In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
All of me
Why not take all of me
Can't you see
I'm no good without you
Take these arms
I want to lose them
Take these lips
I'll never use them
Your goodbye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest
Why not take all of me
You took the part
That once was my heart
Why not take all of me
Why not take all of me
Can't you see
I'm no good without you
Take these arms
I want to lose them
Take these lips
I'll never use them
Your goodbye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest
Why not take all of me
You took the part
That once was my heart
Why not take all of me
Lyrics submitted by AtomicGarden
All of Me Lyrics as written by Seymour Simons Gerald Marks
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Downtown Music Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Cloud9
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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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.
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"All of Me" is a popular song and jazz standard written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_ofMe%28song%29
This song is about his girlfriend leaving him, the lyrics in this veriosn is wrong though, its upposed to be "take these thoughts, I want to lose them" This song is so true.
Well, this is a cover. Nofx did not write this song, they covered it. However I think it was one of the best covers they ever did. I love this song. The bass line is really cool and the drumming and guitar parts are dead just like every other Nofx song. Anyway these lyrics are so simplistic, yet I think the simple lyrics about a girl leaving you is so true. I think almost everybody out there knows exactly what it feels like to have a girl they really really like leave them. (I am not talking about that girl you just like, I am talking about that girl you REALLY like!) And that is what this song is talking about!
Hmm... i may be stupid, but i read somewhere that this is a cover of an old frank sinatra song... its a great cover, i love the bassline.
could be frank sinatra, i have no idea. fat mike doesn't even know who wrote it, but he said billie holiday and louis armstrong recorded it a long time ago
i love this song :)
Fat Mike does know who wrote this song, it is Frank Sinatra indeed whoever said that. I first heard the song by Frank Sinatra and love the cover, it's very cool. If you buy "45 or 46 that weren't good enough to go on the other albums" by Nofx, the liner notes have a summary of all of the songs, and it points out that it's awesome to cover a Frank Sinatra song that nobody knows because you get credit for it ;-).
Actually it's by Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks. The Frank Sinatra version was also a cover.
i have the album (45 or 46....) and I don't see Sinatra's name on the liner notes anywhere. At least not on the page with this songs lyrics. all i see is the following message that was already mentioned.
"This is another fuckin cover song. I don't know who wrote it originally but i do know Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong (Great grand-father of Tim & Billy Joe) recorded it way back b4 they even had recordings. You should try & listen to their versions cuz they're a hell of a lot better than ours."
underneath the song title is the names listed in the post directly above this one. "
where is this frank sinatra statement in the liner notes?
Frank Sinatra would not be mentioned as that he is just another person who covered the song.
There are some subtle differences with the original lyrics. Most of them seem to be just to make it sound more punk, but there's a significant one. The original says:
Take my lips I want to lose them Take my arms I'll never use them
NOFX version says:
Take these arms I want to lose them Take these lips I'll never use them