In Sadding Around Lyrics
Recovery in lieu of being here right now.
When I throw myself at your feet,
You know it's to be walked on.
We're breaking up every single night.
If I had a choice don't you think I'd make it?
I lost my voice. Hope I didn't break it.
Little demons by my bed whisper secrets.
The kind you never hear.
I dip my toe in this cold, cold life.
I want to dive but I can't find your feet.
You with a view so unlike my own.
I'm trying on your eyes.
So I let go, fall to the ground.
It's a long way down again.
Petty cons keep peeling back my ears.
We make plans.
Collaborate and give to you
my better half.
Until now just dead weight,
A prisoner of doubt.
In a cell we kiss and tell all our keepsakes.
Sore, hit the floor.
Got my first glimpse of the sky.
The stars were on your side.
Who would've thunk
the thirteenth fell on Friday?
I say hello and it's goodbye again.
gorgeous lyrics
This is my favorite of all the slow Jawbreaker songs, although it does speed up at the end.
this sing concludes 24 hour revenge therapy. i think its about coming to terms with a relationship ending and moving on with one's life. i love the lines "collaborate and give to you my better half - until now just dead weight a prisoner of doubt - in a cell we kiss and tell all our keepsakes."
I'll chip in 14 years later. I think the point of view character has given up on the relationship but keeps quiet for the benefit of his partner. He thinks it's been a waste of time ("sleeping off the last 5 years") but says nothing to keep her happy.
"We're breaking up every single night." - his feelings, he can imagine it happening every day. "If I had a choice don't you think I'd make it? I lost my voice. Hope I didn't break it." - he never says anything and each time he gives in gets weaker. "Little demons by my bed whisper secrets.The kind you never hear." - he lies awake at night thinking of ending it when she's happy with him, "You with a view so unlike my own" hammers that home.
Diving in and trying on her eyes, he's pretending he sees the relationship from her perspective for her. "We make plans. Collaborate and give to you my better half. Until now just dead weight, a prisoner of doubt. In a cell we kiss and tell all our keepsakes." He gives in and does what she wants, he feels trapped by her.
"Who would've thunk the thirteenth fell on Friday?" sucks to be him, he feels unlucky and stuck in the relationship with no way out.
That's my opinion anyway.
This song is about the problems he was having with his vocal chords.
haha really?
haha really?
OOOPS.... Wow! Talk about oversimplification.
OOOPS.... Wow! Talk about oversimplification.
Isn't it really about the angst and pain he feels from his frustrated career as a McDonalds McNugget Chicken Raiser, and the constant exposure to all those chickens with the grotesquely and unnaturally enlarged McBreasts.... Giving rise to the contrast that he must accept that his Frankenchickens are leaving, as they line up excitedly, awaiting their ride on the Mechanical Chicken Separator machine. In the end he wonders if he can achieve some closure, bridging the chasm of their separation, by breaking out some Honey Mustard or BBQ Sauce and maybe a six or nine...
Isn't it really about the angst and pain he feels from his frustrated career as a McDonalds McNugget Chicken Raiser, and the constant exposure to all those chickens with the grotesquely and unnaturally enlarged McBreasts.... Giving rise to the contrast that he must accept that his Frankenchickens are leaving, as they line up excitedly, awaiting their ride on the Mechanical Chicken Separator machine. In the end he wonders if he can achieve some closure, bridging the chasm of their separation, by breaking out some Honey Mustard or BBQ Sauce and maybe a six or nine piece.... a real "Happy Meal".
Wow... how can any one song be so chock full of Ironical Meta-fours (and even some Meta-twos and threes. Insane!