The lyrics are wrong. In the second stanza, they should be:
Without a life vest, I'd be stuck again
Wish I was much more masculine
Maybe then I could learn to swim
Like 'fourteen miles away'
Then at the beginning of the second verse they should be:
Where is the coast guard?
I keep looking each direction
For a spotlight, give me something
I need something for protection
Maybe flotsam junk will do just fine
The jetsam sunk, I'm left behind
I'm treading for my life believe me
(How can I keep up this breathing?)
The use (correct use, I might point out) of flotsam and jetsam shows you just how much goes into one of Justin's songs. Flotsam is the debris left over after a shipwreck (Maybe he can salvage a piece of this mess and save himself?) and Jetsam is everything that was thrown off of a ship while trying to keep it afloat (In this case, he was jettisoned along with the rest and now it's all gone and only he is left).
At a Blue October show in Houston, Justin introduced this song with a story about taking a cruise. He said that one night he had gone to the bow of the ship and contemplated what would happen if he were to jump? Would anyone even notice? Then he said, "Y'all would notice." The crowd screamed so loud you'd think the walls would fall in. Then he said, "Y'all give me a reason to live."
And the crowd got twice as loud.
It was, without a doubt, the most amazing live performance in the history of music. I'm sure you're thinking Mozart rocked the house, or the Beatles at Shea was more impressive (and unlike The Stones at Altamont, nobody got stabbed), but I'm telling you anyone that saw Blue October that night in Houston will swear it was the greatest show ever.
Toward the end of the night, Justin asked the crowd, "If you had to, could you support my weight?" The deafening response was YES!
He climbed off the stage, up on the first row (all standing) and crowd surfed clear to the back of the house where he was turned around and sent back to the stage (he never dipped once, not even a little). And when he grabbed the microphone, he explained that he hadn't done that since he was sixteen.
@MozfanMS2 I know you wrote this nearly 9 years ago, but I have the need to respond.
I've seen Blue October twice, once in Houston New Year's Eve in House of Blues.
@MozfanMS2 I know you wrote this nearly 9 years ago, but I have the need to respond.
I've seen Blue October twice, once in Houston New Year's Eve in House of Blues.
That was the night I deem myself reborn. It was my first B.O. concert, and I had been dealing with just so much in life that I felt like I couldn't sink any further.
Listening to Justin open up, they were doing the Any Man In America album for the first half, then random songs for the second half; it just torn the sickness of depression out of my very...
That was the night I deem myself reborn. It was my first B.O. concert, and I had been dealing with just so much in life that I felt like I couldn't sink any further.
Listening to Justin open up, they were doing the Any Man In America album for the first half, then random songs for the second half; it just torn the sickness of depression out of my very soul.
I seriously just let that shit go, as Justin says before James on Argue with a Tree.
I again seen them 11/20/2015 in San Marcos, and they again didn't fail to disappoint. This time though I didn't have to leave any baggage when I left, and I to this day thank Justin, and the boys for curing me.
The lyrics are wrong. In the second stanza, they should be:
Without a life vest, I'd be stuck again Wish I was much more masculine Maybe then I could learn to swim Like 'fourteen miles away'
Then at the beginning of the second verse they should be:
Where is the coast guard? I keep looking each direction For a spotlight, give me something I need something for protection Maybe flotsam junk will do just fine The jetsam sunk, I'm left behind I'm treading for my life believe me (How can I keep up this breathing?)
The use (correct use, I might point out) of flotsam and jetsam shows you just how much goes into one of Justin's songs. Flotsam is the debris left over after a shipwreck (Maybe he can salvage a piece of this mess and save himself?) and Jetsam is everything that was thrown off of a ship while trying to keep it afloat (In this case, he was jettisoned along with the rest and now it's all gone and only he is left).
At a Blue October show in Houston, Justin introduced this song with a story about taking a cruise. He said that one night he had gone to the bow of the ship and contemplated what would happen if he were to jump? Would anyone even notice? Then he said, "Y'all would notice." The crowd screamed so loud you'd think the walls would fall in. Then he said, "Y'all give me a reason to live." And the crowd got twice as loud. It was, without a doubt, the most amazing live performance in the history of music. I'm sure you're thinking Mozart rocked the house, or the Beatles at Shea was more impressive (and unlike The Stones at Altamont, nobody got stabbed), but I'm telling you anyone that saw Blue October that night in Houston will swear it was the greatest show ever. Toward the end of the night, Justin asked the crowd, "If you had to, could you support my weight?" The deafening response was YES!
He climbed off the stage, up on the first row (all standing) and crowd surfed clear to the back of the house where he was turned around and sent back to the stage (he never dipped once, not even a little). And when he grabbed the microphone, he explained that he hadn't done that since he was sixteen.
I'm serious, "The Best Show Ever"
~M
@MozfanMS2 I know you wrote this nearly 9 years ago, but I have the need to respond. I've seen Blue October twice, once in Houston New Year's Eve in House of Blues.
@MozfanMS2 I know you wrote this nearly 9 years ago, but I have the need to respond. I've seen Blue October twice, once in Houston New Year's Eve in House of Blues.
That was the night I deem myself reborn. It was my first B.O. concert, and I had been dealing with just so much in life that I felt like I couldn't sink any further. Listening to Justin open up, they were doing the Any Man In America album for the first half, then random songs for the second half; it just torn the sickness of depression out of my very...
That was the night I deem myself reborn. It was my first B.O. concert, and I had been dealing with just so much in life that I felt like I couldn't sink any further. Listening to Justin open up, they were doing the Any Man In America album for the first half, then random songs for the second half; it just torn the sickness of depression out of my very soul. I seriously just let that shit go, as Justin says before James on Argue with a Tree.
I again seen them 11/20/2015 in San Marcos, and they again didn't fail to disappoint. This time though I didn't have to leave any baggage when I left, and I to this day thank Justin, and the boys for curing me.