Surrender

I think this is Tom saying that everyone has problems that others may not be aware of, and that if everyone helped lift each other up, the world would be a better place, and people would be happy even if there were "bombs landing at their feet"

the interpretation i got about the song was that the line of "When God falls fast asleep,the kids still dance in city streets" means that the new generation of teenagers don't need a leader to succeed. he is trying to say that kids can create their own future but parents, teachers etc. are creating it for them.

"From the white house lawn to the middle east" would mean that kids could become such high figures such as presidency etc.

"And all around I'm just saying that this time I feel it now" would mean that he has high hopes for this coming generation and letting them have more freedom of choice

does anyone else think this song is just INSANELY good? i love tommmm <3

I think part of the song is about the illuminati.

I believe the song is about how when trouble comes ("when God falls fast asleep") all the kids still find a way to be happy ("the kids still dance in the city streets") and how from all parts of the world, even warring nations, all kids are like this("from the White House lawn to the Middle East") and singer (Tom Delonge) finally understands that feeling. ("I'm just saying that this time I feel it now")

It makes me sad that there is less and less songs like this that are so meaningful and all we hear now is stupid sappy love songs and and loud party music! soo fucking depressing

I feel Tom really knows how to connect and lift up teenagers who are going through things and feeling alone! its beautiful!

I think what this song is saying is, simply, we can't surrender to the evil and cruelty in the world. The crowd referred to in the first verse is the citizens of the world, and it's saying how we've lied to ourselves, fooling ourselves into thinking everything is okay but in the end, we live in hell. In the second stanza, he's referring to people who know that they're in hell and who hurt themselves because they can't bear it, implying people who self harm, people who call out for help but don't get it. I will not surrender; I'm not going to let myself give in to this hell. The refrain: God seems to imply authority, or leaders, like the president or kings and queens or dictators. Falling asleep is synonymous in this to ignoring the problems. So when our leaders ignore the problems happening, we still have the youth all around the world, rising up and questioning why the world we live in has to be hell. No matter who looks away, even if children are being bombed and killed, the youth of today know that there must be a way out of this torture that adults have resigned themselves to living in. It's very obvious that those most involved in movements, both now and in the past, were young people who believed that change was still possible. In the third stanza, he's saying that on the inside, we're all fragile, that we can all break, and right now we feel like we've been pushed down. But we still got back up and survived, and he knows what that feels like, which is why he's telling us this story. When he says "this time I feel it now," what I think he's saying is that he finally understands what the youth are going through when we're trying to change the world, that he finally knows the oppression that every one of us goes through. This song is basically saying: The youth are the movement that will bring changes to this hell we call life, and nothing will stand in their way because they are united.

He's saying that we're all living in a dream and god is the dreamer.

Lyric Correction :Its "To a bitter end, but what do I know?" Not : "I took it all in" in the first verse.