Pardon Me Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Harry Manback 

Cover art for Pardon Me lyrics by Incubus

Do you know the actual story? I read it in an issue of kerrang! Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. Brandon had come back from tour to find out that his girlfriend of 7 years had been cheating on him and that both grandmas and a close friend had died. He was in a book shop when he saw a picture of a guy who had spontaneously combusted and he thought that his problems were nothing compared to this guy's. He wrote the lyric "Pardon Me while i burst into flames" on his hand right there. The End

Thanks for posting this... makes the song more interesting to know what inspired it!

lol i can somewhat relate to his story. when i turned 23 my gf of 5 years cheated, both my grandmas died, my grandpa had a stroke and lost the ability to move the right half of his body, then they found out he was bleeding out in his brain... then his kidneys stopped working. he somewhat stabilized. hes been in the hospital for the last 3 months. then my dads boss sold the company my dad has worked with for the last 17 years and they let my dad go along with a lot of the old staff. so...