I wake up every evening
With a big smile on my face
And it never feels out of place
And you're still probably working
At a nine to five pace
I wonder how bad that tastes
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
Now where's your picket fence love
And where's that shiny car
And did it ever get you far
You never seemed so tense love
I've never seen you fall so hard
Do you know where you are
And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool you're just as well
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
Tomorrow you'll be thinking to yourself
Yo, where'd it all go wrong?
But the list goes on and on
And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well
Hope it gives you hell
Now you'll never see
What you've done to me
You can take back your memories
They're no good to me
And here's all your lies
You can't look me in the eyes
With the sad, sad look
That you wear so well
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool you're just as well
Hope it gives you hell
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song and you sing along but you never tell
Then you're the fool, I'm just as well
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song
I hope that it will treat you well
You can sing along
I hope that it puts you through hell
With a big smile on my face
And it never feels out of place
And you're still probably working
At a nine to five pace
I wonder how bad that tastes
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
Now where's your picket fence love
And where's that shiny car
And did it ever get you far
You never seemed so tense love
I've never seen you fall so hard
Do you know where you are
And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool you're just as well
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
Tomorrow you'll be thinking to yourself
Yo, where'd it all go wrong?
But the list goes on and on
And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well
Hope it gives you hell
Now you'll never see
What you've done to me
You can take back your memories
They're no good to me
And here's all your lies
You can't look me in the eyes
With the sad, sad look
That you wear so well
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool you're just as well
Hope it gives you hell
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song and you sing along but you never tell
Then you're the fool, I'm just as well
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song
I hope that it will treat you well
You can sing along
I hope that it puts you through hell
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes, edited by LaserKiwi
Gives You Hell Lyrics as written by Tyson Ritter Nick Wheeler
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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The song is about an ex girlfriend, one he had before he was famous. She probably harped on him about this whole rockstar thing is never gonna happen, you gotta grow up and be a man, i think she dumped his ass for being a slacker.
Then he became famous, i think the way the video ties into it. Is that the neighbors are two different versions of himself, who he became, and who he might have became if he'd have made a different decision. The song is constantly bringing up themes of inner conflict. "But truth be told i miss you, and truth be told i'm lyin'" and this is where i take a litterary leap.
I think the lines "When you hear this song and you sing along but you never tell, you're just a fool, I am as well, hope it gives you hell" Makes you think why he drug himself into the recurring fool rhyme. You could argue that he just needed to make it rhyme. But think that at this point in the song and in the video he's admitting he doesn't really hope she's suffering, and he's just a fool as much as she is.
She made a poor decision but the smart one,trying to get him to come to his senses. And he made a poor decision trying to make it rich, it just happened to work. And to throw it in her face is truely beneath him, because either life he would have chosen would have been a good one.
Yeah, awesome song. Can't wait til 11/18
On a side note, LOVE this song. It's that song every guy wants to sing to that one &*#$% from their teen years. Catchy, and that rock out feeling to it. :D
At a 9 to 5 pace
I wonder how bad that tastes
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell"
one thing i kind of get from this song is that maybe this was his girlfriend before he ever became famous, but she didn't believe in him and left him. now she's the one working a boring deskjob while he's a rich rockstar, and when she "sees his face" on mtv or something he hopes she realizes her mistake!
Firstly I was raised EXTREMELY religious. I'll shorten the story a TON and just say that I eventually left the faith. I was raised my entire life to become this perfect little Mormon. To go on a mission, go to college, get a wife, a quaint little job, nice little suburban home, boring, boring, boring (The Square). I even used to look down upon people who lived "out there" (The Rocker) and didn't adhere to the perfect little cookie cutter lifestyle I was on track for.
When your raised a particular way, when you stray, it will always haunt you to some degree. Even now I'll sometimes think about "What ifs". What if I stayed Mormon, what if I married my HS love, etc... I'll prolly always wonder what life would have been like if I stayed down that path.
But like they say; "The grass is always greener on the other side". When I was younger, I used to always imagine what it'd be like to just have fun, to party, get drunk, stay up all night and sleep all day... to just have fun and enjoy my own pursuit to happiness. I was always at some level somewhat envious of those that could.
Its like that scene from the Simpsons Movie where at the end of the world, all the church goers run into the bar while the bar folk rush to the church. Everyone wants what the other side has.
Also, pay attention to who sings/is shown though each line, the rocker or the square, everything syncs up. Then there is also the Chorus, "Hope it gives you hell", almost as though the two sides are taunting each other and, you guessed it, giving each other hell. When coming from the Square I often even see this as a religious 'hell' for the Rockers lifestyle, and from the rocker, its more a "I hope this tortures you seeing us like this". Also, at the very end, the two sides of himself get to switch over and you see just how happy they are.
Anyways, its really hard to put all into words especially since I'm about 1/2 way through a Hookah atm... So watch it for yourself, and try and view it through those eyes, its deep.
Oh, and to counter my entire arguement is the line in the chorus that fits the cheating Ex theory...
"When you find a man
That's worth a damn
And treats you well"
But that's the great thing about music and music videos, so many people can take so vastly differing impressions and meanings from it. :)
/cheers
Anyway, I think AAR did really great with this song.
I think he is basically saying that she hasn't got that idealistic life now. She hasn't settled down and she isn't living in a secure relationship.
The video shows his inner duality - he wants both. He wants to live the life of the rock star and the family man. If only she believed in him.
See money isnt the route to happiness,
Just being yourself and taking people for who or what they are is..
Its a great song, it makes me think of just how my ex must being feeling now when she found that out herself.., finishing me for my ambition and my job...
However, if you interpret it the way the video shows it, it pretty much says he didnt know which way he wanted, weather he wanted to calm home life, or the tour life, and in the end he relizes he can be both people. Thats just the way I see it, and his girlfriend could be the same way. you knpw?