It’s taken a lifetime to lose my way
A lifetime of yesterdays
All the wasted time on my hands
Turns to sand
And fades in the wind
Crossing lines
Small crimes
Taking back what is mine
I’m fine in the fire
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
I’m fine in the fire
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
So lost for so long
To find to my way
I failed to follow
I’m out of place
Crossing Lines
Small crimes
Taking back what is mine
I’m fine in the fire
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
I’m fine in the fire
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
I’m fine in the fire
I feed on the friction
I’m right I should be
Don’t try and fix me
I’m fine in the fire
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
I’m fine in the fire
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
A lifetime of yesterdays
All the wasted time on my hands
Turns to sand
And fades in the wind
Crossing lines
Small crimes
Taking back what is mine
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
I’m fine in the fire
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
To find to my way
I failed to follow
I’m out of place
Crossing Lines
Small crimes
Taking back what is mine
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
I feed on the friction
I’m right I should be
Don’t try and fix me
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me
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This song reminds me of myself actually, which is why I came with this understanding of it. I've wasted so much time being somebody who I'm not, but you know what? Screw it now, I'm not going to be this fake persona. I'm going to be me, whether I like it or not. I'm fine with you throwing rude comments at me, in fact I enjoy it. I'm right where I should be in life and whatever you can call it. This is who I am, and "don't try and fix me."
I should sing this song out loud one day in school. :)
I agree, I'd rather be a little messed up than someone that I am not.
I agree, I'd rather be a little messed up than someone that I am not.
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This is very much my theme song as well. For me its not about being someone I'm not its about bad decisions that, according to people who want to judge me, have "ruined my life". Ive fought authority my whole life. Ive done everything my way, and sure Ive made plenty of mistakes and I certainly have some regrets about some of my actions...BUT, that's MY LIFE, and I have to live it. Good or bad, its my life to live. I can only be myself at this point.
This is very much my theme song as well. For me its not about being someone I'm not its about bad decisions that, according to people who want to judge me, have "ruined my life". Ive fought authority my whole life. Ive done everything my way, and sure Ive made plenty of mistakes and I certainly have some regrets about some of my actions...BUT, that's MY LIFE, and I have to live it. Good or bad, its my life to live. I can only be myself at this point.
@ExquisiteColor yo dude pls reply if ur reading this this hit me hard emotionally
@ExquisiteColor yo dude pls reply if ur reading this this hit me hard emotionally
I am me, and you will never change who I am
This sounds like a very spiritual song to me...
What I am hearing is from the point of view of someone who has wasted their life/time on things that don't matter during their time here on earth...
"A lifetime of yesterdays All the wasted time on my hands Turns to sand and fades in the wind"
All their life they had been lost
"It's taken a lifetime to lose my way" "So lost for so long"
This has led him to a place where he is alone and away from the ones he should be with
"To find my way, I failed to follow I’m out of place"
Specifically, they are in/heading to hell and feed on the sin and temptations that have presented themselves to him.
"I’m fine in the fire I feed on the friction I’m right where I should be Don’t try and fix me"
That last line sounds to me like it is coming from a point of view of someone who is just being ignorant and claiming they don't need anyone to fix them, but in reality they are just trying to convince themselves.
I think this is a pretty clear message coming from 10 years on how they feel about religion/god/spirituality, whatever you want to call it or your stance is.
If you are like this person in the song and follow your own way, "feed on the friction (sin)" that keeps you from a relationship with god, and do things selfishly for yourself "Taking back what is mine", you will find yourself in hell once your life ends.
That's just what you believe. Don't threaten people with beliefs. One of my favorite quotes... "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved.”
That's just what you believe. Don't threaten people with beliefs. One of my favorite quotes... "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved.”
No the quote is not from 10 Years.
No the quote is not from 10 Years.
@onlyonemikec in response to shinedown88, christians for one don't threaten anyone, warning of coming judgment is far from a threat no different than warning people of a flood or fire, leaving people to drown or burn is a sin in of itself so when you try to say "don't judge," judgement from another person on an action you have committed is an infinite farcry from the eternal judgement of God so you should be so lucky people give you the time of day to give their advice on how to live better, That is the fire we ourselves live in,...
@onlyonemikec in response to shinedown88, christians for one don't threaten anyone, warning of coming judgment is far from a threat no different than warning people of a flood or fire, leaving people to drown or burn is a sin in of itself so when you try to say "don't judge," judgement from another person on an action you have committed is an infinite farcry from the eternal judgement of God so you should be so lucky people give you the time of day to give their advice on how to live better, That is the fire we ourselves live in, being constantly in conflict with worldly people who threaten us with pain and death, knowing this life is meant to be hard on us we are fine and we try to be joyful in it despite everything in it wanting us to suffer and die for our faith, we'll go as long as we can because that glorifies God and in the end that is all that really matters, the purpose of existence is to glorify God.
I think this song is describing me in a sence because up until recently (~2014) I have been completely verbal and able to speak without needing an iPad to speak for me. Thanks to traumatic events throughout my childhood, teenage years, and early 20s, plus me finally accepting my autism diagnosis from when I was about 13 rather than running from it and ignoring it I have found it more beneficial and less stressful to be nonverbal and to those that want the "old me" back that would talk, rap, and sing; "I'm right where I should be, don't try and fix me."
Due to some of the trauma I went through a lot of people wanted me to suffer and be driven insane by the silence of not being able to see those responsible parties held accountable for their actions; but I have found joy, comfort, and peace in the silence of being nonverbal so they have no right to try an "fix" me by trying to get the old me back and force me to become verbal again.
I know just a random though about how this song has meant something to me.
I think this song can actually be understood in many different ways, depending on the person listening to it.
What I take from the song is someone who has been lost for a long time, and spent their life the wrong way which they now regret ("a lifetime of yesterdays, all the wasted time on my hands"). They crossed the lines with people ("crossing lines"), they did wrong/bad things ("small crimes"), but now they are making the change and turning their life around ("taking back what is mine").
They have found their religion/spirituality and it's cleansing them, making them stronger ("I'm fine in the fire, I feed on the friction"). When you give your life to God, the fire of the Holy Spirit will cleanse you, there will be challenges of people turning against you for it, troubles and friction in life and relationships that will test your beliefs and will power. They are saying that they are okay with that, it will make them stronger in the end. They have found where they belong, or they feel they are exactly where they should be at this stage in their life ("I'm right where I should be"). A lot of people are uncomfortable with people who have given their life to God or found religion/spirituality, and will try to change them, even if it's not what these people want because there is nothing wrong with them ("Don't try and fix me").
They reiterate that they had been lost for so long, because they failed to find their way. It had made them feel out of place, thus bringing about them looking back on their life and wanting to change it from how it has been.
@Lexi16 Takes a lot of inner strength from God to go against the grain of sinful nature but some realize the pain from it means its working, the harder you push against the world the harder the world pushes back but then the more you see that God is the only remedy for the situation and death is the door to which God catches you and death itself dies and you end up on the other side in the complete opposite world.
@Lexi16 Takes a lot of inner strength from God to go against the grain of sinful nature but some realize the pain from it means its working, the harder you push against the world the harder the world pushes back but then the more you see that God is the only remedy for the situation and death is the door to which God catches you and death itself dies and you end up on the other side in the complete opposite world.
It's taken a lifetime to lose my way A lifetime of yesterdays All the wasted time on my hands Turns to sand and fades in the wind
Crossing lines small crimes Taking back what is mine
I'm fine in the fire I feed on the friction I'm right where I should be Don't try and fix me
I'm fine in the fire I feed on the friction I'm right where I should be Don't try and fix me
So lost for so long to find my way I fell to follow I'm out of place
Crossing lines small crimes Taking back what is mine
I'm fine in the fire I feed on the friction I'm right where I should be Don't try and fix me
I'm fine in the fire I feed on the friction I'm right where I should be Don't try and fix me
I'm fine in the fire I feed on the friction I'm right where I should be Don't try and fix me
I'm fine in the fire I feed on the friction I'm right where I should be Don't try and fix me
I'm fine in the fire I feed on the friction I'm right where I should be Don't try and fix me
I'm fine in the fire I feed on the friction I'm right where I should be Don't try and fix me
I think this song is pretty straight forward. He's lost, and has spent most of his life that way, he's getting older and he's okay the way he is. He may not be in a "healthy" way of life or a on a good path, but he doesn't want anyone to try and change him "for the good".
@Bodom I've gotta agree with you. Nice interpretation.
This song speaks to me from a very personal place. It is one of my anthems for leaving an abusive relationship. I left two years ago and he is still trying to manipulate me into going back. This song gives me strength. Life is hard on my own, but "I'm fine in the fire...I'm right where I should be."