He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
On pins and needles we are waiting for the fall
We count the days scratching lines on the wall
Wait in the wings at someone's beck and call
No longer recognize the place that I call home
No longer recognize this face as my own
Somewhere this fate, I lost control
We backed down, we took no for answers far too long
We felt those walls close around
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore (be here anymore)
I know there's nothing left worth staying for
Your paradise is something I've endured, whoa whoa
See I don't think I can fight this anymore (fight this anymore)
I'm listening with one foot out the door
And something has to die to be reborn
And I don't want to be here anymore
On hand and foot we answered every single call
And weathered every day like passing storms
But when we break we will all be gone (we will all be gone)
Won't back down, won't take no for answers anymore (hey hey, hey hey)
These walls close, we pace back and forth
I don't want to be here anymore (be here anymore)
I know there's nothing left worth staying for
Your paradise is something I've endured, whoa whoa
See I don't think I can fight this anymore (fight this anymore)
I'm listening with one foot out the door
But something has to die to be reborn
I don't want to be here anymore
The point where we break is closer everyday
But where do we go? But where do we go?
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore (be here anymore)
I know there's nothing left worth staying for
Your paradise is something I've endured, whoa whoa
See I don't think I can fight this anymore (fight this anymore)
I'm listening with one foot out the door
But something has to die to be reborn
And I don't want to be here anymore
(We need a better way, we need to let go)
(We need a better way, we need to let go)
Anymore (we need a better way, we need to let go)
(We need a better way)
We count the days scratching lines on the wall
Wait in the wings at someone's beck and call
No longer recognize the place that I call home
No longer recognize this face as my own
Somewhere this fate, I lost control
We backed down, we took no for answers far too long
We felt those walls close around
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore (be here anymore)
I know there's nothing left worth staying for
Your paradise is something I've endured, whoa whoa
See I don't think I can fight this anymore (fight this anymore)
I'm listening with one foot out the door
And something has to die to be reborn
And I don't want to be here anymore
On hand and foot we answered every single call
And weathered every day like passing storms
But when we break we will all be gone (we will all be gone)
Won't back down, won't take no for answers anymore (hey hey, hey hey)
These walls close, we pace back and forth
I don't want to be here anymore (be here anymore)
I know there's nothing left worth staying for
Your paradise is something I've endured, whoa whoa
See I don't think I can fight this anymore (fight this anymore)
I'm listening with one foot out the door
But something has to die to be reborn
I don't want to be here anymore
The point where we break is closer everyday
But where do we go? But where do we go?
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore (be here anymore)
I know there's nothing left worth staying for
Your paradise is something I've endured, whoa whoa
See I don't think I can fight this anymore (fight this anymore)
I'm listening with one foot out the door
But something has to die to be reborn
And I don't want to be here anymore
(We need a better way, we need to let go)
(We need a better way, we need to let go)
Anymore (we need a better way, we need to let go)
(We need a better way)
Lyrics submitted by core7, edited by Peter01, Mellow_Harsher
I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore Lyrics as written by Joseph Principe Brandon Barnes
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Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Love this song off the new album, it runs pretty deep with what i've got going on.
I interpret this song to be about a metaphorical prison cell: "we count the days scratching lines on the wall" is something prisoners have been known to do to keep track of time, and this is supported by the mentions of "felt those walls close around" and "pace back and forth".
But i reckon it's more than just a Prison Cell, and its about being trapped somewhere you don't want to be - such as a relationship. A lot of the lyrics fit in with this, and the relationship gets closer to the "point where we break".