This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
I was raised to believe
All, all that I read
Fall in line with me
It's all, all that I see
Got a box of lies
Gonna get you high with the words of wisdom that you need to hear
Got a big ass book
And I'm not a crook
But I'll take your guilt in the form of dollars
Got a box of lies
Gonna get you high with the words of wisdom that you need to hear
Got a big ass book
And I'm not a crook
But I'll take your guilt in the form of dollars
Fall in line with me
It's all that I see
What I believe
(Its all that)
Fall in line with me
It's all that I see
What I believe
(It's all that)
It's all that I see
Keep my fingers crossed
I wanna be somewhere that I belong
(Never fold under pressure)
Keep my fingers crossed
I wanna be somewhere that belong
(Never mind how I got there)
Never mind how I got there
All, all that I read
Fall in line with me
It's all, all that I see
Got a box of lies
Gonna get you high with the words of wisdom that you need to hear
Got a big ass book
And I'm not a crook
But I'll take your guilt in the form of dollars
Got a box of lies
Gonna get you high with the words of wisdom that you need to hear
Got a big ass book
And I'm not a crook
But I'll take your guilt in the form of dollars
Fall in line with me
It's all that I see
What I believe
(Its all that)
Fall in line with me
It's all that I see
What I believe
(It's all that)
It's all that I see
Keep my fingers crossed
I wanna be somewhere that I belong
(Never fold under pressure)
Keep my fingers crossed
I wanna be somewhere that belong
(Never mind how I got there)
Never mind how I got there
Lyrics submitted by Pokadoodle95, edited by ctorres
Strawberry Swisher, Pt. 3 Lyrics as written by Jonathan Mess Tilian Pearson
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"I was raised to believe All that I read Fall in line with me It's all, all that I see"
"Got a box of lies Gonna get you high With the words of wisdom that you need to hear"
"Got a big ass book And I'm not a crook But I'll take your guilt in the form of dollars"
"Keep my fingers crossed I wanna be somewhere that I belong Never mind how I got there"
Anyway that's what I got out of it, but I'm a little biased being an atheist. It is a really good and clever song. And just so this comment doesn't start a huge debate, I have no problem with religion.
i like you
I feel like you could be right. But I think it might be purposefully vague to fit a larger picture. People are always gonna tell you what you should be thinking i.e.- "words of wisdom that you need to hear" and people are always gonna try to take advantage of you i.e.- "guilt in the form of dollars". I think the "Keep my fingers crossed" bit though is more about how the speaker thinks about himself. They want to get passed all the bullshit whatever it may be and find somewhere they belong.
I'll agree with this.
Death of the robot with human hair, my bad
It feels to me that this song is a commentary on anyone who attempts to sell you a clear pathway to success. Jon's "got a big ass book, not a crook, take your guilt in the form of dollars" line could be about going into debt. Tilian's parts speak about being pre-programmed to think there is a guideline we are expected to follow to reach success.
Who knows? It could apply to the current state of education, pyramid schemes, or anything else of the sort. Hard to say with this song because while it is very open to interpretation, it's clear there was a message intended to be part of it.
They utilize both of their vocal styles to differentiate between characters.
Jon Mess (the unclean vocalist) serves as the negative aspects of religion: "Got a box of lies Gonna get you high With the words of wisdom that you need to hear
Got a big ass book And I'm not a crook But I'll take your guilt in the form of dollars"
It seems to be he is talking about how these leaders of religion, or at least, their priests and church committee, are willing to sell religion to you as a sort of motivation that keeps you happy, almost as a drug. "The Word" must be told to as many people as possible in order for them to reach salvation. They "must" be heard. The big-ass book is a religious book (most of us will think of the Bible). Then he explains that he doesn't have crooked intentions, but he is willing to take your guilt for sins as money for a sort of penance. You want to feel better about your decisions, so you pay your church and pray your problems away.
Tilian Pearson is the clean vocalist, and I believe he plays the part of a person that isn't part of the church committee, but does attend and believe.
"I was raised to believe All that I read Fall in line with me It's all, all that I see
...
Fall in line with me It's all that I see What I believe It's all that
...
Keep my fingers crossed I wanna be somewhere that I belong"
Being raised to believe in the book of your religion is not uncommon; child indoctrination creates lifelong support of a religion and places of worship. It seems he is asking the listener to understand and agree with him, because there is no other way. It is all that he sees as a viable outcome, or he is blind to any other beliefs being valid.
He wants to be somewhere he belongs, hoping to get there, even if he does have to pull strings to get there. This place sounds like either the church in general or eternal salvation. Many believers hope their entire lives that their actions will lead them into their eternal salvation, and often think that paying money towards their church, pushing their church's agenda, or putting down others and making them feel guilt in order to recruit them will help. Their hearts aren't in the right place; it isn't just about being a good person, it's about getting to salvation no matter what it takes.
I do think the lyrics are about religion but I'm not sure it's a pessimistic view on it, maybe a pessimistic view on how people exploit it but not the idea itself. The last three people did a good job at explaining the lyrics but in the music video the artist is letting people sacrifice themselves to become part of his artwork but he obviously starts to have mixed feelings about the girl in the red dress and he turns away when she starts running for the painting. An artist is a creator a lot like most gods in most books, the artist would resemble god and the girl in the red dress would resemble jesus, when he sacrificed himself god turned away just like the artist did with the girl in the red dress. Not saying they're Christians but I don't think they are against the idea, they're an art rock band and a lot of art was inspired from the bible, in "a robot with human hair pt 3" they had a robot Noah with a space boat, i think they are just good at finding ways to express they're deep opinions in creative ways.
I think its a bit of a continuation of strawberry swisher 1-2. Number one dealt with being in a relationship but not really appreciating the girl and then 2 was where he lost her to someone who did appreciate. And then here is where he has an existential crisis and tries to find solace and escape from the lonesomeness in religion, however he finds it doesn't help and he still feels alone. I think death of a strawberry is next in the story and essentially says how he accepts life as a party and just decides to live it up.