How It Feels To Be Something On

For anyone who has completey given all they have only to lose it all, this song is very well said.

I think this song as a lot to do with taking the bad along with the good in life. Many people talk about the injustice of why this or that bad thing happened to them, but there is good in everything. Even the bad things make you feel alive, and you wouldn't be experiencing life without them.

I think this song is about a life wasted without accomplishment or passion - if he breaks down all that he is, he sees the sum of his life is nothing. If you spend life waiting to pursue your true dreams "all in time will be, later on we'll try", you never understand the joy of how it feels to be something on - literally ON, fulfilling your true purpose.

Beautiful song.

This was the first SDRE song I heard, and it got me hooked.

maybe "how it feels to be something on" is referring to the perils of being alive, simply existing and all the rotten stuff that comes with it sometimes.

To me this song simply means that you've given everything you have to somebody, you're true loving embrace, and for a while the relationship works, but then suddenly it comes to an end (not sure how) and the Chorus line "How it feels to be Something On") may be referring to how it felt to be with that girl, and now yer basically trying to pick up the pieces of your heart and your life and move on, but it's tough...

That's what it means to me anyway, not sure about the idea of it being about drugs, but we all have our opinions I suppose. :-)

This is the song that got me into SDRE as well, and now I own all of their albums.

Don't let them die.

thoughts about this song. heres my interpretation.

if i break down all that i am ----if i really think about myself and who i am a field of wires we'll see what it's worth to walk-----if we walk a harder path to break the lines of alternate streel------we learn more about ourselves

if i turn around what matters the most in time we're going nowhere------------------if i go back and have too many regrets and dwell on the past, i dont move forward

don't tell me now the days i've had to fill it up but spill instead (the times i tried to accomplish something but messed up) talk to remind days weeks and hours-----------dont try to tell me that all the mistakes and failures in my life, were meaningless and are just time wasted, because i learned from them.

all in time will be later on we'll try hollow peaks we've climbed all those things i've seen-----------------we'll try again, after evaluating past failures and learning from them----

how it feels to be something on-------this is what life is about

thats how the days go if i break down all that i am a field of wires we'll see what it's worth to walk to break the lines of alternate streel if i turn around what matters the most in time we're going nowhere

don't tell me god the dreams i've had to fill it up but spill instead talk to remind days weeks and hours

all in time will be later on we'll try all we gave to fly hollow peaks we've climbed all these things i've been how it feels to be something on

so i think the main idea of this song is pretty simple. learning from mistakes and continuing on without regret is the only way to make progress in life.

plz , read Frieden's lyrics,and post your feelings about it.....

I love this song.