On the Brightside

This is a wonderful song. But Chris is changing and I miss his older music when he was Nevershoutnever!and not Never Shout Never....

i think that this song is talking about being your self. The line "your only as small as the world would make you seem" is talking about the fact that if you let what ppl say affect you, you wont be able to be happy hence the line "I'll say hi but not reply to the letters that you write because i found some peace of mind" is saying that he will finally be himself and not care what ppl will say about him. But thats what i think but yet again what do i know

I like this song a lot. But is it just me, or does the structure of the song/melody remind anyone else of I will play my game beneath the spin light by brand new?

I think this song means that no matter how big you are or how tough and invulnerable you may seem on the outside, you're true height isn't physical but emotional. By being tall he isn't referring to height but how tall you feel. And by "You're only as small as the world will make you seem" he means that being short isn't a physicality but an emotion. He means letting the world bring you down is the only way to really be short.

it is about growing into ur self emotionally! an amazing song btw but i agree w/ HaiJacob i enjoyed the music a little more when chris was NeverShoutNever! but then again it is hard to be an artist without changing at all...

I don't understand why all three verses talk about being roughly six feet tall. I get the point of the song but why are all three people in the song all the same? What makes them all equivalent?

I never really understood the song until I looked at the video. The song itself is good, but the video helps you to understand better.

It starts out with a man (2 feet tall). He seemed kind of scraggly, for lack of better word. He was content, smiling, and laying in the grass.

The next man (12 feet tall) was not only well dressed, but he had several accessories. In fact, when he opened his eyes, there were dollar signs. ($)

The point of this was that the smaller man was content with himself, and didn't focus on the negatives even though he had nothing. The taller man tried to fix his problems through money, material items, and he learned that wasn't the way. Which would explain why he dreaded said words spoken.

Both of them, from experience, are trying to give the narrator advice so that he doesn't lose his way. And through it, he was carrying this bag, which seemed as if it was very heavy. This meant he was carrying around his problems, and both men that met him saw that. (It even said he was carrying his burdens at the beginning of the video.)

Saying that he is six feet tall means that his life is pretty normal, and he has plenty to be thankful for.

At the end of the song, the narrator decides to listen to the advice he was given. He leaves his bag (his problems) behind, and carries on seeming much happier.

To be honest, this song is really good if you get it. I may not be 100% correct, but I know that some, if not most of that is what it means. And at this point in my life, I really should listen to the message in the song.