Uncharted

This whole album is amazing!

This song is absolutley amazing. It totally describes me and where I am in life right now. I feel like I'm taking a path that few people have chosen willingly, and my friends want to help, am I'm just like, "Follow if you wanna, but I have no idea where its going how its going to work out." My parents keep telling me I need to spend more time with the family, and I can't tell them what I'm doing or that I need to be alone to be sucessful. Maybe one day they'll understand, but for now it's just me and an everything that is uncharted.

I think this song is conveying the message that she just wants to go her own way: a path that is her own; uncharted.

Too much to hold, everybody has to Get their hands on gold And I want uncharted

Everyone seems to go for the same thing and follow similar paths, but she wants something different.

I know I'm getting nowhere When I only sit and stare like

She's not getting anywhere while living the life she's leading.

I won't go as a passenger, no Waiting for the road to be laid Though I may be going down I'm taking flame over burning out

She's going to do her own thing, be independent, and take initiative. She's going to make her own choices and take her own path.

Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get Nowhere

Their way isn't taking them anywhere.

I'm going down Follow if you want I won't just hang around Like you'll show me where to go

She doesn't know exactly where she's going, but she knows she wants to go there because she knows the alternative, which will take her nowhere.

Though I may be going down I'll take in flame over burning out kurt Cobain suicide letter reference.

I think the song is about a huge break up, so she up and leaves, reevaluates her entire life, and starts down a new path. "follow if you want" She doesn't care what her family or friends think about this. They are welcome in her life if they want to be.

I think it's about a person choosing to take control of their life vs. "Hanging around" or "being the passenger." I really like this song

Love it. he has said this is the cornerstone song around which the others on the new album were created.

I think it's about her trying to find inspiration to write her second album -- initially feeling a bit intimidated by the pressure with creating another 'hit', and then letting go of the pressure and starting to work on what felt right according to her gut.

"Jump start my kaleidoscope heart Love to watch the colors fade They may not make sense but they sure as hell made me"

"Compare where you are to where you want to be and you'll get no where"

"I'm already out of foolproof ideas So don't ask me how to get started It's all uncharted"

A magnificent piece by Sara Bareilles and my new favorite song.

Lyrics corrections brought to you directly from the lyrics provided in Sara Bareilles's "Kaleidoscope Heart"album. I didn't divide up the verses so someone can fix that.

No words My tears won't make any room for 'em. Oh and it Don't hurt like anything I've ever felt before This is no broken heart no familiar scars This territory goes uncharted Just me In a room sunk down in a house in a town and I Don't breathe though I never meant to let it get away from me Now I have too much to hold Everybody has to get their hands on gold And I want uncharted Stuck under the ceiling I made I can't help the feeling I'm going down Follow if you want I won't just hang around Like you'll show me where to go to I'm already out of foolproof ideas so don't ask me how To get started it's all uncharted Each day I'm counting up the minutes 'til I get alone 'cause I can't stay In the middle of it all it's nobody's fault but I'm So low. Never knew how much I didn't know Oh everything is uncharted I know I'm getting nowhere wen I only sit and stare like I'm going down Follow if you want I won't just hang around Like you'll show me where to go I'm already out of foolproof ideas so don't ask me how To get started it's all uncharted Jump-start my Kaleidoscope Heart I love to watch the colors fade They may not make sense but they sure as hell made me I won't go as a passenger no Waiting for the road to be laid Though I may be going down I'll take in flame over burning out Compare where you are to where you want to be and you'll get nowhere I'm going down Follow if you want I won't just make around Like you'll show me where to go I'm already out of foolproof ideas so don't ask me how To get started it's all uncharted

"Compare where you are to where you want to be and you'll get nowhere"

I love this line!

I think this song is about her getting over a break up.

"I'm counting up the minutes 'til I get alone 'cause I can't stay In the middle of it all it's nobody's fault but I'm So low."

That's my favorite part.

"Though I may be going down I'll take in flame over burning out" Oh and this part i think she is saying even though she lost she learnt something from that experience.