You can't feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame
You have to cross the line just to remember where it lays
You won't know your worth now, son, until you take a hit
And you won't find the beat until you lose yourself in it

That's why we won't back down
We won't run and hide
Yeah, 'cause these are the things that we can't deny
I'm passing over you like a satellite
So catch me if I fall
That's why you stick to your game plans and party lines
But at night we're conspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American Dreams
Oh, shine your light on me

You can't fill your cup until you empty all it has
You can't understand what lays ahead
If you don't understand the past
You'll never learn to fly now
'Til you're standing at the cliff
And you cant truly love until you've given up on it

That's why we won't back down
We won't run and hide
Yeah, 'cause these are the things that we can't deny
I'm passing over you like a satellite
So catch me if I fall
That's why we stick to your game plans and party lines
But at night we're conspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American Dream
So shine your light on me

She told me she that she'd never face the world again
So I offered up a plan

We'll sneak out while they sleep
And sail off in the night
We'll come clean and start over
The rest of our lives
When we're gone, we'll stay gone
Out of sight, out of mind
It's not too late, we have the rest of our lives
We'll sneak out while they sleep
And sail off in the night (we have the rest of our lives)
We'll come clean and start over
The rest of our lives
When we're gone, we'll stay gone
Out of sight, out of mind (we have the rest of our lives)
It's not too late, we have the rest of our lives
The rest of our lives

Because we won't back down
We won't run and hide
Yeah, 'cause these are the things that we can't deny
I'm passing over you like a satellite
So catch me if I fall
That's why we stick to your game plans and party lines
But at night we're conspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American Dream
So shine your light on me (shine your light on me)
No we won't back down
We won't run and hide
Yeah, 'cause these are the things that we can't deny (shine your light on me)
I'm passing over you like a satellite
'Cause these are the things that we can't deny, no
This is a life that you can't deny us now


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    My Interpretation

    "You can't feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame You have to cross the line just to remember where it lays You won't know your worth now, son, until you take a hit And you won't find the beat until you lose yourself in it"

    Is about experiencing "life" like doing thing for real to have experience of it, instead of talking or acting without any knowledge of what is really going on.

    "That's why we won't back down We won't run and hide Yeah cuz these are the things that we can't deny"

    This for me is like taking responsibility about things that have happened, what exactly i'm not sure.

    "I'm passing over you like a satellite So catch me if I fall"

    A satellite is the highest man made thing that there is and the old adage goes "what goes up must come down" or "Rome was destroyed, Greece was destroyed, Persia was destroyed, Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed"

    "That's why we stick to your game plans and party lines But at night we're conspiring by candlelight"

    This is about playing the part in what society expects, but really trying to revolutionize a radical change and that it doesn't have to be the typical rebellious punks or hippies that protest stereo types that make a difference but normal everyday working people.

    "We are the orphans of the Amerikan Dream So shine your light on me"

    I'm not sure really what the Amerikan dream is.... maybe global domination, i was under the impression that it was freedom, and maybe shine your light on me is asking to be exposed for what it really is...

    "You can't fill your cup until you empty all it has You can't understand what lays ahead If you don't understand the past You'll never learn to fly now Til you're standing at the cliff And you can't truly love until you've given up on it"

    again about life experience issues however touching on that you won't actually do something about your situation or learn unless provoked or encouraged... but i think it is more negative like provoked.

    "She told me that she never could face the world again So I offered up a plan:

    We'll sneak out while they sleep And sail off in the night. We'll come clean and start over the rest of our lives. When we're gone, we'll stay gone. Out of sight, out of mind. It's not too late, We have the rest of our lives."

    This again is about confessing(coming clean) to some kind of atrocity/ies like the chorus part... although it seams to touch on suicide which i find quite common in RA lyrics across almost all of their albums with being gone and staying gone... although as mentioned earlier it does seam to contradict the chorus

    echovictoron July 05, 2011   Link

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