ooh, this is what we do" -Makes me think of the title "Boys Will Be Boys" Like, that's just how they are, they can't help it
"You can say, it's wasted ignorance. But we're okay, just living in the wreckage." -Ignorance is bliss, maybe?
"Don't you get the wrong impression It's just business with the worst intentions" -This one confuses me. Maybe trying to say it's not as bad as you think it is?
"We felt the floor fall out And, well, I guess it's too late now Guess we'll just count our losses Fix it no matter what the cost is" -Basically, something went wrong, and it's "too late now" to go back and fix it, so they just have to work on it from where they already are.
"Lie down with a view Fell asleep ontop of the roof Remember when the sky turned orange Or was it black the night before?" -Not sure about this part. It just kind of sounds like reminiscing, but I'm sure the part about the sky being orange or black means something. Maybe it's going back to the line about ignorance, where he's ignoring the fact that something's wrong?
As a whole, I think this song is about running away from your problems, and the title "Boys Will Be Boys" is basically saying, it's what he does, it's how he is.
"Lie down with a view Fell asleep ontop of the roof Remember when the sky turned orange Or was it black the night before?"
"Lie down with a view Fell asleep ontop of the roof Remember when the sky turned orange Or was it black the night before?"
Do you think it could of been... drugs? Im not saying they do drugs, but it reminds of a third eye blind lyric.
Do you think it could of been... drugs? Im not saying they do drugs, but it reminds of a third eye blind lyric.
I thought it was "we drank down the silver sky" and "just swimming in the wreckage."
It Is...I don't know what they're talking about.
It Is...I don't know what they're talking about.
that's what i thought.
that's what i thought.
I agree with the fact that it's sort of about running away from problems. It's very complexly written. I think it means they dont know how to solve the problem, thus they run away from it. they were gnorant on the situation, but it was wasted anyway because they ran away from it.